I have a big boy now!!!

It's official! Ethan is a big boy! He is fully weaned!
After I found out we were expecting baby #2, I decided it was time to kick the weaning process into full gear! It was just taking too much out of me to be pregnant and to continue to nurse. My goal was to have him weaned by around his 1st bday, but he had a really hard time transitioning to a sippy cup. It took two months longer, which I was fine with! I tried to quit cold turkey and went 30 hours without nursing, but yea, that pretty much hurt like a biotch! haha! So, I nursed him one time, then only did it one time for the following two days! So it's been about 5 days now! He's such a big boy now!!! :)

I LOVED breastfeeding!! There is just something about it! Nothing can ever come close to being able to feed your baby something so natural and specifically designed for a baby!
I had many complications with it at the beginning, and I'm not going to lie, I thought about giving up! But I'm so glad I didn't!

And the best part (besides it being super healthy for my baby and myself) was that I lost TWENTY THREE pounds!!! AFTER I got down to my pre-pregnancy weight!! I never worked out...and honestly ate whatever I wanted! I was losing around 500 calories a day while nursing, so I had to eat a lot!! A lot more than when pregnant! You really are "feeding for two" when breastfeeding!

It will be nice to get a 7 month break from it, but I'm so excited to nurse my next baby! :) Now that I am more educated about it, I'm hoping I wont have any trouble in the beginning like I did with Ethan!