Well life is definitely busier as a mom of three. I love my blog - keeping it, going back and reading the past. And I want to stay on top of it, but my time. I have none.
I have a tough transition this week. To that of a non-nursing mom. I have always loved nursing my kids. When we thought we wouldn't get to have another baby after Skadi I mourned the fact that when I weaned her I hadn't really thought or commemorated in my own mind, "the last time I am nursing". And I regretted that at the time.
This time around I am wondering if that wasn't the better option? Now it is marked. Now the last nursing session (unless something goes very awry) is going to be tomorrow.
I am headed out Monday morning at the crack of dawn to get on an airplane where I will be gone all week to Tennessee. Yay. Not. Honestly I am most looking forward to sitting in the hotel working and catching up on things, uninterrupted.
That means that the last time I nurse Silas will either be Sunday afternoon or Monday early morning.
He has been weaning - only nursing once during the day and if he wakes at night. I don't have much milk at all. But making this final step going cold turkey has me panicking a little!
I can't stand pumping on travel. I have done it for a number of trips and I am really done. I am not hauling the big pump as I need to haul enough crap along on this trip. So I am taking the hand pump only. And after 5 days I fully expect that there will be nothing left when I get back.
And Silas will certainly have let it go.
Nursing hasn't been as easy this time around. Supply issues, cracked and bleeding nipples, you name it. Things I never struggled with before.
But still... he's my last! The last baby I will nurse.
There will be tears.
But next Friday all will be good and we will have moved on.
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Saturday, April 26, 2014
Monday, March 31, 2008
I didn't pump today
It is really rather bittersweet to me. I am not tied to my pump, expressing meals for my daughter at 10am and 3pm everyday. I have freedom.
On the flip side, my daughter doesn't need my milk anymore.
I am quite lucky that I have never had any major problems breastfeeding. A little hurdle to start with when Skadi was a newborn because she was starving hungry, the drop or two of colostrum I was producing was not enough for her. She was a hungry baby. And my milk hadn't come in. Once my milk came in she transitioned off formula and was a happy baby after that.
I was able to pump her every meal for her that I was away from her, like I did for her brother.
I actually enjoyed pumping for the most part. It was a time when I could tune out, shut my door and just exist. I enjoyed the time and really only had one or two rude people pounding on my door who "needed" to talk right then.
Skadi is still quite attached to nursing and I am fine with that. Leif self weaned at about 13.5 months and that worked for me. We will see when Skadi bores of nursing. She is a touch more mama attached than Leif ever was, I wouldn't be surprised if she nurses longer.
I am in no hurry.
On the flip side, my daughter doesn't need my milk anymore.
I am quite lucky that I have never had any major problems breastfeeding. A little hurdle to start with when Skadi was a newborn because she was starving hungry, the drop or two of colostrum I was producing was not enough for her. She was a hungry baby. And my milk hadn't come in. Once my milk came in she transitioned off formula and was a happy baby after that.
I was able to pump her every meal for her that I was away from her, like I did for her brother.
I actually enjoyed pumping for the most part. It was a time when I could tune out, shut my door and just exist. I enjoyed the time and really only had one or two rude people pounding on my door who "needed" to talk right then.
Skadi is still quite attached to nursing and I am fine with that. Leif self weaned at about 13.5 months and that worked for me. We will see when Skadi bores of nursing. She is a touch more mama attached than Leif ever was, I wouldn't be surprised if she nurses longer.
I am in no hurry.
Friday, November 02, 2007
End of an era... at least a little era
I packed up my Medela Lactina yesterday. Sigh. If you don't know what that is. You probably don't really want to know.
One benefit - and truly, no tongue in cheek here, it is a benefit - of working where I work is that if you are a woman, after you have a baby, you get the use of a hospital grade breast pump for 6 months. Really, really nice benefit since you also get the kit that goes with it.
I love the Lactinas. I really, really do. Last year after I finagled an extra month of use out of the one I had on loan I looked at purchasing one on eBay. They ran about $800. After gasping a little, I decided at that point to buy a new PIS-A instead, which I used for that last 5 months.
So comparison now that I have experienced both... the Lactina is worlds above the PIS-A. There is a reason for the price discrepancy. I can expect my supply now to take a dip. Which is fine as I near these last 4.5 months of pumping daily. AB is probably hoping it does dip since we truly have no more room in the freezer.
(Which by the way, I was told there was a special on Dateline about donating breastmilk internationally, anyone have the info? I exhausted all avenues regarding local donation "just in case" I really ended up with that much. See I am an over producer. Massive, massive over producer. Like 13 gallons in my freezer over producer. You really wanted to know that didn't you? And no, I am not going to make soap, or cheese.)
This time I didn't need to finagle another month. When I got the e-mail saying "bring it down tomorrow", I could do it. Which by the way, how about a little reminder. Something like "just a hint from benefits... your child is now 6 months... you know what that means!" It would probably minimize those number of panicked e-mails back from moms saying "Wait! It can't be! I still need it!"
It's my second run with the big blue box. Kind of sad to think about hauling it in. But I will head down to hand it over to a brand new mom with a brand new itty bitty baby of her own.
Mine? Not so bitty anymore. All 23 pounds of her courtesy of mama milk.
One benefit - and truly, no tongue in cheek here, it is a benefit - of working where I work is that if you are a woman, after you have a baby, you get the use of a hospital grade breast pump for 6 months. Really, really nice benefit since you also get the kit that goes with it.
I love the Lactinas. I really, really do. Last year after I finagled an extra month of use out of the one I had on loan I looked at purchasing one on eBay. They ran about $800. After gasping a little, I decided at that point to buy a new PIS-A instead, which I used for that last 5 months.
So comparison now that I have experienced both... the Lactina is worlds above the PIS-A. There is a reason for the price discrepancy. I can expect my supply now to take a dip. Which is fine as I near these last 4.5 months of pumping daily. AB is probably hoping it does dip since we truly have no more room in the freezer.
(Which by the way, I was told there was a special on Dateline about donating breastmilk internationally, anyone have the info? I exhausted all avenues regarding local donation "just in case" I really ended up with that much. See I am an over producer. Massive, massive over producer. Like 13 gallons in my freezer over producer. You really wanted to know that didn't you? And no, I am not going to make soap, or cheese.)
This time I didn't need to finagle another month. When I got the e-mail saying "bring it down tomorrow", I could do it. Which by the way, how about a little reminder. Something like "just a hint from benefits... your child is now 6 months... you know what that means!" It would probably minimize those number of panicked e-mails back from moms saying "Wait! It can't be! I still need it!"
It's my second run with the big blue box. Kind of sad to think about hauling it in. But I will head down to hand it over to a brand new mom with a brand new itty bitty baby of her own.
Mine? Not so bitty anymore. All 23 pounds of her courtesy of mama milk.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
My muffin top.
I can admit this because I was able to zip my SilverTabs from pre-Leif. It wasn't necessarily the prettiest thing... two kids later, muffin top and all. But they zipped.
Breastfeeding is good.
Breastfeeding is good.
Tuesday, June 05, 2007
Bike horns and giants
Bicycle horns and giants
When you see a bike horn, what do you think of? Yes, a bike horn… like this:
Well if you are like my son, your first thought is that it is a miniature sized breast pump.
AB and I walked into the living room hearing the lovely honking sound indicative that Leif had once again located his bike horn. (It fell between the sectional awhile back and AB and I “left” it there.) However, seeing him holding his shirt up with the horn over his left nipple wasn’t quite what we expected.
“Mommy, daddy, this pump is noisy!”
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We have been working with Leif on spelling his name. Dinner the other night…
NM: “Leif, can you spell your name?”
Leif: Blank, slightly irritated look.
NM: “L…..”
Leif: “E… I… Fo… Fum”
When you see a bike horn, what do you think of? Yes, a bike horn… like this:
Well if you are like my son, your first thought is that it is a miniature sized breast pump.
AB and I walked into the living room hearing the lovely honking sound indicative that Leif had once again located his bike horn. (It fell between the sectional awhile back and AB and I “left” it there.) However, seeing him holding his shirt up with the horn over his left nipple wasn’t quite what we expected.
“Mommy, daddy, this pump is noisy!”
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We have been working with Leif on spelling his name. Dinner the other night…
NM: “Leif, can you spell your name?”
Leif: Blank, slightly irritated look.
NM: “L…..”
Leif: “E… I… Fo… Fum”
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