In two months time I will have been either pregnant or breastfeeding for four years straight. I expected not to feel very emotional about stopping breastfeeding Noah because quite frankly I thought I would have had enough of sharing my body for so long! But no. Despite the circumstances being very different to when I Read More
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Closing down the breastaurant – weaning after 14-months of breastfeeding
My breastfeeding journey with Maia has been an emotional one. After a stressful start we both became pros and overall it’s really been amazing. So amazing in fact, that the thought of stopping makes me sad. I like to think that breastfeeding is a transition phase between the mother and child living in a symbiosis Read More
Bottle feeding – get out of jail card?
I’ve learned to love breastfeeding (yep, that’s how far we have come) but there is no denying it’s tough. It’s tough even when you enjoy it because babies feed a lot and sometimes very frequently – for example Maia feeds about 4-5 hours a day, sometimes as frequently as every hour. It’s tough because the Read More
(Breast)pump it up!
After our initial struggles, breastfeeding Maia has gone very well. So well in fact that I’ve been pushing back pumping and giving a bottle although combination feeding was our initial plan. We thought combining breast and bottle would give us more flexibility in caring for the baby as she wouldn’t depend on me being around Read More
My breastfeeding battle
I’ve exclusively breastfed Maia since the day after her birth. In all honesty, we got off to a rocky start and it has not been an easy journey. For some mothers breastfeeding seems to come so naturally, with their babies latching on even before the cord clamping. This was definitely not the case for us! Read More