Reaching For Your Goals!

This post is more of an encouraging kind of post rather than a post with information about breastfeeding.

In my personal experience, I have learned that setting goals has actually helped me to be successful at breastfeeding.

After my son was born, I decided to breastfeed for six weeks and strictly pump to have my husband help out and be involved with our son's feeding time. I had learned that by six weeks, the breast milk supply would be well established. By the time six weeks rolled around, I realized I didn't want to pump. I wanted to keep breastfeeding our son. I set my goal higher to six months. With each goal that I met, I gained more confidence. Today our son is 10 months old and my current goal is to keep breastfeeding him until he is a year old. By the time he is a year old, I hope to have him weaned enough to where he will nurse in the morning when we wake up, before nap times, and before bed time. And to have him fully weaned by 18 months.

It all starts with "I want to try to breastfeed..." that alone is an awesome goal to set! When you try, at least you are giving your baby their "first vaccination" through the nutrition of the colostrum. This first stage of milk provides that first bit of antibodies that breast milk is known for.

When a new mother is provided with enough resources to keep encouraging her to reach her goals then she will achieve her goals and may even set the bar higher.

So set those goals mommies! And reach for them!