However, her temperment started to change a few weeks ago and she just wasn't seeming to get as full as she used too in her "milk coma" as I like to call it. Blissfully happy and full, limp in my arms! Best feeling ever! She was wanting to nurse for 40 minutes or so and still seemed starving and fussy. So I started her on Soy-based formula and she's been a different baby since! Happier longer, and is more awake and ready to play! Which means less Mommy can get done and the house is a wreck but I've got my smiling girl and that's all that matters!
It is for sure a crazy feeling not being her only food source anymore. Gives you a lot of mixed feelings. It's easy to let emotion take over and have that "she doesn't need me anymore" feeling and though that definitely makes me sad, and I miss that bond that only she and I shared, it's so exciting to know that I can now bond with her in different ways. And it's great to have a little more freedom for Mommy-time and to let her Dad and other family members bond with Bella during feeding time.
I cannot WAIT to see how much weight she has gained!! She was such a peanut being born at 5lbs, 2 oz but has very consistently been gaining weight since then. She has her big four month checkup next week and since we haven't been there since she was two months old it will be exciting to see how much those newly chubby cheeks and thighs weigh! Go little ham go! Or should I say GROW little ham GROW!?
