Contradiction

A large part about being a parent is about worry and contradiction. What life and child deals you, you wish for the other.

Sometimes I get tired of pumping milk and consider stopping, and introduce formula milk to the boy. Yet when my supply dips (like it is now, a significant decrease for no reason), I get anxious and even more determined to continue.

My boy is not taking to solids and cereals too well, but I am glad he is keeping up his milk intake. I wish he would eat more cereal, but surely his milk intake would decrease then, which would worry me too.

I think my boy is spoilt by his caregivers but it’s sweet because they love him so much. I think babies learn faster when they are left to their own devices more and allowed to explore on their own, but if that happened, I would be worried that he does not get enough attention.

Babies have a difficult and painful time when they get constipation. Yet a mummy would wonder if he was absorbing enough nutrients if he poo-ed three times a day!

You just can't win! Babies never fail to give us something to worry about.