Exclusively pumping
My girl is 5 months old and I really wanted her to have breastmilk up to 1 year. I decided as long as I was producing milk, I would give it to her but not stress myself out if/when I couldn’t produce enough anymore. But lately my mental health is not good. I’ve been back to work for about a month and a half full time. I also have a 4yr old and 13yr old. The two littles go to daycare, the teenager is playing soccer. I don’t spend anytime with them in the morning, I’m scrambling around the house trying to get me and the two littles ready to leave the house on time. Then I feel like we have 3-4 hours in the evening, but it’s pumping & washing bottles, making & eating dinner, cleaning up, showers and baths. I get the kids to sleep, then I have to get back out of bed to pump and wash some more. I feel like something’s gotta give, and it seems like it’s pumping. And I feel so much anger that this is how our stupid society works. My baby should be my main job, and I want to keep giving her my milk. I just feel resentful and angry lately. I don’t want to quit pumping, but will it make my life more enjoyable?
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