And, just like that Owen is no longer an infant. Sure, he is still a baby, but in just the past couple days we put away the boppy pillow, the baby bathtub, and have seriously began to childproof the house!Oh, and he is no longer breastfeeding. I am both happy and sad about this. The happy part, Owen is sleeping SO much better and thus we are all sleeping SO much better! The sad part, I didn't reach my goal of one year. I am also bummed that eliminating dairy from my diet didn't work as well as I thought it might. Once I eliminated dairy from my diet Owen did improve. He went from waking up every 2 hours to every 3-4 hours(baby steps). It was also a lot easier to calm him down when he got upset. But, he also still had trace amounts of blood in his stool. Because of this we decided to try formula only for 72 hours. The first day he took three 2 hour naps. That night his sleep wasn't the best, but the following nights resulted in vast improvements. He now can basically sleep through the night (only waking here and there, but settling back down super easy). So, although he needs a special formula that costs a pricey penny it is definitely worth it.
The past 6 months have not been easy to say the least. I have just a couple more days of pumping and it feels so surreal. I have been pregnant or breastfeeding for just about the past three years. I'm a little unsure what life will be like not growing or feeding a human. And, just like that life changes!
