10 Month Milestone

On Friday Elizabeth will be 10 months old and I am very proud of myself because I am still pumping enough breast milk everyday to feed her. I always knew that when I had a baby someday that I would breastfeed him or her but I had no idea how hard it would be until I had Elizabeth. Don't get me wrong, I love that I am giving her liquid gold but some days it is very overwhelming, and very hard to get in as many sessions as I need. Elizabeth was great at latching on and nursing until she was 6 weeks old and I had to go back to work, then she realized that the bottle was easier and faster to get what she wanted, so from then on she refused to take anything but the bottle.

So from that point on I have been a full time pumping mom and it is a lot harder than most would think. I am very proud of myself for getting this far, when I got pregnant with Elizabeth my goal was to breastfeed until she was 6 months old, then by the time I had her I said well maybe I can make it to 9 months...there were a few times when I thought about stopping but then I made it to 9 months and I just love giving it to her so much that I have now decided to go for the whole 12 months. I am also thinking crazy thoughts of going on further than that...trust me I have no idea why these crazy thoughts are entering my head, but I am considering it right now. Today when I was glancing at the calendar and realized that she would be 10 months on Friday and that if I was only going to keep pumping until 12 months then I only have 2 months left,so that is when the crazy thought popped in my head and said to me...you can do a few more months than that!!

So I guess we will just wait and see, but for now I am still going strong and what keeps me going strong is the thought that I am giving my daughter the best thing in the world...pure liquid gold!!