Milking my way

now it's 5am in the morning and im awake, writing blog.. yes it's not insane, i just cant sleep after expression milk for didi. he is sound asleep after his 450am feed. lil missy is also sound asleep beside me on my bed, while the father on the floor.

recently, i again cant sleep after feeding didi in the wee hours..always lie there for so long..by the time i think i start to sleep, it's time to get up..so today, since it's weekend, i just get up and get few things done..

i like the queitness.. cool..

well, i have successfully breastfeed lil Jared exclusively for the first 6 months of his life. Now, i still continue to breastfeed him, but no more latching on, because just after he turned 6 month-old, he started to have 2 teeth (lower incisor) and he started to bite whenever i latch him on.

so, i just express the milk out and bottle feed him. eventhough forum/fren said baby should not bite when they suck milk, cos they r not using their jaw/gum, they r using the cieling of their upper mouth to press on the nipple.. and i should tell bb not to bite.

I tried many time, when he cry for milk, i latch him, he will stop and give me a good bite and when i tell him saying "no no, cannot bite mummy, else no more nen nen for u" he will smile at me.. I even tried when he is in good mood, latch him on, he still bite.. so gave up.. i have phoabia even.

i guess, it's good enough, 6 months of exclusiveness.. haaa. my pumping schedule as below now


7am - pump before go to work
11am-1130am- pump in the office
3pm-330pm - pump in the office
730pm-8pm-pump at home
2am-3am pump at home ,then bottle feed didi - i can pump up to 200ml to 240ml

Each time (except the early morning pump) i can pump out 150ml-180ml

my milk still enough for didi, more than enough. as now we gave him one feed of rice cereal, and i feed of formula milk.

didi is able to hold his bottle now, i still use glass botles, so usually i will help him hold a bit in case he drop and break it.



so, shall see how long my milk supply can last since im just expressing and no more latching. from fren's experience, this way, milk will reduce very fast and no more.

I hope i have given didi the best food of his life . the maximum i can accept for breastfeeding is one year. cos i think no point continue too long. he will need more iron than calsium.

Didi weight on 26 August is 8.5kg , almost similar to July's weight. but his chubbiness tells all. no worries !

Happy growing up my boy !