It’s World Breastfeeding Week and I had no idea that that was a thing. But considering I’ve spent 28 of the last 38 months breastfeeding, it feels good to be seen.

My breastfeeding journey wasn’t anything spectacular or tragic. Both boys had a good latch from the get go. I feel so blessed because I know that is NOT the case for many people.

Ted was exclusively nursed until he was 12 weeks old, when I went back to work & we started our pump/bottle journey. Around 11 months we introduced formula because he was biting so bad (OUCH!) that I needed to give my nipples a break from constant nursing & pumping. When school started again, I stopped pumping & we were down to just bedtime feeds, then in October he dropped those too.

Jr, on the other hand, has refused the bottle pretty much every time we tried it. But unlike Ted, I haven’t been working out of the home with Jr, so he hasn’t needed to use a bottle. He turned 1 last weekend & we’re still going strong.

However you feed your baby, formula, pump, breastfed, or some combination of all of them, here’s to you! Keeping the tiny humans alive is a full-time job & you are doing amazingly!