Husband rant
So I’ll start off by saying I’m STRESSED because I have a stomach bug and feel terrible and my milk supply is all jacked up because of and my house is a disaster because of said sickness and my MIL was in town over the weekend.
My girl got her 4months shots yesterday and was feeling terrible yesterday. At around 8 my husband got it in his head she was hungry. I had 3 ounces pumped and out so I fed her it. She cried some more. He said she was still hungry so he got 2 oz of cold milk out to feed her. I told him she was tired it was past her bedtime. Of course she didn’t take it so he said he wanted to heat it up. Of course she still didn’t take it because she wasn’t hungry. I went back and rocked her to sleep immediately. Guess who had to throw out 2 oz of milk.
Cut to today. She’s still not feeling well. I haven’t been able to eat and I’m very dehydrated so my supply is terrible. Won’t be able to pump enough for a days supply of milk. My girl is still cranky from her shots. Around 830, my husband gets it in his head she’s hungry again. I tell him she’s tired but no I still have to give him the 3oz I have out and tell him I’m not throwing away milk again. She cries through it (sign she’s not hungry obviously). He said give me 2 more oz cold. I huff and puff because I know where this is going. I’m washing bottles and I hear her continue to cry so I go grab her. He said I think she doesn’t want it because it’s cold. I said she’s not taking it she doesn’t want it. He said no it’s because it’s cold. He always has to get his way so I say fine I’ll go heat it up. He tells me I need to have a better attitude because my daughter is hungry. I tell him I don’t think she’s hungry. That made him mad. I take the bottle to heat up and give it back to him. She’s crying through it and won’t take it. He gives in and lets me go back and rock her to sleep (which happened very quickly). But now guess who has to throw away 2 more oz of milk.
I’m her mom. I know what she wants and I wish he would just listen to that. It’s fucking liquid gold. I don’t care if I have 175oz of it in the freezer, it pains me to throw it away every time.
Achieve your health goals from period to parenting.