I am SOOOOOOOO ready to be done pumping. Don’t get me wrong, it was fine to do, I have no regrets. And in fact, I’m incredibly proud of the fact that I was able to feed Noah from my own body for so long, with hardly any supplementing.

But while nursing is lovely and bonding and relaxing and peaceful etc etc, pumping is something I’ve been putting up with, and I am EXCITED to be almost done.

We won’t be going cold turkey (at least not yet) on the nursing. For the time being, he’ll still nurse when he wakes up and when he goes to bed at night. Those will taper off at some tbd point in the not terribly distant future, but neither of us is ready to give them up yet.

But Noah will drink cow’s milk during the day, beginning at day care the week after his birthday. And I will no longer be pumping on a regular basis. (Hopefully ever!)

Thank you everyone who left comments, called, or emailed with offers to be ventees. I really appreciate it, and the next time I need it, one or more of you will probably hear from me.