Baby Time coming to an end

At Nathan's 9 month check up, the doctor told that over the next couple of months I need to begin weaning him. My goal, she instructed, is to have him off the bottle by his 1st birthday.

My first thoughts were financial. Hooray! No more expensive formula. No more washing dozens of bottles.

This morning however... I wanted to cry. Nathan was cuddled in close to me, taking his morning bottle. He makes lots of eye contact with his morning bottle. He isn't very fidgety, just happy to be so close to mommy. These moments will soon be nothing more than memories. Only, he won't remember them, they will be mine alone. I am grateful for them. They have helped bond us as mother and son. They have brought a closeness like nothing else.

Everyday he makes me realize that time is so short. Yesterday, I was at church talking to another lady. I looked up & saw my husband and son walking hand in hand. My heart swelled! (to clarify, Nathan can't walk on his own yet.)

So, I know that these days are quickly passing us. Soon he will be rushing to go play with his friends. I will smile and remember the days when he & I played and laughed and cuddled all day long.