So long Suckers!
So I finally did it, I stopped pumping (expressing) breast milk yesterday. I feel no remorse about it, which in itself is great, but I do wish it wasn't so dang uncomfortable. I have been slowly weaning off the pumping this week, but these babies are Plenty-Full (lol). So it gets pretty uncomfortable. I tried searching Google last night to find out how long until my boobs would take to go back to pre-pregnancy status (i.e. size and lack of milk). Of all the searches I did, not one was straight forward. They were all like you don't have to wean your toddler yet (and the like). WTF! I'm about to get on my opinionated soapbox which is not meant to offend, but purly share my viewpoint.
Simply put: If they can ask for milk then don't offer them your breast! I can understand going a year and I commend you if you can, but then let the child drink from a "sippy" not mommies "boobies". Again this is my personal opinion.
I don't have the dedication, desire, or dicipline to breastfeed longer than 1-2months (apparently). Considering Abby got the hang of it, and that was going great until I ended up in the hospital and she ended up getting pumped milk. Then I went back to work a week or so later. So by 6-8 weeks Abby was on formula. My choice, not because I couldn't give her the milk, but because I was so busy at work it became taxing on my nerves. With Morgan, he just didn't get the concept of nursing. I didn't have the patience to try to make him figure it out after 2.5 weeks of trying. And I did try all the suggestions, he just didn't want to eat that way I suppose. I plan on teasing him or maybe not about the fact that he isn't a boob man (or maybe he is and he just likes the fake implant ones since he has an affinity for the plastic nipples). Last night I gave him some formula (to test his acceptacnce) and he LOVED it. I mean he was so into it that when he slowed down from horking the bottle down I took the bottle away and he flipped out! And then for the first time is weeks (months even) I got a full 5 hours in a row of sleep!!! I love me the formula. So I have a lot of frozen milk that I plan on thawing and feeding him in the daytime, but at night he will be on formula until all the milk is gone.
So I highly HIGHLY respect (and commend) the women that have the patience and determination to breastfeed (yes even the ones I find to be weird and go for longer than I deem "normal"). But I have finally come to terms with my decision to stop the madness. And I don't feel compelled to appologize about it either. I know that my babies are healthy for having the few weeks with the breastmilk and will still continue to be healthy without it.
And that is the last time I plan to post about breastfeeding stuffs.
Simply put: If they can ask for milk then don't offer them your breast! I can understand going a year and I commend you if you can, but then let the child drink from a "sippy" not mommies "boobies". Again this is my personal opinion.
I don't have the dedication, desire, or dicipline to breastfeed longer than 1-2months (apparently). Considering Abby got the hang of it, and that was going great until I ended up in the hospital and she ended up getting pumped milk. Then I went back to work a week or so later. So by 6-8 weeks Abby was on formula. My choice, not because I couldn't give her the milk, but because I was so busy at work it became taxing on my nerves. With Morgan, he just didn't get the concept of nursing. I didn't have the patience to try to make him figure it out after 2.5 weeks of trying. And I did try all the suggestions, he just didn't want to eat that way I suppose. I plan on teasing him or maybe not about the fact that he isn't a boob man (or maybe he is and he just likes the fake implant ones since he has an affinity for the plastic nipples). Last night I gave him some formula (to test his acceptacnce) and he LOVED it. I mean he was so into it that when he slowed down from horking the bottle down I took the bottle away and he flipped out! And then for the first time is weeks (months even) I got a full 5 hours in a row of sleep!!! I love me the formula. So I have a lot of frozen milk that I plan on thawing and feeding him in the daytime, but at night he will be on formula until all the milk is gone.
So I highly HIGHLY respect (and commend) the women that have the patience and determination to breastfeed (yes even the ones I find to be weird and go for longer than I deem "normal"). But I have finally come to terms with my decision to stop the madness. And I don't feel compelled to appologize about it either. I know that my babies are healthy for having the few weeks with the breastmilk and will still continue to be healthy without it.
And that is the last time I plan to post about breastfeeding stuffs.
posted by Ginger at
1:42 PM
2 Comments:
It took me three days of pain - 2 of serious agony if someone even looked at my boobs and by the third day, they were getting better.
Hope that helps and I'm glad you're happy with your decision and feel no guilt. That's the best thing.
I'm seriously late to this party due to my lack of checking the blog. Congrats! Morgan is beautiful!
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