Baby Blogging: Nine Months of Breastfeeding and a Freezer Full of Milk!

I am so proud of my Sarah for so many things. She is an amazing wife and mum, good at her job and loved by her team, a thoughtful and loving daughter and sister, and always takes the best care of Bisbee.

But today I wanted to write a short little post to commemorate something for which I think she is amazing. 

Annabelle has just turned nine months old, and Sarah has exclusively breast fed her (besides the weaning food now of course!) for her entire life. That's nine months of time, of being ready on Annabelle's schedule, of pain sometimes (at first while she got used to it and now because A has 5 teeth!), of missing out and being sensible around alcohol at dinners and parties and functions, Christmastime, etc. Nine months of wrangling a growing and wriggly baby, of nighttime feeds which have only recently stopped, of having to rush to pump when she is away from Annabelle for more than a few hours to avoid painfully full boobs, of manually pumping at keep in touch days at work, and at weddings. 9 months of breastfeeding so many random places - side of a trail in Wales, on the street in NYC, on a park bench in Stratford-upon-Avon, on trains, the tube, a bus, in the car, on an airplane, in a restaurant in London, in plenty of other towns and places, everywhere we have been, she has fed our little girl.

She will tell you it isn't a big deal, that she is lucky that it came relatively easy to her and Annabelle, and that bottles would be much harder, and all of that is true - but I still think it is an accomplishment to be celebrated!

Also today we counted how much frozen breast milk is in the freezer, and there are 100 ounces! That is incredible, and has set us up well for nursery/Nanny which starts when she goes back to work this month. Thinking about the time it took her to pump 100 ounces of milk is crazy. A third of our freezer is filled with frozen milk. (Amazing but inconvenient) And that isn't even counting the plenty of milk she has pumped that we have used in this time.

Finally, I want to celebrate the sacrifice that is to come, when she goes back to work, and will be pumping on more trains into London, in her office, carrying around the pump and a cooler bag for the milk, and rushing home to us in the evening, just in time for Annabelle's bedtime. She is a superwoman.

All mums are amazing, we are strong, adaptable and relatively selfless beings, but I've got to say, I think Annabelle has one of the best in my Sarah.

Here's to you, my love, and nine months of breastfeeding!