Monday, April 19, 2010

Breastfeeding Journey Began

Oh how I wish I had done this 11 months ago. The journey began on May 9th 2009 and boy I had no clue what was in store for me. From the get go I was determined to breastfeed my new baby and never give him anything other than breastmilk. Wow, what a challenge this was. From day one he wanted to nurse for hours on end. I remember the blisters, the pain the defeat the desire to quit and give in to the formula, but something inside of me made me keep on. Several weeks later the pain was gone, the baby was healthy and boy was the pregnancy weight falling off. Now a new challenge arose...how can I get anything done and feed this baby non-stop. I remember my son was eating CONSTANTLY and this made me feel like a cow being milked. This was all my days cosisted of, wake up feed baby, shower-feed baby, I cant count the number of times I crawled in the back of my Minivan to feed him. Every hour some days he needed to eat. Now he is 11 months old and has finally started sleeping thru the nights...thank goodness and we have cut out the night feedings. What a difficult task this was....I can't count the number of times I "quit" night feedings only to give into him the following night.

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