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My child care provider, a stay-at-home-mom who was caring for Aaron Tuesdays and Thursdays, quit last week. Is finding new child care in a hurry the ultimate challenge of parenthood? It is slow going. Luckily, my neighbor coincidentally quit her job at the same time, and is taking over for the time being.

But this means adjusting to a new provider who isn't familiar with breast milk. And it has been a weird week feeding Aaron. Just last week (at 7 1/2 months) he started going gangbusters with table food, after a tepid reception for 1 1/2 months. And Monday, with my husband, he ate lots of apples and cereal, and only 3 ounces of milk (9 ounces is typical). The next day, with our neighbor, he ate tons of apples, cereal, and squash, and 15 ounces of milk! When I got home our neighbor was routing around in our freezer for more milk!

Even though my supply issues are hopefully behind me, we're not oversupplied with milk around here. And I'm becoming convinced that Aaron is often being overfed. Fairly consistently, my husband and my parents use a little less milk than I provide. And the old and new day care providers use more than I provide (by way of frozen milk). I'm wondering if Aaron's relatives are more sensitive and knowledgeable about his moods? And maybe others are more apt to use a bottle to cure all ills? And certainly aren't as sensitive to how breast milk is gold around here, and should be treated as such!