At four months I started Sam on solids because I knew he was ready, in fact more than ready. He would stare at us with his mouth open whenever we ate, and I couldn’t wait to give him his first spoonful of rice cereal just to see how he’d react. Well it was all downhill from there from the point of view of my breasts. He had started to wean himself.
Between the ages of 4 and 6 months Katie actually lost weight. I honestly don’t know how I missed it. She was always a chubby girl and I did notice she had lost a few rolls but I thought she was just lengthening out. I was shocked to learn how far down the charts she had dropped and immediately gave her as much solids as she could take and supplemented with formula. I hated that I had succumbed to the bottle but she was just not interested in the breast anymore. She would last only two minutes if that.
Well I wasn’t going to let Sam lose any weight, but this is the age where babies get so distracted during breastfeeding. They pull away to look at something and don’t want to get back on and you’re not sure whether they’re actually full or not. So frustrating. I remember looking at a formula tin the first time and being horrified to learn my baby was expected to have 240 mL four times a day. That’s practically a litre! There was no way on earth she could be getting that much out of me. So the bottle was Katie’s new friend. However, I was fortunate enough to keep breastfeeding her twice a day for a year. No guilt.
But with Sam it hasn’t been as easy. He loves his bottle and I would say is getting a bit lazy. It’s too easy getting milk out of a bottle. The only time he happily takes the breast is first thing in the morning when he’s really thirsty. During the day he cries until the bottle is produced. It’s not nice to be rejected by your own baby. I really want to keep breastfeeding for a year like I did with Katie and I WILL persist. But seeing his fat rolls is a beautiful sight.
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