Weaning

All breastfeeding mothers know (or will know) that at one point their baby will start weaning off of breast milk to eat other foods. Also, the key to weaning is to take it a slow or as fast as you want, whatever speed feels the most comfortable for you and your baby. If I had that choice, I think that the weaning process would have been a little easier on me. Since Ian didn't get as much food as he needed from nursing, I had no choice but to switch him to bottles. For the past month, I have been nursing him right before putting him to bed and first thing in the morning, but now, he is completely on the bottle. Today is the second day of no nursing. Nobody told me about the strain it would have on my body! Even though Ian has gained 2 lbs at his weight check two days ago, and he is perfectly happy with having a bottle, I still wish I could nurse him and keep him satisfied for longer than an hour. You may not want to know this, but on the second day of not nursing Ian, my breasts are so sore and full. I haven't had this feeling for months. I know that the easy way of solving this issue is to nurse Ian, but that would defeat the purpose of fully weaning him! Maybe I'll be able to wait it out... I just don't want it to get worse. That is probably going to happen anyways... everything gets worse before it gets better! Personally, I didn't think my breasts would feel this full. After a month of only nursing Ian a couple times a day instead of every few hours, I thought the milk production would have gone way down! Maybe my body has high hopes that Ian will nurse again. :P