Brandrea

It has been over a month, but I still hesitate every time we put Cora to bed.

Our nursing time ended rather abruptly in September. Cora was bored and impatient during her bedtime feeding and began to play around and, well, bite. This would happen on occasion, but she did it repeatedly that night. Brad does not usually hang around during those times, but he was with us that evening. After witnessing the conflict, he decided that that would be the end of things. Putting a screaming Cora in bed and ushering a teary mama out of the room, he brought our nursing season to an end just like that.

It has been a little freeing, a little sad, and a little bit of an adjustment. It still feels like something is missing in her going-to-bed routine. I suppose that is natural since we did it for fifteen months and have only changed our habit for the last one.

Soon, Lord willing, I will be back at the routine of nursing, back to the around the clock hours, and the quiet, sleepy bonding moments. I am thankful for what has been and for what is to come.