bessie is RETIRING!

well kids, bessie is about to retire.

it's quite a funny story really.

we had a date "family" night on saturday with our friends sean, erika and coraline. we were planning a trip to vegas for erika's 30th (uhem...25th) birthday in may. i said i could only attend if i could get avery to stop nursing. at that moment, avery smiled and gave erika the most devilish look like "haha, i control things here!"

well, THAT night she refused to nurse. (i thought it was due to pure exhaustion for beating up coraline all night. yes, you heard right. avery literally beat up coraline...all...night...long. she better be careful, or she'll be one less friend.)

then, she refused every feeding since then. so, i had to start pumping more. if you know me, you know i hate loathe pumping! i called our pediatrician and talked to the lactation specialist. (this chick went to harvard, she means business.) she asked all sorts of question & had me schedule an appointment for this morning.

sooooo, at our appointment today, i brought: breastmilk, a bottle, a sippy cup and a sippy full of juice. i had to taste ALL of my milk from the week to make sure it didn't taste salty. (a sure sign i had an infection of some sort. like mastitis.) nothing, it tasted sweet like milk with sugar in it. (weird, i know!)

well, avery threw a tantrum when we went into a nursing position. she won't even look at a bottle anymore. she threw the sippy across the room when it was full of milk. she got the shudders when i gave it to her on my finger. BUT, she LOVED that damn sippy with juice.

so blogger world, my child is OVER nursing. DONE...NO MORE...CAPUT!

i get to pump now. YAY! (insert swearing under my breathe.) well, sort of. i am going to wean myself to pumping only 3 ounces of milk a day. i have to sneak it into avery's food until she is one! but, i also get to start introducing her to whole milk. i get to make smoothie's for this itty bitty midget! lucky girl!

(now please keep the "your child is difficult" comments to yourself. my child is not difficult. she is smart. who wouldn't want juice over milk? i hate milk. i do not drink milk.)

so, bessie (aka: my boobs) is retiring! i am looking forward to the day where i get to go bra shopping. it has been a day i have looked forward to since before avery was born. WOO HOO!

ps: avery has now taken SIX steps! she averages around FOUR every time though!

...don't we all feel this way some days...

the following is for your enjoyment.

(i got a chuckle!)