After being on the diet for three days, I was asked if I was
worried that Patrick wouldn’t breastfeed after being on the bottle for over a
week? What?? That happens?? I guess having breastfed successfully with my first
son for ten months, I assumed this one would be the same. But, this experience was
nothing like my first baby and I began to panic.
I immediately went to my baby, who was sleeping at the time,
and woke him to breastfeed. Yes, it was too early, but in my mind, I had to
know! I mean, if this wasn’t going to work, why the heck was I going to go
through this Elecare diet if Patrick refused my breast? Thankfully, that wasn’t
the case.
Just like a champ, Patrick breastfed like he had never
stopped. I think part of the reason was that he had made it to the eight-week
mark before having a bottle introduced full-time. Whew, that is a relief. But
then I looked down and my breasts looked pretty pathetic. How was I going to
get my milk supply back?
I started pumping, but this isn’t exactly easy with a
two-year-old that wants to know why Mommy can’t play. Things weren’t improving.
I upped my water consumption, but still no improvement. A quick internet search
later and I found that I needed to have baby feed constantly. Well, it was the
weekend so I left all duties to Jason while Patrick and I hung out in bed all
day. It took about five days but
everything returned to normal and we were breastfeeding full-time!
With this concern out of the way, what impact would the diet
have on me?
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