HutterFlutter Yes he is colicky. It just sucks that I wish I could make him happy and I can't. After working all day I miss him and want to hold him, but he wants no parts of it. Makes me a sad panda.
knitsmagee Sounds like a tough decision regarding when to stop BFing. Sounds like maybe when you go back to work might be a nice time to stop so you don't have to pump. I didn't even attempt BFing, and I can't even imagine how hard it must be.....so I am probably not the best person to weigh in.
mander82 I appreciate your weighing in either way. I may just wait it out until I find a job and see how that goes before making a decision. I'm afraid if I quit I'll regret it.
ninergirl52 Since she is new and doing it fairly cheap I would tip probably 15-20 dollars. Depending on how well you know the program it can take a couple hours to edit all the photos. MH has been doing it for over 15 years so he costs a little more so I am glad you told the price! Honestly she is probably just happy to build her portfolio! Are you getting the rights to the photos or do you have to buy prints from her? That makes a difference as well.
zengal I am on leave and terrified on what is going to happen when I return to work. He got an earful last night so we shall see if it gets better!
Thanks so much! We are getting the rights to our photos. I was thinking of tipping her $50.
knitsmagee Coming from a person who quit only days ago (though I was mostly just pumping by then) I think it will be hard no matter when you do it. I had been thinking about it for weeks and then would think I was ready and would get hit with another wave of guilt. I finally just picked a day and stuck with it. It's a mourning/grieving process, it really is.
I'm not trying to convince you either way, because only you know what's right. But either way you will be ok! And so will your LO
With regard to you feeling like your family's not bonding as well with your second, that may have less to do with breastfeeding and more to do with the older one taking up more of their time/attention. I don't know your exact situation, but I know that my older kids have always pretty much demanded my parents' attention as soon as they walk in the door, which means my parents have spent less time holding the newest baby than they did the one before. I felt like my third child (DD2) almost never spent any real time with my parents when she was a baby, but now that she's bigger, she's gotten much closer to them. I assume the same will happen with this little one once she's able to get up and run around with the big kids.
gibrown - you called it a mourning/grieving process. I remember the last day LO nursed at the LC's office and got just 0.5 oz after working at it with a nipple shield and then the pumping then supplementing. Thinking about it still makes me teary.
It was after that session in mid November that we decided to EP and supplement. I know that decision is working (based on weight check at the 2 month visit), but I still get upset that she isn't nursing and that I don't have a 100% supply or any left to freeze to go back to work.
It's reassuring to read other mommas situations and realize that we are in the same boat. I don't know what I'll do when I go back to work and have to visit 2-3 offices in the same day. It's hard enough to lug lunch, purse, and laptop not to mention pump gear.
I think that is part of it. My toddler is demanding. Also this time around we are living with them for the time being so Lilly is always here where with Charlie they went weeks without seeing her.
There are other issues though too which are skewing my experience. My parents are of the mindset of having LO cry it out right away, rice cereal in the bottle, and if you hold the baby constantly you are spoiling them and we haven't followed any of that. Last time they weren't there to see it and this time I feel like we are constantly being judged for everything we do by them and my sister who has no kids and is just blindly listening to whatever my parents say. If we don't do what they did and their parents/grandparents did we are doing it wrong and our baby is manipulating us.
I know it's going to be hard no matter what/when I quit and that sucks. Last time I didn't make it past two weeks and cried pretty much the entire time I tried to EP without much success. Once I quit pumping I felt so much better.
I think that is part of it. My toddler is demanding. Also this time around we are living with them for the time being so Lilly is always here where with Charlie they went weeks without seeing her.
There are other issues though too which are skewing my experience. My parents are of the mindset of having LO cry it out right away, rice cereal in the bottle, and if you hold the baby constantly you are spoiling them and we haven't followed any of that. Last time they weren't there to see it and this time I feel like we are constantly being judged for everything we do by them and my sister who has no kids and is just blindly listening to whatever my parents say. If we don't do what they did and their parents/grandparents did we are doing it wrong and our baby is manipulating us.
I know it's going to be hard no matter what/when I quit and that sucks. Last time I didn't make it past two weeks and cried pretty much the entire time I tried to EP without much success. Once I quit pumping I felt so much better.
That really sucks. I'm sorry you're dealing with that; having a new baby is hard enough without constant judgement about everything you're doing (especially when all of their advice seems to be outdated and even potentially dangerous).
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