Wandering in the Woods

I absolutely agree. I was so fortunate to be able to stay at home and breastfeed my little girl until she was sixteen months old. I was planning to go even longer, until she was at least two, because I've done a lot of research, and most sources agree that extended nursing continues to hugely benefit both mom and baby. However, she herself started to lose interest, and would forget more and more to lift up my shirt to ask for it, until she eventually pretty much weaned herself. I've read this is the best way to do it, instead of mom suddenly deciding one day she wants to wean her baby. I am so glad I got a chance to share such a wonderful experience with my daughter. The first few months were very difficult due to various complications, and I almost gave up, but I was able to persevere, and the rewards once we got past the complications are innumerable. She almost never gets sick. She is the healthiest kid I've ever seen. I'm so thankful. You should smell and taste the difference between breastmilk and formula. During those first difficult months, Daddy had been feeling a bit left out of the closeness we were sharing during feeding, so I let him give her a bottle of formula a couple of times, because I wasn't very good at using a breast pump, and that formula stuff is NASTY. Breastmilk is like cow's milk, only a lot sweeter and not as bright white, and comes from a nice soft warm cuddly breast, and formula has this acrid metallic smell and has no sweetness whatsoever and the nipple hole in the bottle is too big and practically drowns your kid. I can't believe they're claiming that crap is anything like breastmilk. Yuck. Understandably, Avie wanted nothing to do with it. Sorry, Daddy, but boobies are too awesome to pass up. :)