Busy, busy, busy!!
I have officially stopped nursing but am still pumping and feeding. Since Sarah is nearly 12 weeks old, I have decided to stop putting myself through the agony of trying to nurse her. After a few days of exclusively nursing her, I am bitten, bleeding, cracked, and she has passed me her thrush. I heal, get over the infection, and a few days later, the same thing has happened. Second children are supposed to be easier!! Bekah never did this to me. I have decided it's not worth the heartache and physical pain. I think she's getting too old to correct her latch on, and she seems to get so much more and stays happier longer when I pump and feed. As of right now, my plan is to continue doing this until the end of July when I will start to wean in order to be done by the time school starts in early July. I have TONS frozen in the freezer, so she will get more BM for at least a couple weeks past weaning.
(Correction: Early AUGUST!!)
The last few days have been busy, but I will post pictures soon of when my mom and I took Bekah and Sarah to the zoo on Saturday while my dad and Bobby went out on the sailboat.
4 comments:
Way to go on sticking it out as long as you have. Nursing is a lot of work, and it's terrible when it's not going well. You can only do what you can and save your sanity after that. I honestly preferred pumping with Katy, but I am going to stick with nursing at least a little while longer... We'll see about when school rolls around.
Funny, Deven, because I HATE pumping but of course have no choice working 40 hours a week. I have already started counting down the months I have left :)
Paula, every time I read about you pumping for her for this long I am amazed...way to go!! I am not sure I could do it...
Michelle
Been there done that...... I have had similar problems with my kids and nuring, with Grace being the worst!! (bleeding, mastatis, thrush twice and so on..) I have also gotten thrush with both the boys too which wasn't fun!! OH, the things we go through for our children!! I am not a big fan of pumping because it seems to take so long but congrats to you for keeping it up!! You have done all that you can which is wonderful!!
I also hate pumping but have found myself doing it quite a bit for Colin. He only nurses well for his nighttime feedings. Other than that, he's also much happier and content longer when he's had a BM bottle. I'm bummed because I was hoping to nurse him longer since I'm home more than with Alex, but needless to say I'm pumping away.
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