Week 3

At the end of the second week, I had a meltdown (hormones again!) and decided I was ready to give up breastfeeding because I was soooo tired. I really wanted to switch to formula just so I wouldn’t be the only one that was able to feed Sam. We decided to follow my sister and her husband’s model of having Dad take over one nighttime feeding. However, because this Mom is such a sleeper, Dad took over two nighttime feedings. I fed Sam at 10:30 p.m. and 4:30 a.m. Ben fed Sam pumped milk at 1:30 a.m. and formula at 7:30 a.m. This made suuuuuch a huge difference. The third week is the first week I can say that I really enjoyed myself and thought that it might be possible in some distant future to have maybe one more child. I know it wasn’t easy for Ben, and he went into work late on very little energy but I feel like he saved my life. So thank you to the best husband in the world!!

Sam & Ben

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