Showing posts with label Missing the First 18 Months. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Missing the First 18 Months. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Giving up on Re-lactating

Well, I guess I give up.
I have been trying to re-lactate for several weeks now. And it was easy pre-getting-Zac and while Kevin was on paternity leave to sneak upstairs for 10 minutes every 3 hours and pump.
But I just can't keep up with it anymore. I have been pumping for several weeks, and am getting little beads of milk each time now.
Even though I never planned to actually put Zac to the breast, I wanted to put my breast milk in his sippie cup to increase the amount of nutrition he was getting everyday, especially since he is 18 months old and wearing size 9 months old clothes!
But I can't keep up with it. So I am not going to feel guilty about it or bad about it.
I still grieve the fact I missed his first 18 months, and missed breastfeeding my 5th son altogether.