Adventures in Breastfeeding

I have been meaning to post a couple of my funny breastfeeding stories for the last week & finally both boys are sleeping at the same time so now is the time :)

Ok so me, my sister & Holden [Henry was at school] made a quick trip to Mall of America and of course I knew Holden would have to eat. I hadn't pumped anything in advance so I figured I would just nurse him at the mall. Which I did. We ploped down on a bench and I got out my trusty cover and we were ready. I guess I don't really think twice about nursing in public but this was my official first time, so I was a bit nervous- I didn't want to give anyone a boob show. But anyways...this older man comes by and glances into the stroller to take a peek at the baby, which of course he wasn't in there since he was nursing. The man just kinda looked confused and walked away [didn't say a word]. About 45 seconds later the old man is back...looks into the stroller again- as if we magically put him in there in the few seconds he was gone. Nope, and he gave us another weird look and walked away for good this time, never saying a word. So weird.

A few hours later it was time to go pick Henry up. Holden had only eaten off one side so I knew as soon as we all got home I would have to feed him as the engorgement pain was setting in. So my sister and I went into Henry's school...I chatted with a few of his teachers and we left. As I was putting Henry into his carseat my sister noticed a HUGE wet circle on my shirt...yup I was a leaking freak. Never has it happened to me in public- at home, yes. So there I was picking up Henry and I had a leaky boob. Nice.

& my last story [for today] happened this morning...I was feeding Holden and pumping at the same time [trying to build my freezer stash for when I go back to work in 7 weeks :(] when Henry walks up to me on the couch saying "baby". He then takes a closer look and sees that there is something there besides his baby. He looks at my pump...looks at me...looks at the pump, all while he has the most confused look on his face. He then takes his little pointer finger and starts touching the pump part [no idea what it's called] that is attached to me. He then points at the bottle catching the milk and says "baba". He made the connection. It was oh so adorable :)

I never thought I would enjoy nursing as I didn't have a good experience at all with Henry but I am glad I decided to give it a try and now I don't plan on stopping anytime soon. It's so weird how experiences the second time around can be so extremely different :)