I totally understand.... and other recipes are a great idea for sure, get as much use out of that liquid gold as you can, I used to keep a small amount in the fridge and put it on my daughters baby acne

she doesn't take bottles, but I was finding some cool recipes on pinterest....I guess I can always pump it as I need it, but that was a lot of work to get all that just to see it in the trash!!

@kattastrophe,

it is sad.... the other night in had thawed some to try and give to my daughter in a sippy cup (she stopped taking bottles when we are gone) and I went to take a shower so my husband could try to feed her.... he didn't have hot water (didn't think of using the tea pot or boiling some water) so I had to dump it down the drain... it was 7 ounces only, I can't imagine an entire months worth I would cry

I feel you on that! I wish I could afford a deep freezer! my refrigerator went out last week and made my milk stock go bad. lost my whole freezer supply... just a month worth of pumping, but still sad!

that's true @kattastrophe I only have the freezer that's part of my refrigerator not a deep freezer otherwise I wouldn't mind but I have to have room for food lol

it'll come in handy though!! not just bottles, you can make all sorts of recipes with breastmilk for your little when they eat more solids!! even just frozen milk in a mesh feeder for teething, it's great (:

ok thanks @kattastrophe I will just pump the one she doesn't nurse from much lol I'm just running out of room in my freezer

my daughter changes favorite boobs every month or two, it's inconvenient but normal

it is definitely a handful @ladyb3lle going strong for 6 months (until now) I'm wondering if her cold has something to do with it, like if she's laying that way she just can't breathe properly

That's gotta be awful... Breastfeeding is a handful it's worth it it's the best but it takes work... Men and people who dont have children have no idea, that's why the whole breastfeeding in public is such a big deal.

@alesia_, @ladyb3lle

I try and try and try but it hurts and she flat out refuses.... I've had to do this before when she went thru a spurt of nursing just one side at a feeding

I had that at the beginning, but she has been nursing from both sides for awhile.... she is 6 months now.... I guess I can always pump lol she will start to nurse but it hurts and she makes a huge mess, thankfully I tuck a burp rag into my bra lol and it's for like 2 minutes, or like this time 1 minute

It's frustrating but you gotta keep trying your chest will look uneven if she nurses on just one and you pump the other

Every boob is different! Jk that's how it was with my daughter. She always liked to nurse from my right boob and I'd pump my left one at the same time. If I tried nursing her on my left it was like the let down was too much for her and she was like drowning in boob milk. It wasn't until like 4 months that she started nursing from both sides