A little over a week ago Charlie got sick. He had a fever, cough, congestion, and was a very unhappy baby. I at first though maybe he was working on some more teeth, but none showed up. I took him to the doctor to see if he had an ear infection, but none was found. Through the 3 or 4 days of very cranky baby he didn't want to nurse at all and has since lost interest in nursing all together. This hurt me physically and emotionally. I won't go into the details of physically, but emotionally I'm sad because I'll miss that connection with my baby and being able to feed him whenever, wherever. But I'm also glad to be done nursing because I no longer have to deal with being sore and being bit by a baby with teeth! Also my Sunday wardrobe has now doubled because I can wear dresses once again! Unfortunately I have not been able to make it a full year of nursing with any of my babies. Carson was 5 months when I quit because I got a breast infection called Mastitis, that was extremely painful. Alaina was 9 months old when she was weaned because she was just too interested in everything else to stay still long enough to nurse. So alas Charlie at 7 months is weaned and is now a bottle baby.
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