Tummy Troubles

So... as everybody knows, we've been struggling with colic. A couple of weeks ago (or was it just last week?) we took Sophie to a specialist. The visit went well and I felt encouraged to try breast milk again. I've been pumping to try to keep my milk supply since Sophie was 8 weeks old. We are now at week 14 and it seemed like it was time to give it a go.

The first couple days went well, Sophie had some of my milk and then we'd top her off with formula. But.. as my milk supply started to increase so did Sophie's fussiness until last night we had a bout of colic like the old days when we were sleepless zombies.

The long and short of it is, I'm done. I could continue to pump and try again later... only to have to wean her in a couple months. This has bee an emotional roller-coaster for me. I really wanted to give So-So the much-touted advantages of being breast-fed. However, we are already past the critical age when breast-feeding makes the biggest impact.

Maybe next time