So I was asked to go to girls camp this year as the Craft director. I know funny! I've never thought of myself as being crafty, but I do enjoy doing crafts so it worked out. Plus I had an amazing partner in crime. Dabney from my ward was asked to work with me. We had a fabulous time. She was a blast to work with. We decided we must work well together because neither one of us were stressed out.
The camp theme was Survivor Africa and the scripture was Joshua 1:9. So, we made hair flowers with animal prints and decorated dog tags to wear around their necks. They turned out super cute and the girls just loved them.
I left Thursday morning July 15th and got home late Saturday night around 8pm. It was my first time ever leaving Caleb. Before this trip I had never left him longer than 4 hours. I hadn't weaned him before the trip and he did wonderfully. I was more emotional than him I think. He is a mommas boy, but Rob did a wonderful job keeping him busy. Rob took care of him Thursday and Friday and my mom and dad watched him Saturday.
Wow I never realized how physically and emotionally hard weaning Caleb from the breast was going to be. I had to pump while at camp. The first night I had to wake up at 2am because I was drenched and I went into the craft cabin with a little flashlight and pump. Ouch. It was so scary. I was alone in a big cabin with spiders all around my feet following the light from my flashlight. Not the best experience, but I got through it. The next night I just pumped extra long before I went to sleep and I was fine.
So, when I got home Saturday night my mom was nice enough to keep the baby awake so I could see him. I missed him so much. Well he wanted nothing to do with me. As soon as I took him he began to cry and wanted my mom back. She took him back and he stopped crying. Then I took him back and he wouldn't stop crying, so I just put him down to bed and he fell right to sleep. I then continued to cry and feel sorry for myself for a few hours. The next morning he woke up and things were back to normal except now I had to be strong and not give in. I wanted to breast feed him so bad, but I stayed strong. I cried off and on for two days. Caleb would ask for it sometimes and I would tell him all gone. After a few more days he stopped asking.
He now just goes to bed when I lay him down. Before I rocked him to sleep. He doesn't like being rocked anymore. Kind of sad, but kind of nice at the same time.
I hope this wasn't to much info. If so sorry.
