Maybe this is weird, but I tend to think of the amount of frozen breast milk stored in our freezer in terms of how many days Julian could survive on it if I got hit by a bus. Our little guy (just like his sister before him) is a milk snob and won't take formula, and while I know that if he got hungry enough of course he'd drink formula, it still weirds me out to think that I'm his sole source of nutrition. Meaning if I were to get hit by a bus, his food source would be gone.
Granted, he's now eating plenty of solids. And like I said, he'd cotton on to formula if he really, really had to, I'm sure. But today we only have enough frozen breast milk for him to get by for about two days if I bit it unexpectedly. Supplies are low because of several instances of frozen bags leaking during the defrosting process (which I goddamn hate - nothing worse than watching the precious bodily fluids you pumped out in not the most enjoyable or comfortable way go to waste), as well as having to pump and dump milk all day today while at a conference where I wasn't able to sterilize my pump parts or keep the milk cold. Grrrr.
Must build up strategic reserves again. Now that he's in daycare all day he drinks so damn much though - I can only pump enough each day to keep up with demand for the next day. Which means I need to pump a little extra on weekends, if I can. And one of my current favorite things about weekends is NOT having to pump. Sigh. Must prepare for possible bus accident though, right?
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