How on earth did you get milk there?

This post is one I had in my head when Matilda was tiny, it still amuses me to this day. Re-reading it tonight I realize this may be a little TMI... I don't care, I'm still posting it :)

Like many Mums I set out to give breastfeeding my best shot, I went to the breastfeeding classes, became a member of the ABA, talked to friends and family etc etc. I was all prepared...

But in all of this no one ever really explained the squirting. I'm not talking about that little bit of leakage you get when your bubba cries or is overdue for a feed, I'm talking squirting out like water from a full water balloon full of pin holes!

It doesn't affect everyone, lord knows we are all different, but for those of us who have it can be messy and amusing all at once.

Mostly this would happen around the time of a feed. In the early days I was 'all fingers' there was so much to think about - holding Matilda, getting my shirt down, bra unclipped, Matilda attached, being comfortable, having water and food close by - the list goes on. So I wasn't really thinking about what my boob was doing once I had achieved all of that.

But then Matilda's Dad comes home after being out and says "what on earth is all over the tiles?".... Hmmm I don't know but it seems to be all over the places I had wandered trying to settle just fed baby... And then it dawned on us - MILK! It had leaked all over the floor!

We laughed and I promised the from now on in I would cover up before wandering around the house.

This was most definitely not the last time I would hear the phrase "How on earth did you get milk there?" Over the first three months we discovered the telltale milk pattern on the bed head, the cot, the bassinet, the lounge, the bath, the shower tiles, the rocking chair, chest of drawers, the dining room table and chairs and the car door!

Even now it happens on the odd occasion and I get the giggles, knowing that there are probably plenty of other places that I never found.

So for anyone out there about to become breastfeeding parents beware - you may end up playing our funny little sleep deprived game of "How on earth did you get milk there?"