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We no longer send bottles into daycare with Lex but I still pump once a day at work to take the pressure off and keep my production up. At home he will drink a little fresh-pumped milk from a glass with his dinner, but not enough to make a dent in my supply. So I started looking into milk donation.
There are several places online who are not accepting new donors. Wake Medical in North Carolina will only take milk pumped for them before your child’s first birthday because the fat content decreases. I asked the ladies at A Woman’s Place, the breastfeeding support center and store conveniently located on the first floor of the building where I work. They suggested using it in his cereal, mashed potatoes, etc. but advocate only giving it to your own baby of course.
So I got rid of most of my freezer stash and have not been freezing any new milk. What he doesn’t finish I pour out. It is a shame. Probably the hardest part of his approaching birthday for me is that he might wean off his nighttime nursing. Might not need me anymore. Zac says that he is just trading the closeness of breastfeeding for the new intimacy of communication. He is understanding so much of our language, and adding new words every day.
And I love how grown up he is. All his new adventures. But I am not ready to give up cuddling with him entirely. Nurse as long as you want, little Bug. Momma is here for you.
