Bad Mom Blues
Holding her bottle like a pro!
Since becoming a mom, there have been many occasions that I have felt like a bad mom. For instance, when I forget to turn on the humidifier one night and Braylin woke up with a stuffy nose. Oh, and the time I forgot to buckle the seatbelt around her car seat until we had been on the road for half an hour (the base makes it so much easier). When I realize that I have done something that might classify me as a bad mom, I make a mental note not to do that again and I try not to be too hard on myself.
However, there is one issue that I struggled with and even though it was not totally my fault, I still feel bad. As I have said before, I planned to breastfeed Braylin for at least six months. Well, my body had other plans and has stopped producing. Despite my efforts to re-stimulate my milk supply, at four months, Braylin is officially a formula baby.
For the first few days, I cried as I mixed up the formula. Braylin is happy with her new diet. She is growing (maybe a little too fast) and almost has holding her bottle down pat. People say that nursing is easy, but due to my fears of nursing in public, I find formula to be much easier. I’m not sure why I feel so bad, I think it is because I had a goal and I was not able to reach it.
Do you ever feel like a bad parent? How do you snap yourself out of it?
Oh no!! Don’t feel bad about having to switch to formula! I’m sure once Levi is born I may endure the same situation, as do a lof of moms I hear. At least you tried to stimulate the milk production, so you can’t say you didn’t try
Thank you, Jessica! I appreciate your optimism!