Breastfeeding Problems

[Biciclista]

Apparently babies need to suck MORE than they need to eat.
That became apparent to me when my sons thrived while seemingly spitting up half of what they consumed.

Congrats on having a good night. I remember how frantic I was back then
and now when I look back the nursing days seem rather idyllic clouded by the mists of time.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

Apparently babies need to suck MORE than they need to eat.
That became apparent to me when my sons thrived while seemingly spitting up half of what they consumed.
Congrats on having a good night. I remember how frantic I was back then
and now when I look back the nursing days seem rather idyllic clouded by the mists of time.

+1! Totally agree.

Limewave, sounds like yesterday was actually a victory day for you- if you can do a couple more days of that, your milk production will be way more within the next 48 hours- sounds like you are now tipping the scales more towards breast milk at this critical point. Keep it up, you are getting it down now! All it takes is 2 or 3 successful days to get it well established.

Breast milk is SO good for your little boy- good for you for sticking with it!

[nolemom]

That is wonderful news - sending positive thoughts your way that today goes even more smoothly.

[Tuckervill]

That is wonderful news - sending positive thoughts your way that today goes even more smoothly.

+1!

Karen

[northstar]

Hang in there Limewave - I'm nursing my 10 m.o. daughter exclusively - it is so overwhelming in those early months!

Kellymom pretty much saved my sanity. DD nursed pretty much around the clock. No 2 hours or 3 hours between feedings for her - it was more like 45 minutes, tops. And when we let them nurse, it's so cool how our bodies respond by kicking up production.

Keep it up - you're doing the right thing. It's so much more work on the front end - sooner or later it becomes so easy. (At least that's our story here!)

And mallotpois, I'm relieved to hear your child could take or leave solids until into her second year - DD just isn't really interested and we've tried spoon feeding and finger foods. She's a nice 21 lbs right now, so she's definitely thriving though.

[malkin]

Hang in there limewave!

Let'im suck all he wants,needs, (or all you can stand).

I nursed my baby on demand, and for a while I used to tell nosy disapproving people that she was feeding on a schedule...of course it was an hourly schedule, where every feeding lasted an hour, but that's a schedule, isn't it?

She grew up fine, by the way.

Baby your baby.
My great gramma was fond of saying, "Children are the guests of the human race and should be treated as such."

[malkin]

You too, northstar!

Nurse on!

[ilima]

Keep it up - you're doing the right thing.

Please stop perpetuating this garbage. There is nothing right or wrong about breast vs. bottle. There is only what works.

[tulip]

Please stop perpetuating this garbage. There is nothing right or wrong about breast vs. bottle. There is only what works.

+100!! My former SIL insisted on breast feeding, even though it wasn't working--for months. It wasn't until the baby was rushed to the emergency room with liver failure that she understood that getting nourishment was the most important thing, and that baby was starving. Once on formula, the baby thrived.

Breast feeding is great if it works, and I agree that it should be the first choice, but formula shouldn't be knocked. Sometimes it's the only thing that works, and there is no shame in that. And sometimes there is no choice. My brother was adopted, and so formula was the only way to go.

[shootingstar]

And I have a mother who half-jokingly wonders if her lst 3 kids haven't still need glasses for reading/distance in their late 40's because she breast-fed us the longest compared to her latter 3 kids. She breast-fed lst 3, each probably no more than 2-3 months. Mother guilt/humour can be abit strange.

At child 6, she would have nearly shrieked in frustration, if anyone suggested she try breastfeeding any more than 1-2 months. She was too exhausted on many different fronts.

So parents happily dealt with cans and cans of baby soy milk. (Baby sister was lactose-intolerant.)

She made up..for this ....for many many years by preparing healthy meals for us. That is another real parental "test" of dedication beyond breastfeeding, isn't it?

[Biciclista]

There are many parental tests of dedication including cubscouts.