Comments on: Crying Over Spilled Milk https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 13 Aug 2021 02:41:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Amanda https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650631 Tue, 28 May 2019 19:54:45 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650631 Thank you so much for sharing. I was in a similar boat with my now fifteen month old and it’s healing to see someone articulate that experience so well and honestly. I haven’t quite felt I have hit my stride with this whole new parenting thing yet, but I can tell I’m getting closer. You are doing amazing from the sounds of it!

]]> By: Sarah https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650583 Mon, 27 May 2019 11:47:35 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650583 I have also cried while pouring breast milk down the drain. It is one of the worst feelings, especially because it takes so much time to pump, and you don’t have hardly any extra time as a mom. I gently suggest buying some formula and using it once in a while so you have the freedom to leave the house without having the pressure to pump so much. I exclusively breastfed for the first six months but now I’m using formula too. It doesn’t have to be all one or the other.

]]> By: Amy https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650509 Fri, 24 May 2019 01:15:01 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650509 I think I got comfortable with everything when my oldest was a toddler… it was finally getting easier to take her out without an entire diaper bag of supplies. Then we decided to do it all over again, lol.

Really, it DOES get better. It does. But it’s not instant. Be kind to yourself. It’s okay to not have it all together.

]]> By: jorel https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650505 Thu, 23 May 2019 21:12:17 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650505 My son’s 2 and I feel like I hit my stride at maybe 18 months. I started getting a little less foggy a little before that, maybe. There are so many great quotes, none of which I can conjure presently, about not really finding the “myself” you had before, but also trying to honor that you were a whole person before you made a whole person. It’s a nutty transition, to say the least. The best advice I got was to go to therapy. Talking to someone objective, whose sole purpose is to help you figure out what you need to be your best and comfortable with what you can do was pretty life changing. I may still feel a little untethered, but I have some direction. That’s a huge win when everything’s new. Enjoy the baby snuggles and squishiness. It sounds like you’re doing everything right.

]]> By: Carrie https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650501 Thu, 23 May 2019 19:17:42 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650501 SAME. Everything you said. My son is 15 months. Thanks for putting it into words!

]]> By: Jess https://witanddelight.com/2019/05/crying-over-spilled-milk/#comment-650496 Thu, 23 May 2019 17:09:29 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=41222#comment-650496 I nursed my son for the first 19 months of his life, and it wasn’t until after he had weaned that I realized how much stress it had added to my life. I’m so glad that I nursed him, and was able to nurse him as long as I did, but wow did things get easier once it was over. You will get there, I promise, and you will be proud of everything you went through. You’re strong and amazing and doing a great job.

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