1.
My friend comes over to visit with her two-month old. My friend is about 5 feet tall and 90 pounds (I exaggerate). Her baby is big. So big. Like a koala bear. Her baby looks bigger than her.
My baby is so tiny.
(I like my tiny baby.)
My boob is three times the size of my little baby’s head.
We sit side by side on my bed and chat and nurse our babies together.
2.
The lactation consultant has a sweet, almost too sweet, sing song voice. She announces, a propos of nothing, “Formula fed babies sleep deeper and longer than breast fed babies.”
I didn’t know that.
She laughs, “That makes breastfeeding a hard sell.”
Ummm… yeah.
yes a hard sell. And there is no doubt that breastfeeding is harder work and more timeconsuming initially. But later – oh it is just so much easier – quick, convenient. Definitely worth sticking at. And once you get it established it is the most wonderful thing (I just loved breastfeeding – although not the first weeks with my firstborn when I was always wondering how long I would last at it) and giving up was always the difficult thing in the end. Particularly with my youngest.
Reading your blog is like travelling back in time for me at the moment – back to those days when my daughter was first born.
Sorry I’ve not been around – got preoccupied with Christmas!
ITA with RB above. Neither of my kids were the greatest sleepers but I wouldn’t trade breastfeeding for anything. It is so worth it and it gets easier with every day. OK, it did for me and I hope it does for you & Jonah too.
Oh, no — I’m not going to give up on breastfeeding. I love it. Except for the divot in my left nipple, but that will heal, surely?