Weaner

M has weaned himself. He was already down to two nursings a day, with the one at night a barely noticeable nip. Then, he refused the night time booby. And a few day after that, he refused the breakfast booby for two days in a row.

Even though I hated nursing in the beginning, I started to enjoy it in the last few months when it didn’t hurt anymore and it was a pleasure rather than a punishment. I especially liked those nights when he would “slurse” — fall asleep while nursing. But he’s a big boy now — almost 9 months, pulling himself up and just today, putting himself in a sitting position for the first time.

Why can’t he just stay this age (minus a week or so when he was still nursing) forever?