No More

I think that the time has come that Grace is done nursing.  She has started to bite me.  She bit me for the first time a few days ago and I didn't anticipate it continuing.  I thought at that point that it was by accident.  Then yesterday, Thursday June 21, when she bit so hard that it cut me, I knew at that point that the time was very near for her to stop nursing.  I just didn't want to be bit every time she ate.  I tried mutiple times since then and she continues to bite me.  It makes me really sad that all of the sudden, I think, that we are going to be done with it.  I have come to realize that it isn't good for her or I to put us through the stress of it.  I have been very fortunate thus far to have been able to nurse her to almost 8 months.  I realize that there are many moms who can't or don't make it this far.  I should be more thankful and stop being sad.  I guess it makes me sad because it means that Grace is growing up and that special time that we share (just her and I) is probably no more, it will just come in different forms/times.  In my head I imagined that I would be weaning her gradually this summer so that by fall she would be more comfortable with the whole process.  It will take some patience and time for us all to adjust to this new part of her life.  We will make it and it will all soon be forgotten.  I will just keep reminding myself that.