Breastfeeding Journey on Sean

April 4th 2010 marked the last packet of frozen EBM for Sean to consume. That means Sean is on breast milk for 13.5 months. Exclusive on breast milk for 9months, started introduce formula right after then.

He threw up when I gave him 1 full bottle of formula. Then his nanny recommended to mix formula into he EBM. I agreed because I didn't want to stress up his nanny. It worked well that Sean slowly consumed the mix milk everyday.

As Sean is my 2nd child, I started to have very strong let down effect on the 2nd day after I delivered him. He has high jaundice level and that caused him to drink little milk and sleep long hours. Because of that, i didn't get to open up the nipple duct on time comparing with the flow that I had. I ended up with breast engorgement, very bad until I need to see a lactation specialist.

I can still remembered, hubb took us (Sean and I) to the hospital at 11pm as my breast was too full and painful. The nurses helped me to hand express out the milk (painful, thrust me!) while Sean was on the other breast latch on.

We did that for 2 hours till 1am!!! I felt much better after that but the 'fullness' continue.

It took me 1 month to completely clear all the blockage and the breastfeeding journey after than is smooth sailing.

Again, being an experienced breastfeeding mother, I pumped very frequent and started keeping my 'inventory' for the first 3-4 months.

I weaned Sean off from the breast around 10+ months. Sean is more attached to me as compared to his sister. So, I decided to wean him off before he can differentiate the real and bottle nipple. :-)

I did the same like his Che Che, brought back all the frozen EBM when I travel overseas. Coincidentally, the country was the same for both of them - Thailand. I went through the same hassle of arranging with the hotel to access into their kitchen's fridge as the mini fridge in the room is not cold enough to freeze the EBM. Every day pack and deliver the milk to the kitchen, etc etc. By the end of my stay, I sort of know the kitchen staff although I don't speak Thai!! LOL

Because of the recent liquid restriction, I can't hand carry the EBM like what I used to do the last time. Well, I checked in the EBM by putting lots of ice-packs, tap many many layers to seal the airway and finally wrap again in a tower.

One good thing is, it was only Thailand (Bangkok). When I got home, everything still alright. The EBM still frozen and the cooler box still cold!

Not only I get to feed Sean for 13.5 months, his Che Che get to consumed fresh EBM everyday too.

It's a priceless bonding experience with Sean.