Weaning? Wish mommy luck?

Since I am going away on a holiday with hubb for a week, many of my friends asked me to take this opportunity to wean Bryan off direct bf. And I do really want to wean Bryan off the br*ast, as I am finding it troublesome to pump for him when i am away. Furthermore, I have 2 business trips coming up soon and I have no intention to pump during the trips.

Afterall, he is already 19 months old and it is already way past my initial target of 6 months bfg.

Tonight, we packed our luggage first before picking Bryan up. So we picked Bryan up late from my mother’s place. We arrived close to 10pm and my mom was just finishing feeding Bryan 6 Oz of fm. Mom told me that Bryan asked for milk and he was fed 5Oz at about 8pm also. So mom, told me not to bf Bryan anymore, as he should be full already.

We tucked Bryan to bed as soon as we got home. As usual Bryan asked for nen-nen, but hubb and I manage to distract him and calm him to sleep without any bfg. So I must say that this is the first time that I have managed to tuck Bryan to sleep without bfg.

Looks like this is a good sign that I just might be able to successfully to wean him off when i return from my holiday.

Wish me luck!

First formula feeding

Today, i finally got Bryan to drink formula.

My ex-classmate got married today, and I took Bryan to her morning wedding party – you know when the groom comes to pick up the bride party.

I decided to take Bryan along as her house is very near to mine. Less than 5 mins drive away.

We went home at about 12 noon when Bryan started to get tired & cranky. I want to feed him his lunch and then get him to sleep.

Hubby did not come along and he is suppose to prepare Bryan’s porridge. It is his first time cooking for Bryan, and so, when i got home, the porridge is not ready yet. So since no porridge to eat, have to give Bryan some milk.

So i use made some formula milk. I told him “nen-nen. Nen-nen like the ones poh-poh give you - bear bear nen-nen.”

Then i showed Bryan the formula sample’s paper cover and gave it to him for him to play.

He likes anything with teddy bears, so my mom always let him play with the cover when she opens one sample. Thus, Bryan has associated the cover with nen-nen as well.
Hubby was sceptical that Bryan will drink the formula from me. But to my surprise, Bryan gladly accepted the bottle. And drank 4 Oz of the bottle while flipping through the formula’s cover.

I fed him porridge about an hour later, and then tucked him for his nap, without any breastfeeding.

I have mixed feelings seeing & feeding him formula. I am glad that he is accepting formula but also beginning to miss our breastfeeding moments.

No more expressing

Today is the first day I did not expressing in the office. It wasn’t too bad as I have been expressing only twice a day last week during my trip to Phuket.

I am getting tired of expressing milk, and carrying an additional bag to store & transport milk from work each day. Besides, Bryan does not like to drink EBM from the bottle anyway.

So once Bryan finishes my EBM inventory by Friday, he will start to get formula during the day when i am at work, that is beginning Monday. Unfortunately he totally rejects frozen EBM now, …so all inventory I have on that is going down the drain *cry*

I will still direct breastfeed morning & night. I don’t know yet what i will do during the day on weekends. Bryan will probably definitely demand direct bf, but if there are not enough bm, I will try to give formula. I am sure he will reject it, but he is old enough to understand simple explanations now. So if he is really hungry, he will accept the formula (i think). Otherwise, he is still getting his regular solid meals, so he definitely won’t starve.

Besides, I am pretty sure that he will get min 8 Oz during the morning & night feedings, based on the volume that I am able to express if I do not direct feed. And usually during direct bfg, there will be more milk than expression, so it could be more than 16Oz per day for him.

I found this from KellyMom breastfeeding website

Several studies have measured breastmilk intake for babies between 12 and 24 months and found typical amounts to be 14-19 oz per day (400-550 mL per day).

So I am not scared of him not getting enuf milk.

It’s gonna be tough, but I think it is time to start.