Spilt Milk

I know how the saying goes, but I am absolutely sobbing.
The jar had around 34 to 36 ounces..
my daughter is going to stay with her father tonight so I worked so hard yesterday to make sure I filled it up and then some, so that she would have what she needed.
We didn’t get good sleep last night. Half asleep this morning I go to fill up a bottle and this happens…
We have some frozen stock but this broke my heart.

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I remember with my first absolute loosing my mind everytime I spilled milk because I had such awful feeding anxiety. With my second now I’m much more relaxed but this is still so heartbreaking. Try to breathe your way through it and know that you can always make more and your baby is still happy and fed 💕

I’m so sorry, lately I’m struggling with milk, so this just broke my heart too.

I feel your pain:( I spilled 3 ounces this morning and was sobbing at the foot of my bed at 1 AM. Couldn’t even imagine what you’re going through.

My toddler son just spilt maybe 2 oz yesterday and I bawled like a baby to my partner about it, I can’t imagine the sadness of losing this much! I am so sorry love! Hopefully you can have some grace with yourself ❤️ accidents do happen!

OMG! I literally spilled 30 ounces myself about two weeks ago when my son was four weeks. It was devastating as that meant I needed to catch up. Here to tell you that two weeks later, although I still haven’t been able to get back on the routine that I had prior to spilling, my son has remained fed! :) I know your baby will too!

Omgg I would cryyy 😭. I’m soo sorry mama, I know how u feel 😔

I would absolutely cry too 😭😭😭

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