Breastfeeding And Sanity
This evening I’ve made the decision to end our exclusive breastfed journey (for now). It’s been eight long, but amazing weeks. This mama is utterly exhausted though. I struggled with this for a couple of weeks now. Our pediatrician gave us the okay to do formula at night, hell she flat out even told me I probably needed to for my sanity; I fought it though. I have been so incredibly wrapped up in wanting bubs to be exclusively breastfed for at least six months, but this is hard. This is really hard; I am tired, stressed out, and just slowly losing my mind. I’m convinced that partially due to this my supply is tanking. So before I’m forced to switch over to formula completely, I’m doing formula at his bedtime feeding. I’m going to pump a lot more and with that hope that my supply increases with the added sleep formula may give us and the increased pumping. Once I have my sanity back, we will make the switch back over to exclusively breastmilk.. for now though mama needs help.
I’m writing this because it really has weighed heavy on me, and tore me up. I’m writing this because if you’re where I am... we’ll be okay. No matter anyone’s beliefs... read this and read this good...
Fed is best. A mother’s sanity is just as important as anything in this journey; without it... it won’t matter what our babies are eating if we’re not at our best to love and care for them.
