Just caught up on spam while I had the longest nosebleed of my life. (Seriously spent 30 mins in the bathroom).
On the breastfeeding week thing. I'm cool with it existing but for other I get why feeling get hurt. Did I want to exclusively pump... Not at all. Does it work for us .. Yep.
To go back to something lilyelayne said. I attempted to find breastfeeding classes and information for me. You know when they occurred, m-f at 10:30 am. And 1 Saturday in 3 months. Thanks for the help for us working moms.
I was adimant about wanting to breast feed. I knew it was best and he'll its cheaper. . But I knew in the long run that if it couldn't happen, I would just have to learn to accept it.
I think in the last few years now that hospitals are more "baby friendly" they also have a breast feeding mafia. I know for me it was only when the last lactation lady came did she see my problems with latch and just well not suffocating her with a boob,when a pump even entered our discussion. All the others were like you will get it. I wish some of the lc were a little more flexible in their beliefs.
That's interesting that some of you are complaining about the LC at the hospital. I had the worst experience attempting to get DS to latch and every nurse was teaching me a different way each time and I could never get enough practice with one nurse to get everything together. They kept saying the LC will be coming by soon. Well, LC didn't show up til DS was in his car seat test and we were checking out of the hospital. Plus, the LC really had nothing good to say. She was just promoting a local business that rents out hospital grad pumps claiming that the Medela PISA will not work for pumping milk. Awful experience.
Post by AppropriateChocolate on Aug 5, 2015 17:23:16 GMT -5
DD is still on one. Trying to get her to "go the .... To sleep" I'm a tad concerned she had prunes for lunch because she a little back up. How long should I have before poopgeddon?
GeekBeagle I'm jealous of golden girls! DH turned on espn before he went to sleep (apparently labor was just exhausting for him lol) and I was too lazy to change it.
It's wine-o'clock. I just poured myself a glass of red. Anyone else enjoying a drink tonight?
We took LO to the baseball game last night and the loud cheering freaked him out. He was terrified. A homerun was the last straw; poor guy screamed so hard, he threw up. Yikes.
GeekBeagle I'm jealous of golden girls! DH turned on espn before he went to sleep (apparently labor was just exhausting for him lol) and I was too lazy to change it.
I think my TV was playing the news and it was talking about be prepared for more Snow after it was already a foot on the ground.
It's wine-o'clock. I just poured myself a glass of red. Anyone else enjoying a drink tonight?
We took LO to the baseball game last night and the loud cheering freaked him out. He was terrified. A homerun was the last straw; poor guy screamed so hard, he threw up. Yikes.
Poor LO. DD has new found scares (I.e. the vacuum the baby bullet) it's very new. She's never been scared of these things before ugh.
Oh man it's been a long day of 30 min naps. LO seems to be better. More pee diapers, shit on some clothes but broke out in a rash. I never did make the call to the dr, I decided just to wait it out.
Re: breastfeeding week. I guess my feelings run in a slightly different direction as I do EBF and since LO still refuses a bottle, stopping is not an option. It was the same with DD1 - went right from BFing to milk in a straw cup. I really struggled with being "tied to" DD for a whole year, it was a very difficult adjustment personally as it was not what I was expecting. This time it was easier to accept. So while I like breastfeeding, I personally don't feel the need to celebrate but others feel free!
Post by dmorgendorffer on Aug 5, 2015 19:54:36 GMT -5
I hope my post didn't offend anyone. I certainly don't feel that anyone should be judged for the way they feed their baby, whether it is their choice or out of necessity. I get that their is a lot of pressure on moms to breastfeed and I had similar hospital experiences, one of my vivid memories is of being scolded by my day shift nurse for letting E go so long between feeds when I couldn't get her to latch. Its not like I was purposely trying to starve my day old child.
However, I also think that having a supportive community has helped me to be able to succeed at breastfeeding and that's the way I've seen the events of BF week. I don't think it's about trying to shame anyone as the article suggested, and that was the point I was trying to make in my original post.
It's wine-o'clock. I just poured myself a glass of red. Anyone else enjoying a drink tonight?
We took LO to the baseball game last night and the loud cheering freaked him out. He was terrified. A homerun was the last straw; poor guy screamed so hard, he threw up. Yikes.
Oh poor baby! DH has a really loud sneeze and he sneezed while we were in the bathroom giving DS a bath, so it was extra loud. Well DS freaked out and cried so hard.
They way I see it no matter how you have to feed your baby your baby is eating growing and healthy and that's all that matters in this world is healthy babies. We all her at FEB15 have beautiful healthy happy(when not going through a wonder week or teething) baby's no matter how they are fed and they are the best babies on this board
I was coming to say this exact thing, almost word for word.
I hate to think that anyone here feels guilty or bad, especially over something that may not have been a choice.
cougarette, AppropriateChocolate, aw, these babies are just noticing more and becoming more sensitive, I guess. MIL and I ended up swapping who sat with him in First Aid and then we left after 5-ish innings. I felt major mommy guilt, but we had no idea he'd freak out.
Oh man it's been a long day of 30 min naps. LO seems to be better. More pee diapers, shit on some clothes but broke out in a rash. I never did make the call to the dr, I decided just to wait it out.
Re: breastfeeding week. I guess my feelings run in a slightly different direction as I do EBF and since LO still refuses a bottle, stopping is not an option. It was the same with DD1 - went right from BFing to milk in a straw cup. I really struggled with being "tied to" DD for a whole year, it was a very difficult adjustment personally as it was not what I was expecting. This time it was easier to accept. So while I like breastfeeding, I personally don't feel the need to celebrate but others feel free!
This is how I feel about breastfeeding. It's tough some days knowing that I can't be away from DS for more than 2 hours. I don't know what I would do if I had to go back to work right now. I mean I'm glad I'm able to feed him and really proud of myself for overcoming the shield and latch issues but sometimes I wish I had another option. I'm struggling with seeing it as a burden at the moment.
Babies stuck tummy timing in their cribs- DS eventually became OK with sleeping on his tummy. No cries for rescuing needed. Every night he rolls to his tummy and falls asleep. It's funny watching him wiggle around the crib at night during sleep transitions. Every time I check the monitor, he's in a different position/corner.
As someone who's tried every damn way in feeding a baby in the first month, I'd really like to say everyone around the new mother needs to just stfu. I hate how random people would enquire if I'm BFing. I don't go around asking about your boobs or privates, you shouldn't be allowed to ask about my boobs either. I too have a lot of anger toward the whole super pro BFing policies of the hospital I delivered at. I was super unprepared when BFing didn't work out at first. Heck, I didn't even know what BFing failure is until it was too late. Not sure if any of you had followed my story from long ago, LO ended up at the hospital and had to get a spinal tap as part of a full infection screen. We rushed him to the ER on his 5th day of life because he wasn't able to maintain his core temperature, he was running below 96F. I asked the pedi a couple months ago to explain what exactly happened. He believed that was the result of my baby failing to thrive. At that time, my milk hadn't come in. It wasn't until the next day that my milk finally came in. The children's hospital's LC was way more helpful and she taught me how to pump to increase my production. Looking back, I'm still extremely resentful over what happened, all that drama and money (the actual bill from the children's hospital came out to be 85k, thankfully I have awesome insurance, the delivery already maxed out my out of pocket limit) could have been saved had they actually helped me when I was struggling with BFing at the hospital. BFing is a wonderful thing, but it shouldn't be painted as the ONLY option for mothers. Formula saved my LO. He bounced back when we started him on formula at the children's hospital.
dreemkin I apologize for using the word decision in my post I was trying to make the point that even in the absence of issues requiring one to formula feed, I don't think I get to have an opinion on how someone else feeds their child. Obviously it's not option to even choose to breastfeed for some people due to various reasons. I should have chosen my words more wisely, so I'm sorry.
No worries! I know the lovely people in this group are very understanding and pro feed-your-baby-how-you-can.
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