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Decision

August 11, 2008 in Babies

I’ve been conflicted about breastfeeding lately. It’s an inconvenience to pump at work, but I’m not ready to give up nursing altogether.

I decided this weekend that I’m going to stop breastfeeding during the day. I’ll maintain my 6 a.m., 6 p.m., and 8 p.m. nursing sessions, but let go of the daytime feedings.

This won’t impact Henry’s schedule during the week, as he is already being bottle-fed during that time. It just means that we’ll be bottle-feeding him during the day on the weekends.

We’ve also already introduced him to formula and we’re supplementing his bottles with about 50% formula, so we don’t need to be concerned about not having enough milk.
I’m excited, I’ve found a solution that will work well for both of us!!

Learning to breastfeed

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August 11, 2008 at 4:52 pm

Cristin

Yay! Good luck with it:) You’re both so cute.

August 12, 2008 at 8:44 am

Dottie

Hey Jenni! It was really nice to finally meet you..in person. Thanks for the baby advice, we’ll put it to work this wkend!

August 15, 2008 at 11:04 pm

Stephanie

My only advice on this topic is this - you need to do what works for you. Enjoy it while you can - no matter how long you nurse - when you’re done - you’ll miss it.