ariana’s 1st loss of innocence
Up until Friday, Ariana had been exclusively breastfeeding. We were proud to say that the ONLY thing that crossed her GI path was mother’s milk. We’ve been so happy to be able to provide her with such essential nourishment. But my cabin fever and Elliott’s enthusiasm for taking care of his baby angel made us want to consider occasionally giving a bottle feeding. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to consistently pump enough milk to be sufficient. So we decided to try some formula.
It went alright, despite the funky smell of the formula and our fear of what we might encounter later in the diaper. She didn’t guzzle it like she guzzles the breastmilk from the bottle. But she took a full portion without complaint. Elliott even went so far as to TASTE the stuff. He confirmed the funk. But if she is willing to drink it, it buys us some options.
I intend to breastfeed for her first year. And I didn’t honestly expect to have such a purist attitude. But it took 7 weeks for me to reconcile this. It turns out that we’re bona fide attachment parents! Thus we (somewhat) jokingly refer to this experience as her “1st loss of innocence”. It starts so early!
