..and I am sooooo torn about it!
On the one hand I am very proud of my boobies because I just now managed to express BY HAND 3 oz out of left booby alone! Yay for my boobies! I'm so proud of them
*beams*
So that milk is in a little breastmilk bottle in the fridge now and I was thinking that tonight, on her 8 week birthday, I might try giving it to DP to give to her in a bottle. He will love that, I know, if it works out!
But on the other hand I am sad about it...because she's taking milk from anyone but me and my boobs. It makes me sad! Really sad! God is that hormones or is that normal?
It will be good if she takes it, because she then can take milk from someone else if she wakes up during one of my lightning quick trips to the store, you know? Usually I will run to the store quick while she's napping, you see, but there have been times she's woken up and been crying because she's either wanted to comfort suck or nurse properly and I haven't been there.
And then I am paranoid because I am hoping it won't confuse her. I'm using the Playtex drop-in system, but wish I had the cash for those breast bottles with the double nipple because they look even less confusing. I desperately hope this doesn't put her off my boobs! I mean I know that's illogical but I LOVE our breastfeeding relationship and it's bad enough I feel so sad about this single bottle that she MIGHT or MIGHT NOT take this evening!
And then on top of that, I want to keep all this a secret because about 1000 people want to babysit her, and I don't want them to think that simply because she is taking a bottle it means they can come and make me go out somewhere so that they can watch her and feed her...aarrrgh!
Terrible, aren't I?
On the one hand I am very proud of my boobies because I just now managed to express BY HAND 3 oz out of left booby alone! Yay for my boobies! I'm so proud of them
*beams*So that milk is in a little breastmilk bottle in the fridge now and I was thinking that tonight, on her 8 week birthday, I might try giving it to DP to give to her in a bottle. He will love that, I know, if it works out!
But on the other hand I am sad about it...because she's taking milk from anyone but me and my boobs. It makes me sad! Really sad! God is that hormones or is that normal?
It will be good if she takes it, because she then can take milk from someone else if she wakes up during one of my lightning quick trips to the store, you know? Usually I will run to the store quick while she's napping, you see, but there have been times she's woken up and been crying because she's either wanted to comfort suck or nurse properly and I haven't been there.
And then I am paranoid because I am hoping it won't confuse her. I'm using the Playtex drop-in system, but wish I had the cash for those breast bottles with the double nipple because they look even less confusing. I desperately hope this doesn't put her off my boobs! I mean I know that's illogical but I LOVE our breastfeeding relationship and it's bad enough I feel so sad about this single bottle that she MIGHT or MIGHT NOT take this evening!
And then on top of that, I want to keep all this a secret because about 1000 people want to babysit her, and I don't want them to think that simply because she is taking a bottle it means they can come and make me go out somewhere so that they can watch her and feed her...aarrrgh!
Terrible, aren't I?
s jay! how'd it go? millie refuses a bottle now and she was, at one time, 100% bottle-fed! i hope your transition is smooth!
