Since Hurricane Ike, Isaac has been slowly weaning himself. Once we got home he decided he wanted absolutely nothing to do with me (as far as nursing goes) which of course broke my heart. So I continued to pump to supplement what he wasn't getting. Well then the worst thing happened, my milk supply went thru the floor almost gone. We took Isaac in for his 9mo check up - he's perfect (of course) but our doctor told me he needed at least 20 oz of milk or formula a day. WHAT!? Needless to say things have only gotten worse, I went from 16 - 20 oz a day to 8 if I am lucky. Thank you to all my friends who I reached out to who encouraged me to try different things while trying to get Isaac to drink formula. It's been a struggle, with lots of tears, guilt, frustration, confusion, everything. So we've been trying to give him formula each night and each night he has adimently refused BUT TONIGHT IT HAPPENED! I put him to bed after he refused the bottle three times. I heard him whimpering so I went in to his room, bottle in hand, scooped him out of his crib and handed him the bottle and he took it, downed the whole thing!
I was almost in tears! And then he went straight to sleep! I'm so proud! I know it may seem silly to you but for us it is a HUGE hurdle we've come over!
** I had to take a picture because I was so proud!!**
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Hey, I love the new look of your blog! And all the cute pictures :)
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