Bubbah on a Growth spurt

For the past 4 months, breastfeeding Liane girl has been as easy as it could be. She was a master-latcher from the moment she was born and she has always been such an "easy" baby. She rarely ever cries and the fussiest she had been was when we had her ears pierced at 7 weeks, which lasted 8 hours max, and I even got to sleep at night and during vaccinations wherein she wakes up a little more than she does and comfort feeds at wee hours; no fever, no crying spells, she is such a good baby and I am so blessed.

For the first 3 months, my milk was leaking and overflowing to the point of discomfort. I slowly decreased my pumping sessions from every other feeding down to twice or thrice per day. I noticed however that she never fussed or fed too long then. I still have a stash of over 20 bags of frozen milk left after Liane and I shared some of her milk to our Breastfriends, Mommy Jah and Baby Jacob yesterday at the Breastfeeding Event at SM Center Las Piñas.

Everybody talks about growth spurt and unli-latching at a forum, Breastfeeding Pinays I joined. Now at our 4th month of successful exclusive direct breastfeeding, I experience Liane feeding every other hour and find that I am trying to catch up with her demand. I'd like to think it's because of the weather that she has such a hearty appetite, but I believe it's a growth spurt. It says it could go on up to 3 days. She fed longer and "deeper" now than she ever had which makes me concerned that she has to excert more effort to get milk, so it means I am not producing as much as I used to. I am not worried she would grow hungry as we have our stash of "frozen delights", just that she barely feeds from the bottle which is okay so that in the long run, I wouldn't have trouble weaning her off.

So I am once again rebuilding my supply by adding more pumping sessions every after feed just to balance it with her demand. I feel like a super hero because everytime she squeek-whimpers (we don't wait for her to cry), I know she wants Mommy, particularly, milk from Mommy which makes me smile because I am the only one who can love her this way.

Photos to follow.