Some mothers have used the tv as a distraction — only when
baby nurses do the older children get to watch a show.
I don't assign Apgars myself,
the baby nurse does, and I would never ever challenge his / her assessment.
Not exact matches
«utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and
nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.»»
At the hospital, the pretty young
nurse with false eyelashes tells me solemnly that they don't really recommend swaddling for
babies anymore — «we like for them to self - soothe,» she says.
Now I know what is happening to her sisters in Iraq, to the their mothers, and then I made breakfast and I
nursed the
baby and I made beds and the whole time my gut was boiling with anger and grief and the need to
DO SOMETHING.
Babies do not belong in the office, nor
does nursing belong in a professional consultation.
There is a hungry
baby, blinking eyes at the light of life and a mama longing to
nurse, open mouths and wonder at what you have just
done, arms that suddenly don't feel quite attached to our body unless there is that little person in them.
The good news is my husband has fully healed, the laundry is
done, the threenager is asleep, and the teething
baby didn't bite me while
nursing tonight.
My sweet 3 month old
baby boy decided to stop
nursing after doctors told me I needed to start supplementing this recipe will help the grieving process by me knowing he's getting the best he can't get besides my breastmilk... I'm still pumping but it's not enough since I don't respond to the pump as well..
I
do that a lot though since it is an easy food to eat one - handed while
nursing and without a sauce, it doesn't drip on the
baby's head.
I
do not eat dairy right now (
nursing my
baby boy and he has a bad reaction to it) so I can't have these.
In the book White Goats and Black Bees, the couple who wrote the book keep goats and only take the leftover milk after the
baby goat is
done nursing — I mean, that is a far cry from the attitudes of industrial agriculture.
It is safe for
baby, so moms
do not have to wipe it off every time they
nurse.
I also think we need to be reminding moms prenatally and in early postpartum that there is a growth spurt (and therefore, a temporary increase in
nursing) coming around 2 weeks, so that they don't get discouraged and think they have low supply when their
baby seemingly «wants to
nurse around the clock.»
They're not there when: * your
baby is diagnosed failure to thrive * you're threatened with formula feeding or the child will be removed from your care * the severe jaundice * the stinky teas and horsepills * your
baby starts crying when you unbutton your shirt to feed them * your child eventually refuses the breast * you
nurse, then formula feed, then pump, then feed what you pumped, and then start all over again without a break * the lactation consultants who offer helpful hints like «you must be
doing it wrong» or «stop being so lazy!»
Though I don't think we'll co-sleep with our
baby, as my husband can sometimes be a dangerous sleepwalker, I
do plan to keep the
baby in our room and pick him up /
nurse on demand.
Should I be
doing something to encourage my
baby to
nurse less often?
I
did not have a bad opinion about mothers who
nursed for long time, but I thought that I will be
done by 12 months... Well our son didn't think so;)... He
nursed exclusively and constantly until 8 months old, at this stage he would start accepting some
baby food (mind u, he was allways in the 95 % of weight).
Only then
did she send the LC to me, and then I was playing a game of
nursing my
baby and weighing him to prove he was getting something from
nursing for the rest of my stay.
When someone has a new
baby around here, they turn to me for advice on how to wrap up their new bundle of joy just like the hospital
nurses do.
,
nurses repeatedly recommended I go home to rest (and leave my
baby alone?!?!), asked if I wanted «to bottle» the
baby, asked if I wanted formula,
did not let me hold my
baby for 2 whole days (terrifying).
The
nurses & LCs were pretty good about helping with getting bfing started, they showed me a variety of ways to hold the
baby, hand express some milk onto the nipple to get her started (she didn't want to suck, although positioning was perfect & she'd suck on a finger if it was put in her mouth) One
nurse tried sugar water on my nipple, which I wasn't okay with, but it was the middle of the night, I was overwhelmed and frustrated, and
baby blues had set in.
I didn't explain to him that the
baby made the milk taste different, but after not
nursing for several weeks he wanted to one time when he wasnt feeling well and was sad it was all gone.
Hmmm... every time I have flown with my
baby, he was
nursing... or had just fallen asleep after
nursing, so I didn't hold him the way I was suppose to for take - off... but you know — when a
baby has just fallen asleep on a plane, you
do NOT want to move the child AT ALL for fear that he'll wake up!
i would just cry and to boot, because of the new
baby, my daughter wanted to
nurse more than even he
did!
I didn't set out to
nurse a preschooler, but somehow along the way, my sweet little
baby grew from an infant to a toddler and eventually blossomed into a preschooler in what now seems like the blink of an eye.
I refused, put up a good fight, called in a pediatrician to give her a talking to, and tried to explain to the
nurse that the milk doesn't come in as the afterbirth comes out, yet
babies live and thrive.
I was brought a hospital pump to try, but wasn't given any assistance with my
baby so I didn't have time to pump between his feedings, his glucose checks, visits from doctors /
nurses / laboratory (almost hourly) and taking care of my own wounds.
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The picture of you with crappy
baby nursing while you're practically comatose (or wish you were) almost
did me in!!
Tell that to the
NURSE who told me if I didn't let her give me Pitocin that my
baby would be born «with apgars of zero — that means dead.»
Whatever you
do, please don't try to
nurse your
baby while the car is moving.
The women who ran the store looked at me,
doing my thing (supporting my large breast so as not to suffocate my kid, while cradling the
baby's head with the other), and said «you know, we have foam wedges that can help large breasted women
nurse».
is Ava wanting to
nurse more now that
baby brother is
doing it so often to?
With a third pregnancy you might find that you
DO make enough milk for the
baby on your own (I ALMOST
did with the second) even if you have to
nurse ALL THE TIME.
Don't be too surprised if your «
baby» dumps you in a nasty
nursing home to rot out your days after YOU become old, fat and annoying.
from PhD in Parenting: To the people that told me that my, um chest would be terribly saggy if I were to
nurse my
babies and that's why they were bottle feeding... How sad, because here's the proof once you have been pregnant that damage is
done and you are going downhill long before you ever think about
nursing.
Had I not had to juggle around the clock extended
nursing and
baby wearing, among other things, I don't know that I would have learned the three important lessons that I offer you now.
Yes, co-sleeping
babies do sleep more lightly and wake more frequently... usually to
nurse.
When Mom is Breastfeeding While the first days of breastfeeding may be frustrating, when they
do start
nursing,
babies are little eating machines.
If I
nursed on one side, and pumped the other to mix with cereal,
does this mean my
baby won't be feeding from the other side?
For instance — after my second child was born, my oldest, who was still
nursing, would ask to
nurse every time the
baby did.
How you feed your
baby is one of the first big decisions you face as a mom, and my hope for any new moms out there is to feel comfortable with whichever choice feels right for you and your
baby — whether that means
nursing, or... doesn't.
To
do this, you could use a Supplemental
Nursing System (a silicone tube attached to a reservoir of a supplement which is attached directly to the breast, so that the
baby gets the supplement at the breast as he also draws out your milk).
While
nursing the
baby under the same blankets that keep off the sun and wind, you might find that people stop to talk to you and don't even bat an eye.
«He eventually
did get it and became a happy
nursing baby and toddler.
Unfortunately I've had thrush with four
babies and every time I end up back on sugar as soon as I'm
done nursing.
Nursing is the one area of parenting where it seems that dads can
do little more than go get the
baby in the middle of the night and maybe wash some pump accessories when applicable.
If the
nursing strike
does turn out to be
baby's sign that she wants to wean, appreciate the time you have had together and continue to offer your
baby the breast so she can sometimes take it and wean gradually.
This is safe for use with your
baby and you don't have to worry about wiping it off before you
nurse.