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Food and My kiddos

I can use the plural version of kids because I am now 32 weeks and feel as though our baby #2 will be here soon!!! Anyways todays post is about feeding Tucker and our new one. First lets acknowledge that Tucker did not breastfeed, he never latched so I pumped and it was really hard so Tucker got 2 weeks of breast milk and then was switched to formula. I'm not judging anyone using formula but I always always wanted my son to have the most natural nutrition, breast milk. Since that did not work out, I'm a little pessimistic about baby #2 breastfeeding. I wish I didn't feel this way but I almost believe it won't happen. I will try my best and try to breast feed but I'm scared the cycle will repeat itself. Hopefully in a month or 2 I will find out my worries are all for nothing. My current struggle is feeding Tucker. I've been pretty LAZY about feeding him healthy food. Lets face it I am pregnant and although I never can say I've really had "cravings" I have always wanted sweet food, but now that Josh and I are on a budget we're finding it harder and harder to eat healthy. My current goal is to get more healthy food into Tucker, but I'm at a lost. We spend a lot of time with my husbands family, who have very different views on how they think babies should eat, so that is another struggle but I think if I stay optimistic and keep exposing him to healthy food we can do it. I have now realized I should not be eating anything I wouldn't want Tucker to eat because that kid eats whatever I eat. Another good tactic might be to only eat our sweets after Tucker has gone to bed. I try to get into a routine of eating healthy food like always eat healthy oats for breakfast and a smoothie for lunch but my husband sways me. I need to hold my own I realize but I want the whole family to eat better so I will keep pushing on. Wish me Luck!
-B

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