Bit of a me post but after a few weeks of thinking DD1 has been weaning on and off, she is now up to a week without a feed... feeling conflicted! I was so ready to stop, since falling pregnant it had been difficult but especially after DD2 was born, feeding DD1 was rough because the strength of her mouth just felt uncomfortable compared to the newborn but I kept at it and now she has decided, at a similar time to toilet training, that she is ready to move on from breastfeeding (we had been talking about her being a big girl in relation to using a toilet and I think she has sort of taken it a step further). I'm so terrified now that she is going to get sick or constipated or something, breastfeeding has always been a bit of a security blanket for me. There are positives, she is going to bed a little later now (from 5:30-6:30pm to 6:30pm-7:30pm) which suits us a bit more and DP has been able to do some of the bedtime settling which is pretty special for them. We haven't had any issues with settling at least even though she was feeding to sleep 9 times out of 10. So my journey with DD1 has wrapped up, sadly I can't even remember our last feed exactly because it has been on and off for so long but there are many special memories, it is such a special time... 3yrs 3mo, not a bad effort right?

Guess it is time to change my ticker. DD2 is feeding reasonably well, she isn't as keen as DD1 was but no real problems so far, I don't think she will go as long as DD1 did but hoping to get to 18mo if not 2yrs. She had her first taste of solids a few weeks back courtesy of her big sister but we have started offering vegie sticks to chew on officially the last couple of days as well as some chicken, she seems super keen which is a weird experience for me given DD1 barely ate before 12mo and even then I would say only really took off after 2 haha. Here she is munching away! Bit earlier than we intended but feeling okay with it now.

I can't believe the sense of loss I feel right now, I never thought I would be so into breastfeeding haha. It wasn't always enjoyable but it always felt worthwhile.