I have wanted to blog about this for a long long time. After fully breastfeeding Matthew for six months, I decided in early September to stop pumping in the office and put Matthew on formula in the day. I'm still breastfeeding him in the morning when he wakes up and the evening before he sleeps.

To me, breastfeeding directly was a breeze. Any time, any where. No bottle etc. Pumping was very very tiring. After a long day, I still had to wash and sterlise bottles and pumping accessories. Now that I've stopped pumping, I do not have as much washing to do. I have more time for myself and for Mike.

With only two 4-oz formula feeds each day, each big tin of 900-grams last a full month! A baby on total formula, four 7-oz feeds a day, a big tin last one-and-a-half weeks. I've saved a lot of money on that.

The target was six months, encouraged by new mothers around me, like Chris, Luan, Mitch's wife. Mitch's wife is still breastfeeding the little Zenaide (19 months old next week), which is amazing. My aim now is to continue the morning and evening feeds up to my next one, if possible.

Breastfeeding is still the best! To read more about breastfeeding, check out this website Breastfeeding Mothers' Support Group (Singapore).