THANK YOU to Lilia's wonderful daddy for leaving cornflakes and juice out for me this morning and for kissing me goodbye gently before leaving for work. Lilia is still sleeping as I write this and eat my breakfast, happily.
We have our second parent's group meeting today. As I'm still not allowed to drive, not until at least six weeks post my c-section, we are going to pram it there and hope the Melbourne weather will work its magic and not rain.
Last night, following two days of breastfeeding every four hours and not sleeping very much, we gave Lilia formula at midnight but she burped up most of it. This didn't happen when we gave it to her a few nights ago and I wonder whether it's because she needs to get used to it. It makes it much easier for us giving her this feed using formula and also gives us more sleep and my sore breasts a needed break. If anyone has any advice about formula, please let me know.
The other day we took Lilia to meet our 96-year-old neighbour Iris, who is lovely. Iris asked whether I was breastfeeding. I told her I was but had a few problems and have started to use formula, slowly.
'They do really well on formula,' Iris told me. 'My daughter's babies have done really well, but you'll probably find that people today are a bit judgemental about that sort of thing,' she said.
If you use formula to feed your baby whether exclusively or as a top-up, I would love to hear about your experience.
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