Palakol

Vien has already four teeth. Yay! 

And because of that, nursing him becomes difficult for me, especially when he’s really hungry. His suckle is a bit stronger and feeling his teeth everytime I nurse him, I tell you, is like anticipating a snake to bite me. Although Vien does hardly bite when he’s really in business, that is nursing quietly, he does bite sometimes when he’s over, or when I force him to nurse more despite his struggle appearing ready to fight me. And when he does that, it really really hurt!

I do want to breastfeed and pump until Vien’s first birthday. But with the rate of what’s going on, how am I gonna last till then?

Yesterday, while at work, I only pumped 8 oz. I used to bring home 10-12 oz or breastmilk a day after work. I knew this would come since Vien has started on solid food. My baby boy feeds less at night, though he is not sleeping through the night yet. The more he eats solid food, the less he wants my milk at night. I don’t have any problem with that because I really want him to sleep through the night, if that isn’t asking too much..

He’d wake up 2 to 3 times during the night, either he wants to feed or he wants to know that we’re still nearby, so I’d pat him on his side until he goes back to sleep. It never bothered me really to get up with him in the night because I’d just pull up my shirt to nurse him and it would lull him back to dreamland, quickly!

But I just found out that nursing him to sleep is not good. It won’t help him learn to go back to sleep by himself. Hmmm… patience, patience, patience. So I told myself.