What's your mood today?

[English Lady]

Take care of yourself, mat

Mrs D...*hugs* keep trying love but if you find you cannot continue breast feeding don't feel bad. You've given the little one the best stuff right at the beginning of his life. I know breast is best, I wanted to do it but in the end it just didn't work out and I was heart broken. However in the end you've got to do what is right for you and the little one whatever it takes, okay? *hugs*


Morning everyone -I had weird dreams last night and got a weird Pm in my inbox this morning. So the tone of today so far is weird. It's gonig to be determined and odmestic once I've properly woken as this house needs a good going over.

We go to Scarborough next thursday *squeeeeeee* and Boo is going to her Nanna's. I can't wait it's going to be soooooo good to get away.

 

[Chantilyvamp]

mood I left him speechless in a very good way

 

[matriarch]

TGIF!!

Been a hard but productive week, back has held out, with only a couple of twinges at the end of the day.

A quiet weekend is the order of the day, especially with the weather forecast, so plenty of rest and snuggling with the wife.

Hope everyone is ready for a great weekend.

 

[Guest]

worried. very very very worried.

 

[MagicaPractica]

worried. very very very worried.

*hugs*

 

[Tarakin]

worried. very very very worried.

* Hugs *

 

[impressive]

Kinda stir crazy. Cabin fever-ish.

 

[sophia jane]

Kinda stir crazy. Cabin fever-ish.

Yeah, me too. Thank god for the road trip tomorrow!

 

[Salvor-Hardon]

Melancholy and bordering on burnt out.

 

[impressive]

Melancholy and bordering on burnt out.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Excited! I'm on my new PC and after getting all of my internet favorites set up I am going to install some games and have me some fun tonight!

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

Good, because I agree with VM... nothing but good to report in my knowledge...

I checked it out and there is one in the area, just have to get in touch with them. Right now I'm working with a good lactation specialist, she's been really good and I feel comfortable with her.

*hugs tight* warm washrags on the breasts helps the milk release (gives a bit of relief to the nipples as well.) Least it did for me. Then hungry girl got put on a feeding schedule. To start with every two hours and then every three hours and the milk production evened out a bit. Gentle breast massage can stimulates the production of milk. And like the others said try to see if their is a local breast feeding group near you. There may also be a group of breast feeding moms in your area that you can talk to.

Actually I'm kind of been doing the getting him on a schedule thing, yet at the same time not really. What I've had to do, so he snacks less, is feed him for 15-20 minutes on one breast and then change him to wake him up to feed on the other breast. If I don't change him between he stays asleep. Changing him is the one sure fire way to wake him up, none of the other tricks seem to work, lol. Often while feeding I massage my breast, it also gets him to eat a little more instead of staying latched on and sleeping. I think the pumping once or twice a day is helping too, that and drinking milk seems to help and over the last couple of days I didn't have much milk to drink.

Mrs D...*hugs* keep trying love but if you find you cannot continue breast feeding don't feel bad. You've given the little one the best stuff right at the beginning of his life. I know breast is best, I wanted to do it but in the end it just didn't work out and I was heart broken. However in the end you've got to do what is right for you and the little one whatever it takes, okay? *hugs*

*hugs back* I want to keep trying and though I vent I know it's something to work through. I expect to be able to actually feed from the breast until he gets teeth, since he gums so much I think once he gets teeth I'll have to go to the bottle. At the very least I'll be able to pump and feed him via bottle, that way he still gets the breast milk. As long as he's healthy that's all that matters to me and considering his weight at 11 days was half a pound above birth weight means I'm doing something right. It's supposed to be normal for them to be at birth weight when 14 days.

 

[Tarakin]

Melancholy and bordering on burnt out.

Get well soon.

 

[_Lynn_]

Uncomfortable......Last night a tooth broke.
Of course it's a weekend and the dentist isn't open.

 

[DesertPirate]

Uncomfortable......Last night a tooth broke.
Of course it's a weekend and the dentist isn't open.

Ouch!

Hugs

 

[Tarakin]

Uncomfortable......Last night a tooth broke.
Of course it's a weekend and the dentist isn't open.

* Hugs *

 

[voluptuary_manque]

*hugs back* I want to keep trying and though I vent I know it's something to work through. I expect to be able to actually feed from the breast until he gets teeth, since he gums so much I think once he gets teeth I'll have to go to the bottle. At the very least I'll be able to pump and feed him via bottle, that way he still gets the breast milk. As long as he's healthy that's all that matters to me and considering his weight at 11 days was half a pound above birth weight means I'm doing something right. It's supposed to be normal for them to be at birth weight when 14 days.

So for all your anxiety, you are proving to be a nutritious Earth Mother. Congradulations! Even though you are uncomfortable what is supposed to happen between mother and baby is happening and for that you should be sitting back with him in your arms and smiling. Blessings.

 

[Gi_Venus]

I checked it out and there is one in the area, just have to get in touch with them. Right now I'm working with a good lactation specialist, she's been really good and I feel comfortable with her.

Actually I'm kind of been doing the getting him on a schedule thing, yet at the same time not really. What I've had to do, so he snacks less, is feed him for 15-20 minutes on one breast and then change him to wake him up to feed on the other breast. If I don't change him between he stays asleep. Changing him is the one sure fire way to wake him up, none of the other tricks seem to work, lol. Often while feeding I massage my breast, it also gets him to eat a little more instead of staying latched on and sleeping. I think the pumping once or twice a day is helping too, that and drinking milk seems to help and over the last couple of days I didn't have much milk to drink.

*hugs back* I want to keep trying and though I vent I know it's something to work through. I expect to be able to actually feed from the breast until he gets teeth, since he gums so much I think once he gets teeth I'll have to go to the bottle. At the very least I'll be able to pump and feed him via bottle, that way he still gets the breast milk. As long as he's healthy that's all that matters to me and considering his weight at 11 days was half a pound above birth weight means I'm doing something right. It's supposed to be normal for them to be at birth weight when 14 days.

*hugs* MrsD My little boys mother did breast feeding and it was uncomfortable for her at first....she did the pumping so that he could be fed mostly breast milk, I got to participate by strapping a thin tube leading from the bottle to my finger and letting him suckle on my finger...it helps to avoid nipple confusion. He did learn how to suckle so that he did not bite once the teeth arrived. We did not give him dairy products until he was 3. The benefits of breast feeding are many fold in the health and well being of a child.

 

[starrkers]

Like a blown egg.
Drained
Empty
Ready to shatter

 

[damppanties]

Like a blown egg.
Drained
Empty
Ready to shatter

*tight hugs*

 

[MagicaPractica]

Mood is withdrawn, like I want to curl up under an afghan and stay there indefinitely.

 

[cloudy]

Youngest is spending the night at a friend's house, and normally I would absolutely relish the chance to spend a night childless, but....it's lonely here without him.

 

[MrsDeathlynx]

*hugs* MrsD My little boys mother did breast feeding and it was uncomfortable for her at first....she did the pumping so that he could be fed mostly breast milk, I got to participate by strapping a thin tube leading from the bottle to my finger and letting him suckle on my finger...it helps to avoid nipple confusion. He did learn how to suckle so that he did not bite once the teeth arrived. We did not give him dairy products until he was 3. The benefits of breast feeding are many fold in the health and well being of a child.

That's why I'm really wanting to do this, breast milk is so much better for baby. He's getting a little better at latching on, which is helping a little. *hugs back*

Like a blown egg.
Drained
Empty
Ready to shatter

*big hug*

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Rather better now. I spent the day doing laundry and weeding and I mean the whole day . . . on top of my expanded weight-walking (76 lbs of iron for an hour - - - sheesh!). After dinner and a nap I'm ok, now. But I'm still lonely, sort of, with everyone I like talking to either in Chicago or still recovering from loss.

Blessings be on this site.

 

[Gi_Venus]

That's why I'm really wanting to do this, breast milk is so much better for baby. He's getting a little better at latching on, which is helping a little. *hugs back*

I wish I had another little one...lol I loved taking care of him. We did attachment parenting never leaving him in a daycare or without one or the other of us. We had to stagger our jobs so that we could do this.