Hello to all the lovely mumma's and bubs,

Breastfeeding for me and Joshua is almost a thing of the past. I noticed while overseas that he just wasn't happy anymore with a boobie feed. I tried really hard to keep going on just the breastmilk. It sure was not my plan to need to look for solids and formula in a country where I was not familiar with the products. Joshua was asking for food almost every 2 hours. DAY or NIGHT. So by the time we where in our last 2 weeks and in Dubai with my parents I called it enough. I was exhausted and just generally OVER IT! I love to feed him as mother nature intended, and after all the problems I had with it in the first 3 weeks... (no thanks to the breasfeeding nazi's !!!!) I feel truly blessed to have been able too. As I wished to do for so long.

So when the little man was 4.5 months old he got his first solid feed of rice cereal with formula. And I haven't looked back. The little trooper LOVED it soooooo much. He ate a HUGE amount the very first time!

As the weeks progressed I am still feeding him breastmilk. Just very little. And I will keep giving what I got for as long as I got it! I feel the loss, but more in the way that the little man is growing up. I am liking the freedom of being able to go out without a 4 hour MAX window. (could not express enough) But the extra work of cleaning and disinfecting bottles is sure no fun!

I have been a firm believer that every mumma and bubba have their own right to choose their way. BF or FF... its really no-one else's business. We all have our opinions, and ive had my fair share of people who put their opinion on me. I respect them for having it, but went the way that felt right for me and my baby in the end.

Sorry for the soapbox moment. But as ive read in previous posts.. its a sensitive issue.