Exclusively pumping

Just until a couple months ago, i never thought that i will be an "exclusively pumping" mum. But that changed when i realised that i will have to take care of my twins on my own. Taking care of them alone during the day meant that i don't have the luxury of directly breastfeeding them especially when:

(1) both are screaming for feed at the same time; and
(2) there are tonnes of house chores (ok...i might be exaggerating a bit here..) that needs to be done.

Previously i thought that that skin to skin contact is vital especially for bonding, but hey, when its not so practical, i had to be a little bit more flexible. I have to..if not, i'll go nuts..trying to do the best of everything. And i must admit, eventhough i may not enjoy that skin to skin contact anymore, it does helped me a lot in terms of getting through day to day. And there are other ways of having that kind of bonding, for example, now i really take my time with them when its bath time, giving them massages. And they love it.

Besides, this is not so different if i was still working. During the day when i'm at work, they would be given the bottle anyway. So i learned that as a mother, we have to see what works for us...some ways may work for other mums but not for you. So we need to test things out and see if it will work for us. And the most important thing is to be flexible, to learn to let some things go and not trying to be a supermum all the time.

Being at home or at work, and managing your kids and home at the same time...doing all that, and you already are a supermum! Believe me :o)