18 Months and 12 Days

Drum roll please...

Copper went to bed for the first time in her life without nursing first! I'll give you a minute to let that sink in.

It's true. I went to dinner to celebrate a friend's recent engagement and Aubrey was left to fend for himself with the kiddo. I planned on leaving by 8:00 to get home and nurse and put Copper down, but our food didn't even come out until 8:10. I got home a few minutes after 9:00 and Aubrey was sitting in the living room watching the monitor as Copper quietly tossed and turned in her bed (a regular occurence every night). A little while later she was asleep.  It went well for him too. No fight. No crying. They read books, watched a short video on the iPhone, hugged, and then she laid down. Easy peasy. If I try to lay her in her bed without nursing first, she's signs "more" and points to the chair that we sit in every night.  It's both an exciting and a sad night. Exciting because she went to bed without me! But on the flip side it was sad because she went to bed without me. It was the first time I haven't been home when she went to bed. I don't know if I'm ready for her to be boob free at night. I love that time with her. And she loves it too. As freeing as it would be to not always have to put her to bed, I would really miss our special time together. But for tonight, it was great. Well done, Daddy!