The Breastfeeding Diaries...

Thanks to Sarah from Baby's Day for today's breastfeeding post.

I love your list of love / don’t love about breastfeeding – I can really relate to the one about a secret passion for watching Keeping up with the Kardashians. I have lots of happy memories of being curled up on the sofa feeding my baby with the log fire crackling in the corner – and Judge Judy on the TV!! “What? I’m feeding, I can’t reach the remote control!” (usually for an hour and a half triple bill :-D ) I really enjoyed those quiet afternoons, spending time snuggling up with my new baby whilst the rain poured down outside.

I was really disappointed that I didn’t seem to be able to produce enough milk for my little one once he was about 3 months old, and remember the really mixed feelings of giving him a bottle for the first time. On the one hand I was a tad relieved that I wasn’t the only one that would be getting up in the night anymore, but on the other hand I knew that it was the beginning of the end of that wonderful close time we would have together. So my advice to anyone breastfeeding is that even though it does feel like a physically exhausting chore at times, enjoy the chance to spend quiet time with your little one.