Experiments

"Breast is best!!"

That may be true, but the last few days my boob juice seems to be making Wyatt sick. So I started him on just formula yesterday afternoon just to see what happened. He had nothing but formula all afternoon/evening, nursed over night (cause I'm lazy and like my sleep) and has had nothing but formula today and what do you know! He has not been spitting up excessively like he was! I have been keeping better track of what I have been eating and am going to nix the coffee tomorrow and see how the nursing goes. If he's still throwing up I am going to have to go on a super bland diet for a couple days to see if I can figure out what I'm eating that is making him sick.

I was so sad to give up coffee when I found out I was pregnant. I only drink like one cup a day, but I was in such a habit before the pregnancy. Now that he is here and the caffeine isn't going to be such a big deal I was really excited to be able to have my daily cup. Alas it looks like I may be giving it up again. I have heard from several people now who say the same thing though.

Pumping and dumping sucks too though. I can't tell you how much I hated to pour almost 9 ounces of breast milk down the drain last night. I didn't want to save it if it was what was making him sick, there is no point in giving him formula so he's not throwing up from the boob juice just to give him the same stuff a few days later. And I have to do the same thing tonight just to be on the safe side since I had a wonderful latte from Caribou today while we were walking around the mall. I may be switching back to hot chocolate.

The good thing that came out of all of this though is knowing Wyatt does really well on formula. While I'm at work he is going to be on a combo of breast milk and formula at daycare. He seems to prefer the boobs (he's a guy so not a big surprise) but he doesn't mind the bottle. :)