Milk

As you all know (at least those of you who read regularly), we have been weaning Sam at a slow pace, pushing the night weaning and allowing him to pace the daytime weaning. Well, over the last few weeks the one nursing we had (first thing int he morning) has been dwindling. This morning Sam awoke at 6:30 a.m., early for him and patted me gently on my shoulder and said, "Mama" and then made the milk sign. I dutifully and happily lifted my shirt so he could nurse. He looked at me and latched on for a "gratis suck" and then said, "no, Mama" and pointed to the kitchen and made the milk sign again.

So, there you have it, I have been officially replaced by Silk's vanilla flavored soy milk! I do think that by the first day of 2006 we will be completely weaned. It is a little sad for me, but at the same time welcomed. I had hoped to tandem nurse a little, especially with Sam's one quick morning nursing. I think that I am not making much milk at all anymore. When he is thirsty he wants the soy milk and when he wants comfort he gets that in hugs and kisses.

It has been just over 3 months since we first began the night-time weaning.

Fiber

Now that we have fiber internet I spend way too much time surfing! Sometimes I just want to surf and don't know where to go, but somehow manage to spend hours looking at stuff. I know there are others out there just like me. I have also found this hi-speed surfing conducive to updating our web page and blogging (especially now that I know how to add photos!).

So we have decided to cut Sam's naps to an hour instead of 2+. He is not wanting to go to sleep at night even though he is tired and once he's asleep he sleeps great...it is just getting him to go down. It has been taking an hour (or more sometimes) to get him to sleep! UGH! So i need to spend less time surfing now and more time doing stuff as an hour's worth of nap goes quickly for a stay-at-home mom!

Travels

It seems as if since we had Sam, we have been taking a trip to one end of the country or the other every 4-8 weeks. I am tired! We just returned from a trip Kansas for Matt's Ph.D. graduation ceremony. It was a wonderful trip that allowed closure for both Matt and I to our 4 very hard years in Kansas. We also were able to spend some amazing time with friends that we have realized, since leaving, we love so, so much.

We stayed with my dear friend Tara and her family. I love Tara so much. It seems that she and I are so often onthe smae page of life and if I ever feel that I need to talk to someone with common threads, she is the one I turn to. She just completed her doula training and is getting busy with clients fast. Her outlook on life is so inspiring and it is important to me that my dear friends are inspiring. We talked for hours in to the nights (I should say mornings...like 3:30 a.m.) and I LOVED it! Seeing her kids so grown up and playing with Sam was so very important.

I also visited with another dear friend, Laura and her family, along with most of the moms I grew to love and need while I lived in Manhattan. Returning to Wenatchee was sad, but also so nice.

We hosted a Holiday party on Saturday night and I came down with a nasty cold early last week....so needless to say, the drinking I did Saturday night put me under the table and I am feeling it still today!

Sam did well travelling as he has grown accustomed to it...though he was quite tired too as you can see from this photo taken the day after we returned on our grocery outing! We all need to rest now before Santa arrives this weekend.