feel like I spend my whole life preparing food and cleaning up at the mo. - and forget going out at mealtimes!
Well at the moment I'm breastfeeding and bottle-feeding and expressing at every feed (ie about 6 times a day), so going out at all is difficult ('mealtimes' no more so than anything else, I suppose) because a) breastfeeding in public is difficult[*], b) I am too ashamed (and scared of getting lectured by militant lactivists about the evils of formula[**]) to bottle-feed in public, and c) if I don't do any of the feeding in public I barely have time to eat inbetween feeds let alone go out for meals.
So I guess solids at least won't be any worse. :-/
[*] not because I'm shy about people seeing my boobs or anything but because I find it so awkward anyway that I can only really reliably get it to work if I have a chair at the right height etc. which kind of limits my options.
[**] if I didn't feel so miserable about the whole thing I'd be a bit more confident about just telling people to mind their own business, but at the moment I would either punch them or burst into tears, & neither is good.
nappy changes are quickly becoming a nightmare
Because he wriggles away? Or because the poo is worse? (Or both?)
chewing is good prep for talking as strengthens the muscles in the mouth
Oh, that makes sense, hadn't thought of that. OTOH Imogen seems quite happy to chew my finger even without any teeth. Or indeed to chew more sensitive areas. >_
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Date: 2011-06-24 03:14 pm (UTC)Well at the moment I'm breastfeeding and bottle-feeding and expressing at every feed (ie about 6 times a day), so going out at all is difficult ('mealtimes' no more so than anything else, I suppose) because a) breastfeeding in public is difficult[*], b) I am too ashamed (and scared of getting lectured by militant lactivists about the evils of formula[**]) to bottle-feed in public, and c) if I don't do any of the feeding in public I barely have time to eat inbetween feeds let alone go out for meals.
So I guess solids at least won't be any worse. :-/
[*] not because I'm shy about people seeing my boobs or anything but because I find it so awkward anyway that I can only really reliably get it to work if I have a chair at the right height etc. which kind of limits my options.
[**] if I didn't feel so miserable about the whole thing I'd be a bit more confident about just telling people to mind their own business, but at the moment I would either punch them or burst into tears, & neither is good.
nappy changes are quickly becoming a nightmare
Because he wriggles away? Or because the poo is worse? (Or both?)
chewing is good prep for talking as strengthens the muscles in the mouth
Oh, that makes sense, hadn't thought of that. OTOH Imogen seems quite happy to chew my finger even without any teeth. Or indeed to chew more sensitive areas. >_