May 31st, 2005
Tired and Want To Stop
» motherhood
It has been almost 16 months and I am running out of steam. Initially, I thought doing it for 3 months would already been an achievement. Almost gave up during the 4th month but decided to press on till the 6th month. Things really got much much better after that, everything has fallen in place, the kid has started taking two or more solid meal and drink lesser milk, and it is also a wonderful sleep stimulant for her. Save money, save time, save trouble washing bottles, save headache deciding what brand of milk to get.
The want to continue breastfeeding is not there anymore. Perhaps it is because she is growing older, and I see the needs for it diminishing. She doesn’t feed so often nowadays, and cannot stay focus to finish her task. She even develops this habit of changing sides every few seconds, which is damn irritating. Then there are her teeth! Thank God she doesn’t bite me, but she tries to grind them against my skin, painful also.
She seems to be taking the fresh milk we introduce well. The amount she drinks is still rather low; maybe around 4oz, but we are slowly increasing it. How much should she drink anyway? 1 cup? She still refuses the bottle and using a big spoon to feed her the milk proves to be much easier. Maybe I should just let her drink from a straw.
Tired, and with no more enthusiasm to continue, I am going to wean her very soon. Ok, for both our comfort, I better keep the night feeding.
June 1st, 2005 at 3:30 am
Weaning already? I don’t have the courage to. Tim still depends a lot on BM. His solids intake is like about 30% only and the rest is BM. Its interesting to note that Tim also likes to switch sides every few seconds like Yauyau… i wonder if this is due to age
Perhaps when he starts to cut his teeth, i will have the same issues of weaning. He still gums me sometimes but grinding teeth against skin is definitely more painful!
June 1st, 2005 at 4:09 pm
Fresh milk as in full cream fresh milk that needs to be put in fridge ? But do they have the necessary nutrients ? Mine is taking BM exclusively and refuse the bottle/cup/spoon/straw when I try to give her formula.
June 1st, 2005 at 11:42 pm
Isn’t it wonderful to be able to bf Yauyau as a SAHM?
I am facing prrob as my supply dwindled ever since I started working…
Is Yauyau willing to drink from a cup? Avent’s Magic cup is not a bad choice…Mag Mag is not bad too!
I have a prob with my baby’s ‘itchy gums’ she bites! And YES! OUCH! so painful!
June 2nd, 2005 at 8:51 am
Phoebe, so it is the same! Do you find it annoying that the kid keeps changing sides? I am always irritated by that act, as if she is playing with my body….hehe
Yupe, Fannie, I have tried both sippy and mag mag straw cup. Sippy is out now, I think she is not willing to suck out the liquid, and I find it difficult to get rid of the grim if I don`t wash immediately. The straw cup has been very useful, but I mainly use it to serve her plain water as she has this habbit of pouring out the water and swipe the liquid with her hands, what a mess. I think she is too use to direct feeding, so she doesn`t have the concept of sitting still and downing a full bottle of milk at a go.
Fresh milk might not be as balance in nutritious value as formula, but I think it still provides the neccessary nutrients they need. It is more for convinent sake, pouring out from the carton is easier then boiling water and mixing the exact amount of water and powder. Can also grab a pack from the fridge during outings.
June 2nd, 2005 at 9:16 am
Congratulations for having gone on this long! I couldn’t wait to quit when Sara was 11mths. Anyway, she drinks her milk (formula) from a bottle, but water from a straw cup. I tried to go onto regular milk when she was 13 mths, but she had an allergy attack, so am holding off for a bit. But I’m with you - soooooo convenient if they took regular milk. It would certainly make travelling a million times easier.
June 2nd, 2005 at 10:41 am
I am into my 11th month of bf, Declan used to be on EBM fully, nowadays my supply has gone down and each day I can only manage 2 EBM feeds. Now I only express twice a day.
Since he turn 10 months, I have been contemplating to stop.. but I just can’t bring myself to do it. Whenever I want to stop, I will remind myself that, some mamas who really wish to bf aren’t able to do it due to various reasons, so since I can, even though supply is not much now, I should continue. That’s why I think until now, I am still giving him EBM and supplement with Formula and of course he gets his cereals, porridge and snacks.
I will probably be stopping soon too…. drying up leh…
June 3rd, 2005 at 7:22 am
Yes, the behavior is exactly the same. Tim even twiddle with my nipples sometimes. When i was slinging him and nursing at the same time, he would also ‘hold’ on to the other breast for comfort. Sometimes i was irritated by it but other times, i just think its cute. Usually i would distract him with something else like letting him hold his foot, his pillow or a toy to keep him busy. I will definitely miss BF if it ends cos it seems that Tim might just be our only child…