Big changes here! Nathan got his first introduction to cow’s milk this weekend. He wasn’t a huge fan at first. We tried bottle and sippy cup, plain and mixed with breastmilk. He did finally take about an ounce of the mixture on Sunday, which I took as a good sign, and then he took a 4 oz bottle at daycare today with no problem! Very good news.

I think cow’s milk is typically introduced at 12 months, but up until now Ive been exclusively breastfeeding and my supply has dropped to the point that I’m not able to pump enough for daycare anymore. Our frozen milk supply finally ran out last week, so with the doctors okay, we decided to introduce cow’s milk early rather than make Nathan adjust to formula, only to change things up again in a month. I’m extremely thankful that I was able to breastfeed for so long because its not always been the easy and natural thing that I thought it would be. Im going to continue to breastfeed for the next month or so, and slowly wean Nathan during that time. I feel some sadness about this change, but I also feel ready to be done breastfeeding. Hopefully it will be a positive transition for both of us.

Here is the last bag of frozen breastmilk. I was very excited to take pictures of it and memorialize the last of its kind. And then, wouldn’t you know? The damn thing had a leak in it and we couldn’t even use the milk!

Here he is after drinking up the 1.5 oz mixture of cow’s milk and breastmilk. The first time he took it without swatting the bottle away. If you look closely, he’s got a little milk moustache