Mike just finished a major milk organization freezer project, which pushed his tetris abilities to the maximum. I'm very proud of him. We now have milk in the freezer from 4 different women and milk in the refrigerator from a fifth. Since babies get antibodies through breastmilk, I'm anticipating that Sterling will be immune to every disease known to man.
I was getting a little concerned because our main donor (who we get the unfrozen milk from) had seen a drop-off in milk supply. We were burning through our freezer stash faster than I was comfortable with. 100 oz of milk *sounds* like a lot, but we use up to 15 oz a day, which means we could burn through that much in a week.
I think it's sort of like wanting to have your cupboards filled if you've ever had a period of your life when you've been hungry. I want to know what I have plenty of milk so that my tiny squee won't have to go back on formula. The new goal is to keep her exclusively on breastmilk until she's 6 months old... longer would be great, but apparently their gut has matured to the point where formula isn't quite as bad by the time they're 6 months. That's about when I think she'll probably be starting solids, too.
These days, we're mostly bottle feeding with an occasional use of the Lactaid. The little tube is just so fiddly to keep in her mouth, since she's gotten a lot more active when she nurses. I haven't seen a huge decrease in supply since stopping the Lactaid, but there has been some decrease. I keep telling myself I am going to start using it full-time again, but the bottle is just so much easier. She's learning to hold it herself, too. We got her some handles to make it easier.
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