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March 26, 2009
RIP Lefty
It's funny, the relationship each of my kids have had with my boobs. Jamie was always willing to nurse, held on until you made her pop off, and loved both boobs equally. Katie nursed constantly, fell asleep almost every time, and would shriek and refuse to nurse on the left side by two and a half months. At some point, I just gave up and fed her only on the right. Owen loves the boobs, but nurses fast, and pops off when he's done. He almost never falls asleep nursing, and while he's shown a preference for the right side for a long time, he was always willing to oblige and give lefty some love.
Now that he's a year, and I can start giving him milk, I decided to stop trying to be so even with the boobs. I figured if he was going to fight nursing on the left, I'd just stop worrying about it. He got on board with that real quick, and now he won't even help a Mama out when Ol' Lefty starts to hurt. Ungrateful little creature!
There are only two things that bother me about the new status quo: I'll be going from sorta lopsided to ridiculously lopsided, and I'm afraid this might be the beginning of the end of nursing. I'm not quite ready to give up that time with my last baby, and more importantly, I don't want to give up all the extra food he allows me to eat.
Posted by me at March 26, 2009 9:49 PM