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August 26, 2007
Endings
So many things are drawing to a close around here. First of all, I finally got around to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and devoured the entire thing in a few days, even reading in the car on our drive down to Bloomington. I think a lot of my tears at the ending were due to the mere fact that it's ended. I've stuck with the series for a lot of years now, and it's just weird that it's over. But well worth the ride. No spoilers in this entry though; I think I need a few days to mull it all over.
In other "endings" news, I think we are finally very very near to weaning the Bug. She went four full days without asking to nurse. Tonight, after a long weekend of short naps and lots of travel, she did ask, and I obliged. Although she is nearing the age where many children do wean themselves, I really thought starting daycare would make her LESS likely to give up nursing at this point, but it seems to have had quite the opposite effect. I don't know if it's distraction, disruption of her usual routine, or what, but she seems far less interested. All in all, this is a very good thing, as I have been nearing the end of my rope for some time, and we were keeping things quite brief. I wanted to end with happy memories of nursing rather than ending on a note of complete frustration and "I've HAD it!", but welcome as the end is, I can't help being a little sad too.