Miss W -->

 
   Friday, February 24, 2006  

Another one about "The Breastfeeding"

The lowercase has learned to latch! He can only do it on the left if he hasn't first latched to the right (crazy differences in nipples making the left MUCH harder for him than the right and thus frustrating him if he has an easy latch first to the point that he'll cry rather than attempt to latch).

We did some weights, examined the daily caloric needs or an infant of his size and determined that he is a 50/50 baby! That's right! He now gets at least 50% of his feedings either directly from me or in the bottles that I have pumped! (That is, he gets about 7 oz [obviously usually more as the before/after weights were done when he was not hungry and had an overall really bad feeding] at the breast, 5 ounces of expressed breast milk, and 12 ounces of formula per day.)

My lactation consultant told me that we are one of her biggest success stories having made much progress in the 2 months she has worked with us. She encouraged me yet again to not give up as we are moving toward a point where it may actually become possible for him to eliminate even more formula from his diet. And we discussed our ultimate goal: when he begins eating solid foods, his needs from milk will be less thus allowing me to cut back the formula to the point that eventually all he will need is whatever food he is eating and to nurse. YAY!

   [ posted  @ 8:18 PM ] [ Post a Comment ] [ View Comments (3) ]
   [ E-mail this Post ]



  Comments about my post, "Another one about "The Breastfeeding"":
Hurrah congrats that is just great news and you have done such a wonderful job. :)
You should feel very proud of yourself for persevering! Congratulations to you and to lowercase!!
That is wonderful! Hooray to you both!


 
[=
Archives=]
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
November 2004
December 2004
January 2005
February 2005
March 2005
April 2005
May 2005
June 2005
July 2005
August 2005
September 2005
October 2005
November 2005
December 2005
January 2006
February 2006
March 2006
April 2006
May 2006
June 2006
July 2006
August 2006
September 2006
October 2006
November 2006
December 2006
January 2007
February 2007
March 2007
April 2007
May 2007
June 2007
July 2007
August 2007
September 2007
October 2007
November 2007
December 2007
January 2008
February 2008
March 2008
April 2008
May 2008
June 2008
July 2008
August 2008
September 2008
October 2008
November 2008
December 2008
January 2009
February 2009
March 2009
June 2009
July 2009
August 2009
October 2009
November 2009
December 2009
February 2010
May 2010
June 2010
March 2011
April 2011
August 2011


[=Links=]
A Little Pregnant
Barren Mare
Broken or Not
BrooklynGirl
Chez Miscarriage
Fractured Fairytale
Hardscrabble
Here Be Hippogriffs
Horkin Ramblings
Never Ever Late
One Pink Line
The RE's Muse
Scrambled Eggs
So Close
Uncommon Misconception
The Unproductive Reproductive
Wasted Birth Control


[=Powered By=]


[=Designed By=]


Customized by Miss W
Scripts / Code by "Mr. W"


Send Miss W. E-Mail!