haha...i've been busy being ard these few days! finally plucked the courage big time to bring audrey out..and it's been out everyday since! what a difference from being all cooped up at home
mostly, it's to have makan around home in tampines..so century sq, tampines 1 etc etc..the furthest i had was to plaza sing and thomson plaza. must say, i find all the nursing rooms very dismal. no matter the decor. the seats are almost always stained, the rooms hv strange musty odours...
finally bought a nursing shawl too..from mothercare and it's been fantastic being able to bf anywhere everywhere...walking ard shopping for christmas stuff, on escalators, at restaurants..no one gives you a second glance. well, only once..at the checkout cashier at Daiso, audrey chose to do her big-time squirms and nearly lifted the entire shawl..and the cashier was "ooohhh..i didn't know there's a baby there.."..haha, i was thinking, did u think i had loots beneath my shawl then?
so it's been very liberating this past week. UNTIL YESTERDAY when i realised to my horror that Audrey DOES NOT WANT TO FEED FROM THE BOTTLE! it's a very serious issue. just showing her the milk bottle will send her into a screaming fit. she howled and argued with my hb for three hours before succumbing. at the next feed, i tried to give her the bottle, and we had a screaming match for an hr. it wasn't crying cos there are no tears. and she can go from screaming to acting completely nonchalant until u bring up the bottle teat again. my hb was super patient, trying to explain to her why she needs to accept the bottle and that the breast wasn't going anywhere...but she refused. haha, plus the manipulative side of her showed! when screaming and yelling at us, burying her face to the side, cowering under her little palms didn't work, she suddenly smiled, gurgled and cooed at us, thinking that will soften our stance..nope! so back to a huge screaming fit. i am now waiting for her next feed and this time, it's going to be bottle again...and i fully disagree with the term - nipple confusion.. i think it should be called nipple preference. she isn't confused abt the breast or the teat. she simply prefers the breast.
gal >> i was trying to find the tea that shugar bought..when i walked past mom's essentials at tampines 1..they had the mother's milk tea. i've been taking just for 2 days..quite a big jump in ml. from a miserable 30ml (rock bottom), i have gone back to the usual 120ml per b per pump...and the b feels constantly full. good recommendation you've got there!
and good to hear your babe's fine. nothing like good health yeah?
mie >> mummy woes with our mummies yah? i've my load to share too. but as in all things, keeping my own crankiness in check at times help not to make things worse. i think both my mum and I are learning how to cope with the new dynamics - that she needs to let me make my own mistakes in mothering and allow me to develop as a mother too..instead of intervening too much or passing unnecessary comments. glad to say, it is getting better. haha, they are having their AMK gang..i think you & I are the tampines bunch right?