I splurged and purchased a really nice nursing top by Glamourmom. It's got little peek holes for your breasts unlike the inexpensive version from Target. Totally worth it. It's more supportive, more flattering and more discreet. Well worth the $45. I don't know why I didn't invest in one of these months ago. My neighbor and new mom friend, Star, told me about them. I found a used one at a resale shop but I learned a good lesson. The tanks by Glamourmom are not the easy to unclasp with one hand kind of clasps. You have to get the "nursing top" which looks the same if you ask me but has easier to maneuver with one hand clasps.
I'm at a critical place in my nursing plan. The nursing top could be well used or totally unused. My baby is six months old today. I had made it my goal to make it to six months with the breastfeeding. And I made it!!! Not that I didn't want to do it longer but I have had some milk production issues and it's been a long road for me--difficult at times. I'm working and that makes it perhaps even a little more of a challenge to keep up with the natural rhythm of feeding Maida. They recommend nursing past one year and I am a perfectionist what can I say, I want to do that. Today was one of those days where I was back and forth to the daycare center three times to feed the babe. She is teething and nursing is not at all relaxing for me or her. She arches her back and cries between gulps and the actual time that she is latched on seems really short. It's hard to believe she is still getting enough but her little sausage legs don't seem to be shrinking.
So, to nurse or not to nurse, that is the question. And how does giving her solids fit into the equation. Once again I am looking for guidance from other new moms and more experienced ones. Darn, for about a week I felt like I knew what I was doing and then boom, she changes. This isn't going to be glamourous, is it?
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