Filed under: baby, life, new mom, son | Tags: breastfeeding, current events, formula
Today I was looking at one of my favorite message boards and came across some info that said not only is BPA in all formula cans, apparently one of the supplements that they add to mimic Omega-3’s is also not the best (DHA/ARA).
I stopped breastfeeding E when he was 6 months old. We had horrific issues (um….to say the least) and although I really really didn’t want to, I didn’t have much of a choice. Since then, he’s been getting Parent’s Choice formula. We started with organic, and made our way through cans and cans of formula until we found one that didn’t make him spit up…well…spit up as much as he had been.
Now that he’s almost 1, I am thinking about the whole change over to milk thing. I have two different concerns here. One…the newest info is that babies who are breastfed should be so until 18 months now, no longer 12. So, why would I take E off of formula if breast fed babies aren’t off of breast milk? BUT, look at all the ‘bad’ things going on with formula. With milk, hopefully he’ll be able to keep down the organic, whole milk I will buy him, which will be ‘better’ for him (or should I say, less bad, as everything seems evil out there now).
But, the point of all this raving is where our society is now. We have too much information available to us. It makes us worry warts. I want the best for E but not for the cost of my sanity. People mention 20, 30 years ago how parents didn’t worry and look how their little ones turned out. I agree, but I also wonder how cheap the US was at that point. Were they using all these chemicals? Really??
So, enough is enough. I will take what I read with a grain of salt from now on (obviously pending the source). I’ll do what I think is best for my little E and go from there.
About 4 months ago, we thought E was teething. He had all the typical signs, drooling, biting, fussing, it must be a tooth?! We were so wrong. He was having incredible issues breastfeeding, and wasn’t getting enough food. Yikes.
Move forward to now. The past few days have been complete hell for me with E. He’s been even more fussy than usual. The whole time I’ve kept my fingers crossed that it was him teething. I was sure I felt some bumps on the bottom front gums. But, I was so willing to chalk it up to teething before, what was I really missing?
Yesterday we were at MJ’s. I figured she must be the know all with teething as her son has SIX teeth (or is it 5?) already at 8 months. She felt around, we both peered in his mouth, and there it was. We could see a little of the tooth, not feel it, but see it.
Later on that night when A came home, I had to run to work so we weren’t able to discuss the tooth situation. When I returned, A told me he could feel it when E was biting his hand. I know! I said. But, after E’s nightly bottle, I was feeling and it had surfaced! A, once again, told me he could feel it (I just assumed he felt it beneath the gums). So our little guy is growing up! I’m not sure what to think of this whole teething thing. My mother said it’s exciting and that he’ll be so cute with it. I just start thinking of him biting me, and then of him marrying someone and not loving me as much anymore. I know, there’s a huge gap in time there, but I find myself whispering to E, you will always love me the most. I want to be getting the most love from him forever, however selfish that may be. There are worse things I could wish for.
Bras, this has been on my mind for the past couple of months. I have recently been to two different stores in the past week, attempting to find a new one (I shamefully admit that I am still wearing nursing bras even though I stopped with the breastfeeding thing two months ago…). Wow. After about 30 minutes of trying them on at each place, I left with one bra…one bra total. And when I got home and tried it on again, it was not working!
But I just don’t understand how the people who ‘fit’ you can be so off. My boobs have been all kinds of sizes. But I truly believe they are smaller than they were before I was pregnant. I am very excited about this. But when I was fitted, at both stores, the sizes they gave me were so incredibly off. I tried on the bras they suggested, tried that ’sister sizes’, nothing was working. I feel like I”ve tried on every size that I possibly can. Then it was just a matter of trying on the different types as they all fit differently.
I am so tied of having a nursing bra uniboob. But I am at a complete loss what to do about it. I can’t seem to find a bra that will fit. Now what?
