Milk mommies

The month of March has been kind of crazy and Wyatt has definitely been keeping me on my toes.  He keeps changing his schedule around.  He wants to eat a lot and then he doesn't, make up your mind kid! haha I'm trying not to stress about it but I'm at the tail end of my breastmilk supply and it kills me to have any of it wasted.  I tried for a little while to get my supply back by taking fenugreek & mother's milk & pumping every 3 hours... but I'm thinking it's not going to happen for me.  I've resorted to trying to find donor milk.  A friend of mine told me about Human Milk 4 Human Babies and so far I've met 3 lovely ladies that have donated some milk to Wyatt.  Their donations will feed him for about 2.5 weeks! (:  I'm so grateful for the generosity they have showed me and hope to be able to find more mommies that can help us out.

One of my sisters is kind of grossed out about me giving Wyatt milk from other moms, but here's my 2 top reasons for doing it.

1. Nothing beats breast milk.  Formula companies are always looking for ways to make their 'recipe' as close to breast milk as they can get so why not try to give your kid the real thing?

2. Wyatt doesn't tolerate formula.  At. All.  I've tried giving it to him and almost every time he throws up the entire bottle.  His little tummy just can't handle it.

Before I ever had a child I thought the idea of milk sharing was gross.  Now I realize what I blessing it is and that it really isn't 'gross'.  Breast milk is food, whether it's from you or from someone else.  Back in the day they used to have wet nurses and it wasn't gross then! (:

Anyway, I love that there is a place where women can go for support like this and plan to give back to other mommies when I have my next baby.

If you have access milk that you are not in need of, please consider finding a mommy in need.  The gift of mothers milk just doesn't compare and you will be able to help a little baby somewhere grow and thrive.