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I stopped nursing Helen at one year. I did have some extra breastmilk already frozen, so she had a gradual transition (over a three week span) from human to cow milk during her 14th month (one month human, one week 3/4 human 1/4 cow, then half and half, then 3/4 cow and 1/4 human, and finally to stright whole cow milk. Of course, having a breast pump really helped with this, so that I could have milk stockpiled for weaning.
After the milk stopped, Helen liked using "the girls" for a nice soft pillow. Her reasurrance spot is with her forehead on my sternum directly between my breasts.
My mother was anti-supportive. She even said at one point that breastfeeding was unnatural. (When she said that, I simply hung up the phone and didn't speak to her for 3 months. There's no reasoning with someone that closed-minded and ignorant.) Helen's other grandmother said she wished she had breastfed, but all the doctors at that time were telling women that formula was better.
My milk came in on day 3. (Put a bell on me, dress me up like a Gateway box, and call me Bossie.) I never did nurse in public. It's not that I'm shy, I just preferred it to be only me and Helen at those times. Besides, if you want to see, gimme money and I'll display "my wares".
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