breastfeeding and formula

I know I am very lucky that Owen and I have been so successful in breastfeeding.  I have many friends who wanted to breastfeed and were unable to for one reason or another.  I feel guilty that I am in the process of weaning him.  There is no one reason, but I decided it was time. I have to admit I am proud of the fact that my body was able to produce milk and that Owen didn't have a drop of formula till after 9 months.  But it was time.  I need to be able to have others give him milk.  I can tell at times he is wanting to do things himself.  It is part of growing up.

My original goal was to nurse to one year, then to 11 months when he could have cows milk. But due to some other reasons I decided to move up our goal.  So when I purchased the first can of formula I felt so guilty, I wanted to hid it in the cart.  When I got home I had to read the container I felt like such a novice measuring that powder and water.  I was overjoyed that Owen didn't just gulp it like it was juice!  Though now that he doesn't really taste much a difference between the formula vs frozen breastmilk.

Oh and if you are wondering what formula, I went with wally world brand.

Owen's eating schedule was:

• 9am: nurse and eat puffs and yogurt
• 12pm: nurse and eat puffs and 4oz baby food 
• 4:30pm: nurse and eat a snack
• 6pm: eat dinner, 4 oz baby food and some table food
• 7:30pm: nurse and go to bed

His eating is the same except the 12pm and 4:30pm are now replaced with formula through a straw.

TMI Warning:  I got AF!  (for the first time since before Owen!!)

if I have been MIA..

I have a good excuse!! I am working on a project!  A big project that I am hoping to launch in the next week or so!!  I might could use some of your help!  I promise to give more details soon!!  

Owen, 9 months

Time is flying here we are and Owen is 9 months old.

Your words:
Mama, Dada, Na-na (night night), all done, I love you, Up (you lifted your arms said up, up mama!)

Eating:
You are starting to eat some of the food off of my plate including: spaghetti, enchiladas, re-fried beans, lasagna, Brunswick stew, santa fe soup, grilled cheese, and nutri-grain bars; basically anything sort of mushy.  You still are eating stage 2 and some stage 3 baby food.  We are proud to say you were breast milk only till 9 months!


Schedule:
Wake up at 7am, play till 8am when Daddy gets you out of your crib and hands you to me.  Nurse, change diaper and go eat yogurt and some puffs!  Play time till nap time from 10-12.  Eat lunch usually a fruit or veggie; play till 2-4 when you take your second nap.  Then you get up, nurse, and we play till daddy gets home.  We have been eating together as a family and it is so fun!  You are like a little bird when I offer you food off of my plate your sweet little mouth is so open and ready to try new things.

it was a meal squeezed in before naptime

Sleep: 

You are still our little sleeper. The time change messed you up for over a week, but thankfully you are getting back on track....we need you to stay up till 7:30 and spend a little time with daddy on the weeknights.  We did have a hurtle this month.  You would turn onto your belly and then cry till we flipped you over.  Now you are doing this just to get us to come in the room as we very well know you can flip over on your own!!

Movement:

You are getting so good with your hands, picking up the littlest of things!  It is amazing to watch you learn to use the different functions of the toys.  You are picking up on cause and effect of thing more and more every day.  You learned to really sit up and this month as been so fun to play sitting up with you!  You haven't started crawling but your little butt is starting to get up in the air hear and there!  But that doesn't stop you from getting around you pinwheel and roll to where ever you need to be!

We love you so much and are so proud of you!