Milk: An Unexpected Turn of Events

One day, it seems, is all it took. Mr. Meh gladly nursed this morning at 5 am. He nursed a lot, I must say, and then drank some milk, real milk (in my attempt to put him back to bed to get him to sleep for another hour or so.) It didn't work. Something was bothering him so he was up since 5 am....

Apparently he drank more milk during the day. Some 15 ounces in total (including the 5 I gave him this morning.)

When I returned home this evening, I just caught him getting out of the bathtub. Wrapped in his ducky towel, he was all smiles when he saw me (no immediate wailing and rushing to nurse to calm down....probably because his hair was dry). We cuddled and played with my necklace.

Then we started getting a bit cranky....I tried to get him to nurse. He kept turning his head away. He didn't want any milk. By the time I dressed him in his jammies, it was an all out wailing. Again, I tried to pull him in to nurse. Nope. He didn't want anything to do with it. He kept turning away from me.

I was a bit shocked and slightly humored.

Then a bottle of (cows') milk was brought up and presented to him. He took it eagerly, gladly and I whisked him off to bed.

I knew my boobs would eventually be replaced with commercially prepared cows' milk. But one day? That's all it took? I didn't think I would be so replacable, so quickly, so easily.

On the positive side, if it will be this easy (there must be a catch somewhere), then all the fretting I've been feeling over the last few months will be in vain, which is good. Good for Ivan, but not good for me. I already know that I'll miss nursing him. (Who knew a year ago, 3 days to a year before he was born, that today I would feel this and be writing this, that my mommy gene would become so strong.)

But what will happen to my boobs now? Will they remain uneven? He nursed a lot this morning on one side, so that boob is a bit smaller and lighter than the other, which I expected he would empty this evening.

Am I doomed to a permanent boob uneveness with my left boob being smaller and more deflated than the right one?