Bye Bye Bottles

Last Sunday Jack drank his last bottle. The weeks leading up to this day were filled with John and I discussing how great it was going to be to not have to wash the ten billion parts to the Dr. Browns bottles anymore.  But then the night came where it was really the last bottle and in that quiet moment sitting in his room, with his warm little body cuddled in my arms, slurping away in the darkness it hit me that I would prefer to feed him bottles for the rest of his life.  Well not really, but it made me again have the feeling that he is growing up faster then I want!  Everyone warned me when I was pregnant that time would fly by, and I barely listened.  But now I really believe it.  I feel like Jacks eating habits from when he was born was one of my bigget stressors as a first time mom.  I was nervous he was never getting enough, that he was going to have nipple confusion, that he was going to choke when he started eating solids, the list goes on.  Those are things you learn and I know I will handle differently next time.  It is funny because one of my favorite funny memories of his first year was the first time he ever drank out of a bottle.  We started supplementing with a bottle the first few days he was home to ensure he was getting enough.  John fed Jack his first bottle and I have to share this story.  John was involved from the start and totally on board with breastfeeding.  As many moms out there know the key to a successful feeding relationship is the "latch".  Well the pictures below were taken right after John looked up at my mom and I after getting the bottle in Jack's mouth for the first time and with all seriousness said "Do you think this is a good latch?"  I was literally in tears laughing as I said "Honey a bottle doesn't need to have a good latch". 

Anyways I wish I had videotaped it, it is a moment I will never forget.  One of the many first time parent moments that John and I have laughed about since Jack was born.  Many of my friends have just become first time moms and are expecting their first baby.  My advice to you is to savor every feed you have because I now know from experience it goes by way too fast!