So the other night I got home with Fi and she started getting fussy. Since she’s been breathing I’ve known that this means ‘LET’S NURSE!” So we went and got in our chair with our pillow and started to nurse…but she wanted nothing to do with it. So then we bounced. wanted nothing to do with it. i put her down…nothing to do with it. we walked around and looked at pets….still fussing. So FINALLY we sat down at the table and opened a jar of carrots. BAM. That was it! Food! She was hungry. But not just hungry….HUNGRY FOR FOOD!!! Does this mean we’re turning a corner? Is this the first step to weening? A recognition that food satisfies our hunger and it’s better then mom’s milk? She is growing up so fast.
A lot of people ask me if it makes me sad to think she will some day be weened. I’m sure that at some point I will miss it. The closeness, the quiet time, the only time she snuggles…but I can’t say that I’m one of the mother’s who LOVES nursing. It’s O.K., and it’s been easy enough for us that I wouldn’t not nurse her….but the thought of not having to whip out my boob every couple of hours, planning my wardrobe around it every day and not having to pump in the gear closet at work doesn’t sound all that bad . We’re a long way from that I know….but maybe we’re headed in that direction?
love the 7 month photos and the pics from the cabin. Wow…. crawling all over and pulling up. Lily crawled at 7.5 months… can’t remember when Jason started (maybe 8 months – to catch Lily), but he started walking around 10 months, and Lily didn’t walk until the day before her first birthday… sounds like Fi will definitely be walking AT LEAST by her first bday.
Not that I’m any kind of expert! 
And yes food satisfies, but not the way the milkies do!
I’m w/ you on the nurse b/c I can / it’s easy… NOT because I love it! We’re still nursing a.m . and p.m. … it’s nice when it’s no longer every 2 hours and the time will fly by! 