|the sweetest thing|
it's all going by so fast.
her latest thing is not eating. apparently, my milk is like poison to her. sometimes, she screams and flails. sometimes, she just looks at me and smiles, but refuses to eat. sometimes, i know she is really hungry but she's more interested in sucking instead of eating. that's when she gets mad the most. what? there's milk in here?! ahhhhhh!!!! i have to trick her into eating by waiting until she is good and tired.
sesame seems to have accepted the baby. she gave madeline a few head-butts. fry, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with her. he's been pooping outside his litter box, too. he was always a needy cat, though.
our deep freezer is half full with milk. i thought i could slow down my pumping schedule. i figured that i didn't have to be putting away 2 extra servings in to the freezer everyday. that would help me cut back at least one pumping session at work (currently twice a day). it's really hard to find the time to pump twice. some days, i'm dragging that pump everywhere with me, hoping to find a few minutes to myself between meetings and work. some days it's just too busy to pump twice. so, switching to a once-a-day schedule would have helped a lot.
but, turns out that the bottles in which we were scalding the milk contained a carcinogenic chemical. so, there goes another 2-3 months of work. i'm back to square one. we bought some glass bottles for scalding, and a new set of chemical-free bottles for feeding (hopefully arriving today).
plus, one of my friends, whose wife has breasfed three babies, suggested that i keep pumping like crazy until i wean. he thinks, "what's wrong with extra mom's milk, even if they are weaned? give your kid a few extra months of the good stuff -as long as you can stand that much pumping." he's right, of course. and i've been really lucky with having a strong supply.
plus, there's no feeling so great as knowing that your baby's belly is full of warm, nutritious milk!
her latest thing is not eating. apparently, my milk is like poison to her. sometimes, she screams and flails. sometimes, she just looks at me and smiles, but refuses to eat. sometimes, i know she is really hungry but she's more interested in sucking instead of eating. that's when she gets mad the most. what? there's milk in here?! ahhhhhh!!!! i have to trick her into eating by waiting until she is good and tired.
sesame seems to have accepted the baby. she gave madeline a few head-butts. fry, on the other hand, wants nothing to do with her. he's been pooping outside his litter box, too. he was always a needy cat, though.
our deep freezer is half full with milk. i thought i could slow down my pumping schedule. i figured that i didn't have to be putting away 2 extra servings in to the freezer everyday. that would help me cut back at least one pumping session at work (currently twice a day). it's really hard to find the time to pump twice. some days, i'm dragging that pump everywhere with me, hoping to find a few minutes to myself between meetings and work. some days it's just too busy to pump twice. so, switching to a once-a-day schedule would have helped a lot.
but, turns out that the bottles in which we were scalding the milk contained a carcinogenic chemical. so, there goes another 2-3 months of work. i'm back to square one. we bought some glass bottles for scalding, and a new set of chemical-free bottles for feeding (hopefully arriving today).
plus, one of my friends, whose wife has breasfed three babies, suggested that i keep pumping like crazy until i wean. he thinks, "what's wrong with extra mom's milk, even if they are weaned? give your kid a few extra months of the good stuff -as long as you can stand that much pumping." he's right, of course. and i've been really lucky with having a strong supply.
plus, there's no feeling so great as knowing that your baby's belly is full of warm, nutritious milk!
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