Feeding

I have enjoyed (mostly) feeding each of my kids. I love the quiet time of just sitting there with them. I love they way they fiddle with my hair or my straps or my fingers. I love it when they lie there looking into my eyes. I love the little grin that comes across his face sometimes while he's having a drink. It is a precious time. I was worried that Alexander was finishing up having his breastfeeds which scared me because I'm not quite ready to stop it but also because it is the way that I settle him when he wakes up at night. A few times after he has woken in the morning Alexander has then pushed me away when I've sat down to feed him, mostly because he has seen something he wants to play with or a book to read. I've just let him miss that feed and then given him milk after his afternoon nap. But now he is keen for it again. When he wakes up he now asks me for 'ilk' (milk) and will gladly lie there and have a drink. It really is a special time together. I have no idea how much longer it is going to go for, or how long I will be happy feeding him, but for now I am glad he is still happy to have breastmilk at 18months.