Momma never told me . . . breastmilk would get everywhere

I'm not exaggerating. I have thought this since my milk came in after leaving the hospital. I quickly learned to always have a receiving blanket tucked in under my boob when feeding and even then expect to leave the situation with both me and baby covered in milk. However, it wasn't until yesterday (or today, time gets away from me!) when I was on the phone with my sister. We were having a nice conversation when little man decided to get fussy. He was so hard to calm down. I rocked him, shushed him, changed his diaper. Nothing worked. It had only been an hour since he'd last eaten but I figured what do I have to lose. So out came the boob and shush when the baby. My sister noted he had calmed down and asked it he had fallen asleep. I informed her that no, he was just happily eating. Except he really wasn't eating. He was more playing. I think he uses my boob as a pacifier at times. Anyhow, soon after starting to suck, he let go and just started bobbing around and milk started shooting everywhere. No, not leaking down and soaking me from everywhere (oh that has happened plenty!), it was spraying. In multiple directions! I started to panic as it was getting on the chair, the floor, the end table, the dog. So not cool. My sister asked what was going on at which point I had to laugh. I mean really, what else is there to do!

Lesson learned: Never leave a full, uncovered boob unattended!

Oh and a side note, when you decide to try introducing a bottle, milk will still get everywhere. I started pumping in preparation for returning to work. Our pediatrician recommended getting baby boy used to a bottle a day to ensure he would take it. So, my husband gave him his first bottle. It didn't take him long to learn the receiving blanket lesson!