Half-Hearted Goodbye to Breastmilk
Grandparents are back in town and Mummy asked Grandma Katy to help clean out the freezer to get some space. One shelf of our freezer was just full of breastmilk for Erik. Really, not kidding! From a few posts back, Mummy already stopped pumping at work and no longer serving Erik breastmilk when he's away at school. Instead, Erik gets organic DHA Omega-3 fortified cow's milk.
However, as I come home and see all the empty bottles on the counter. A part of me was very sad! I am sad to know that my baby is growing so fast and becoming a little boy. I am sad to know that the phase of cuddling him and holding him and burping him are all gone. Never can get that time back. It honestly seemed like a blink of an eye that yesterday he was a baby and just started the bottle and today he's sitting up by himself eating crackers!
I mean with all the pareting articles saying "breastmilk" being so important to the baby that it was deemed as "white blood" and Erik needed this, needed me so much more when he was a tiny baby. It makes me think...well, if he doesn't need breastmilk as he is growing, does that mean he doesn't need me as much either?! Silly to think like this I know! Nor do I wish the extreme side of having a full-grown son wanting breastmilk either. LOL! Just thought this stage wouldn't have past so quickly!
Don't get me wrong, I am also very happy to see my Erik running and playing and just being his own self. Having him at this stage is just as wonderful too! He's extremely playful and getting more comfortable with his environment at home, at school, and anywhere he goes. He likes to "help" around the house. He's more independent day by day. I just miss the "baby" stage, especially when Daddy sends me old phots of my chubby Erik at a few months old...SIGH!
Guess we'll just have to make another baby ;o) hahahah! Just kidding! Don't hold your breath people, our family planning for baby #2 may be a while yet.
However, as I come home and see all the empty bottles on the counter. A part of me was very sad! I am sad to know that my baby is growing so fast and becoming a little boy. I am sad to know that the phase of cuddling him and holding him and burping him are all gone. Never can get that time back. It honestly seemed like a blink of an eye that yesterday he was a baby and just started the bottle and today he's sitting up by himself eating crackers!
I mean with all the pareting articles saying "breastmilk" being so important to the baby that it was deemed as "white blood" and Erik needed this, needed me so much more when he was a tiny baby. It makes me think...well, if he doesn't need breastmilk as he is growing, does that mean he doesn't need me as much either?! Silly to think like this I know! Nor do I wish the extreme side of having a full-grown son wanting breastmilk either. LOL! Just thought this stage wouldn't have past so quickly!
Don't get me wrong, I am also very happy to see my Erik running and playing and just being his own self. Having him at this stage is just as wonderful too! He's extremely playful and getting more comfortable with his environment at home, at school, and anywhere he goes. He likes to "help" around the house. He's more independent day by day. I just miss the "baby" stage, especially when Daddy sends me old phots of my chubby Erik at a few months old...SIGH!
Guess we'll just have to make another baby ;o) hahahah! Just kidding! Don't hold your breath people, our family planning for baby #2 may be a while yet.
posted by Tabitha | 10:08 AM
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