We Hit Our 1 year Breastfeeding Goal!!

We did it!! 

I can't believe I made it a year exclusively breastfeeding! I am so proud and incredibly amazed. 

Breastfeeding can be so hard and so challenging. 

My tips: 

1) if your baby is hungry, FEED THEM!

2) Don't care what anyone else thinks or says. It doesn't matter

3) Practise nursing in public, your life will be so much easier

4) take it one day at a time, one feed at a time. 

5) remind yourself why your doing it

6) enjoy the time with your baby, all too soon it's over and you will never get that time back

As I sit here typing this my heart is heavy. At only 2 weeks past his first birthday Lucas went to bed without nursing. I miss our nightly cuddles. We still have some during story time but it's not the same. It makes me sad that he's growing up so much. I still pump for the dayhome. He still mostly drinks breastmilk but soon that will end too. I thought I was ready to be done. But it's so hard to let go. I wish I could stay home and not work, wish I could continue breastfeeding just a little but longer, but it seems like it's not really in my control. 

To all mamas; you can do it! It's hard and it can be stressful! Push through. The reward is so much more than the stress. The bond, the comfort, the time. All irreplaceable moments in my mind. 

We made it a year! You can do it too.