Alyssa Milano just shared an Instagram post many parents are finding relatable.
The 50-year-old actress posted a sweet photo of her daughter Bella, 8, asleep next to her in bed, with a caption reminiscing on necessary lasts Milano remembers from raising her children.
“I take into consideration ‘last times’ quite a bit,” the Charmed alum wrote. “I can’t remember the last time I breastfed Milo. He was just done. With Bella, I’ve tried so hard to pay attention to every part. I do know the last time I breastfed her. I remember it vividly.”
“The last time I fed anyone from my body,” she continued. “I knew it was coming to an end. I saw it coming. We were in a MyGym class. She had just turned 2. There was a loud noise, she got scared, and he or she said, ‘chi chi mama.’ She soothed herself and that was it. She was done. That part was over.”
Milano added that she hopes these kids “find this post” in the longer term.
“I hope they’re reminded of the heat of my bed,” she wrote. “And who knows—this may occasionally be the last time she sleeps with me. (Doubt it but that’s the entire point. You only never know.) Lasts! Lasts are hard.”
Milano’s followers applauded the message in her comments section.
Latest York Times bestselling writer Laura Day commented, “That is a phenomenal post that each mother just wept to.”
“Beautiful,” added Rosie O’Donnell.
A fan shared, “I feel this. I only have 1 child so all of the firsts are also lasts. No do-overs or try-agains with a next kid.” A second added, “I discover with that very much.”
This will not be the primary time Milano has discussed the concept of “lasts” together with her children. In 2020, the Give Me an A actress posted a photograph holding her son, describing how she tries to take a mental note of each time she holds him, just in case it is the last.
“I can still hold him. I’m terrified I won’t remember the very last time I held him,” she wrote. “So every once and some time I hold him and I try to make a mental note of the day and time just in case it’s the last. I wish I remembered the last time I breast fed him but he weened himself in the future out of the clear blue sky.”
Milano shares her two children Milo and Bella with husband David Bugliari. The actress recently posted a vacation snap of the family of 4 posing in front of a wintery background.
“Blissful Latest Yr! What are your intentions for 2023?” the Who’s the Boss? star asked her followers.
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