I Like to Pump 'em All The Time

Pump 'em all the time, yeah.

Okay. So I hate pumping. I was so excited about my new pump I thought I would never hate pumping. But I hate it. And I feel like I'm pumping like all the time, but really I'm not.

I pump every morning. I feed Liam from one breast and then will pump the other. Why? So that I can make enough milk for him to only need one bottle of formula while I'm away and the rest will be breast milk. This daily morning pumping results in 2-3 ounces. That's it. I don't hate this pumping session so much because I can read blogs using one hand, since I'm just doing one breast. I just can't comment and that drives me crazy. I try to remember which ones I want to go back and comment on, but I usually forget.

And then I pump every time I'm at work during my lunch break. I hate this one. I have a total of 30 minutes for lunch. I eat real quick, then go pump for 10 minutes, then clean the stupid parts, and then get ready for the next group of kids coming in. I hate this one because I don't have this and basically just sit at my desk, door locked, back to the door, nursing cover-up on, with my hands holding the pumps onto my breasts. I just sit there for 10 minutes looking around and thinking of everything I could be doing. When I first went back to work I enjoyed this time. I would sometimes close my eyes and relax or just look at the pictures of Liam and Quinn around my desk. I would enjoy the forced relaxation - but now I just hate it. If I had that I could totally read blogs and comment which would make this time a little enjoyable. I'm thinking that after spring break I will stop pumping at work and stop nursing Liam during the day. Ugh. I don't want to think about that now. But my baby is 9 months old and is fine with bottles (from me or anyone else). And I could keep nursing him in the morning and at bedtime. I just want to hold on to our special time as long as I can. I remember Quinn stopped nursing all together once I took out the daytime nursing - I think I only had a month or so of just bedtime nursing. Anyway...sorry for the boob ramblings.