YEY!

[monster_munch]

I have beaten my target!

I breastfed my daughter until just after 5 months - I never had her latched right and was too embarassed and frankly too proud to ask for help, so after many months of struggling my milk started to dry up and I switched to formula.

I told myself that I would not be so proud with Green Bean and that I would ask for all the help I needed to BF him confidently and to be honest, it is this forum that has helped me - I just wish I had known about it when I had had my daughter.

I'm feeling good with the feeding - am getting bitten a bit now as he is so nosey he likes to look around and forgets to let go first, but I've set myself a goal of never giving him formula.
I'm not going to beat myself up if he has the occasional bit (like when I get free samples in the post ) to give me a break (only get an ounce or so when I express) but whilst it's going so well I kind of think why should I pay for something that I produce for free.

Am so proud of myself (a bit self indulgent I know) but in a way I also feel really guilty that it's going so well with Green Bean and it didn't with my daughter, I know I can't change the past etc but I do feel a few pangs that I could have done things so much better with her. Anyway C'est la vie, I'm not going to let thast marr(sp) my achievement.

It's been fun and I have everyone here to thank for that - even the non BFers have been so encouraging and that means a lot too

 

[CoreysMummy]

And so you should be proud!!

Well Done, its a hard slog im sure.

 

[sarah2807]

Well done hun!!
And did you say you breast fed your daughter for 5 months (or did you mean weeks?) cos that's really good too!

 

[monster_munch]

thank you - i did mean 5 months with my daughter, goodness knows how i made it, it was agony the whole time. It's weird, if i look at it objectively, it's not bad, but i wanted to get to 6 months with her and couldn't believe it was so hard, i just felt like a failure and still see it as though i failed. Still, we can all be too self critical at times i suppose...

 

[Squiglet]

Well done... getting to 5 months with both your babies...

 

[keli]

xx

 

[lfc_sarah]

 

[happy-chick]

Well done x

 

[DebbieM]

Well done! You have done FAB!!!!! You SHOULD be bloody proud too! 6 more days til my target too.. then the next is a year

 

[Xena]

well done hun you've done brilliantly you should feel very proud

 

[fifi211]

Well done mm, you have done brilliantly

 

[kalia]

Yay for you!

 

[Sherlock]

Yay for you and your boobies



You've done a great job

 

[Emma58]

Well Done MM

 

[purple13]

yay!!!! well done you

 

[Babylicious]

 

[fothers]

well done