Well, the term 'milk' in my context now only refer to my breast milk.. my hard-pumped milk which feeds baby Rianne, and make her grow. Until today, I am still very amazed by the fact that I am a breastfeeding mother when my mum hasn't been able to do that in her motherhood days (of 3 kids).
Day in day out, my top priority is to ensure I bring back enough milk for my little princess. So, when I realised my supply is on the decline, I was depressed. Maybe stress has made the flow less encouraging, and to a stage; I actually produced STRAWBERRY MILK! If you are smart, you would have guessed blood.. Darn right, I was bleeding in one of the expressing sessions and I never realised until I saw the milk collected in the bottle, was a little less white than usual. In fact, it wasn't white at all.. it was pink!
Apparently, some of the milk ducts were blocked and I had probably cleared the blockage with too much force; and caused the bleeding? Maybe, but there was no pain at all.
After discarding that bottle of strawberry milk, I decided that Rianne should get started on cereals. In this way, should my milk becomes insufficient for her; she wouldn't be overly hungry before I get home. As we are giving her brown rice cereal mixed with breast milk, my mum makes it a point to fully cook the cereal first and then pour into Rianne's milk bottle with my milk. It has been a few days since she drank cereal, and apart from the slight constipation (she didn't pass motion for 2 days!); she likes the taste of it.
The other food that Rianne began on was apple juice. Pure, non-flavoured and no preservatives. She seems to like it.. well, I'm not surprised if she love it coz the only fluid apart from milk that she is exposed to, is only water. The juice is a good source of vitamins now, and it can also counter the heatiness which cereals and formulas are said to cause.
Breast milk, brown rice cereal and apple juice, make up a healthy and well-balanced diet for little Rianne.. =)
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