Bittersweet end to BFing

TBjornsson · November 2009

LO has made it clear to me that she wants bottles. DH has been feeding her bottles while I am at work since 5 weeks. In the last week it has been impossible to feed her. She arches her back and cries so I would wait and try again convinced that something else was wrong. Nope. To test my theory I would give her a bottle and she would slurp it down in minutes. So I am going to pump until it drives me crazy but am sad that I won't actually be BFing anymore. I worked my ass off to get my supply up and basically sat there for the first month with her attached to my boob all day long. So to get this far and have to stop makes me sad. However, it does free me up a little although exclusive pumping seems like a full time job! I will eventually switch to formula in the next few months and when that is all said and done I will take a shot of tequila and get over it!

MewMew · November 2009

Pump is real hard! So hard to find time to do it and it takes me forever to pump. I hope that it doesn't take you as long!

Newport617 · November 2009

I am sad to say that I think we are heading this way too... my LO is only 4 weeks

But the thing is that it doesnt really make me upset because I feel like when I give him a bottle he is much happier and its actually a better bonding time for the both of us due to eye contact and a happy baby! So yay for breast pumps and full time milking

prettipenny · November 2009

I have been mainly pumping since about 3 weeks- I don't really mind pumping unlike a lot of others on here. It takes time and is a little boring for those 15-20 minutes, but I think it is worth it. I usually only BF DD at night, partly because I am too tired to get out of bed and heat a bottle and also because this seems to be the only time she is calm enough to BF.