funny din my yayas because they have all these pamahiins about breastfeeding! i told you guys na about the feeding from the left breast first before the right because that's the ulam and the right is the water (or was is the other way around?)... but there's also the one about how i shouldn't feed joachim right away when i come home because i'm tired. i should express some milk first - kahit konti lang - before feeding him para he doesn't get tired. ok ba?!
hay naku! I just sigh and tell them to give me my baby na so i can feed him.they keep insisting that i should buy formula for him - "just in case" daw - kahit a small can lang. i keep telling them no. not only is it against what i'm trying to do (which is to purely breastfeed), it'll be too tempting for them and they won't text me when he's hungry if i'm not home.
i'm really lucky that i have enough milk for him. i've been taking the malungay pills (natalac), drinking buko juice, having squash soup and taking motilium (yes, the medicine for your tummy) to help increase my milk supply.
micael (he's 5 years old now) is getting over a cold - lots of phlegm, coughing and slight fever for 2 days. not fun. the poor boy's paos and he's matamlay. so i had the bright idea of giving him my breast milk to help boost his immune system. this worked with joachim and so i told the yaya to mix it in with his regular strawberry-flavored milk. of course, i didn't tell him
mostly because he'd refuse because the milk is for joachim. and, to be honest with you, i'm not sure what i'd do if i offered to feed him and he said yes! (he's kinda big na, you know?!) and guess what! he's much better. although he's still coughing, his eyes are clearer and he's more active! amazing talaga the way God made us! i'm so grateful that i have milk now and that since i am producing antibodies, my other kids can benefit from it - not just joachim! makes me even more determined to keep on breastfeeding and storing as much as possible for when i have to go back to the office! my mom's being really nice and told me that i can work from the house first because i'm still breastfeeding joachim... i'm so lucky that she's my boss and she has vested interest in him! haha
