Mommy Moments: Feeding Time.

This is Asher when he was just 3 months old. He's exclusively breastfed all throughout his first year except for the time when I had to undergo a Laparoscopic surgery to remove my gall stones (and gall bladder) when he was just barely 2 months old. I stocked several ounces of breast milk prior the operation but with Asher's voracious appetite, all were consumed in just two days. We had no choice but to give him formula for a few days while I recuperate and was drugged with antibiotics. I definitely abhor those pump and dump days...lamenting over the fact that my breast milk is just put to waste and sad that he has to take formula for a while. I really was dead set to exclusively breastfeed (as much as possible direct nurse) him for as long as I can and that's one of the reasons why I resigned from my stressful work the moment I got back from my Maternity Leave.

I have tons of pictures of him eating and these ones are my recent favorites. He has a big appetite for anything and that's one of the rewards we're reaping now because of him being breastfed. Studies show that breast fed babies are less picky eaters when they start on solids. He would devour anything I prepare for him especially when the time came he was given a go signal by his Pedia to eat home cooked meals. The moment he hears the roar of the blender (to make the rice and the viand soup into a lumpy mixture), he already knows that it's eating time and he would start shouting and opening his mouth. And seeing this lovely smile after a spoonful of his food, I'm stoked. It only means that he likes LOVES it!