Milk Monster !!!

Lorelei made up for not gaining any weight last week with an 8 ounce gain! For her, this is HUGE and is most likely due to some changes in her eating. Unfortunately, it looks like Mommy's milk is drying up. This could be happening for a variety of reasons (i.e. it's just my body and there is no way of stopping it, I am doing more physically and that is affecting it, or she is getting bigger and needing more food). Unfortunately, we'll never exactly know why. So, we have been experimenting and right now it seems that what works is Mommy will nurse in the morning and pump milk all day. We've been feeding her that milk via a bottle and then will supplement with formula as needed. It has been driven into my thick skull that formula is not the 'f' word and it is okay to use. There are pro's and con's that come with this new eating plan. The con's are that Mommy has been feeling let down, sad, and depressed that she isn't able to provide for Lorelei like she used to. The pro's are that Lorelei is taking the bottle wonderfully, we know exactly how much she is eating, and is sleeping great--sometimes 12 hours a night. This has also been a mental relief for both Mommy and Daddy. However, Mommy will definitely miss the special bonding we have made via nursing and we are grateful to (so far) have our morning nursing sessions. We would love to meet our goal of 6 months of breastfeeding which will be on February 22nd. Wish us luck!