sgsc,
i rem for C1's thread, there was a super productive mummy who expressed out 500ml per session and all of us then were like WOW.
in the end, she also gave up latching / bf as soon as she went back to work.
my output was only 20-30ml at the start after latching and i *think* the total output for my first day at work away from the boys was only 450-500ml... for the whole day leh.
i latched and expressed for C1 up to 14mo till i was preg w C2 (C1 started to spit out my boob... hey i din even know i ws preg then, i thot he was self weaning) and for C2, up to this Jan. so 21mo.
i operate on this principle that some BM is better than no BM, and it is possible to learn to latch again with a good LC after a couple of months of mommy giving EBM exclusively instead of latching...
anyway dear, you hv my number. sms or call if anything you hear sounds too good to be true, or too interesting to be true. haha.
abt the man.... i have accepted that in terms of child rearing, moms will always shoulder more resptys than dads.
well... until the next time Mr C steps on my tail, that is....
.... sigh. the ILs are here AGAIN in August.
sleep arrangements
i have finally moved C2 back into our bedroom sleep with us (Mr C, C1 and myself). so all 4 of us are in the same room now for the 3rd night. quite a change for C2 who has been sleeping w maid since Mar 2011. that was to wean him off night feeds so that i can finally get some decent sleep to handle work instead of waking up every 3-4h.