I breastfed exclusively for 6 months,
my son got the milk in a bottle which was easier for him and everybody was happy.
At the end of the day, no matter how much I wanted nursing to work, I had to look at what was really important to me, and it was
my son getting my milk whatever way he could.
Not exact matches
that book says I only had to die once and then the judgement, but we may have to postpone the Big Day a bit so I can go down there and shed some blood because of those bone - headed followers of mine...» He hasn't
gotten back to me... but you're right there, my
son, William, they are pretty damn wicked....god - damned I'll tell ya... BTW, William, like your thoughts... If I do come back we'll have to
get together... maybe you could be, like, an Aide or something... can't promise you it'll be good pay, but, we can always
milk the Televangelist out of a few bucks... let me know...
For my
son with cows
milk protein intolerance, helping him
get calories he needs by adding a dash to his oat
milk porridge
If you can
get your hands on fresh, raw, organic dairy
milk, then that is awesome (your local Farmer's Market or Hook &
Sons)!
I didn't plan on nursing so long at all, and my
son and I are definitely to the point where it's hard to say he's nursing, since he is actually
getting milk only every few days or so (if that), but my
son would tell you (with a big, shy grin on his face) that he is still nursing.
I didn't personally meet my own goal of nursing (I wanted to do it for one year, and barely made 9 months) because of the hours I worked - 3 12 - hour shifts in a row, meaning I rarely had an opportunity to nurse my
son for those days and nights, and he was
getting pumped
milk from a bottle.
My 12 month old
son literally throws up Everytime he
gets whole
milk and he aLso was on a sPecial formula for his first Year.
With our 2nd
son, around 8wks old we also started giving him Wellements Gripe Water which helped a LOT with the reflux, but we're hoping to keep it from
getting to that point with our newborn (he hasn't had anything but my
milk and a few homeopathic tablets in his digestive tract yet!)
My
son got the essential ingredients to a healthy start and I never had to consider supplementation due to a low
milk supply.
Finally we went into a lactation consultant to
get my
son weighed and that's when we realized that he was only
getting half of the amount of
milk that he needed for his weight.
I was able to pump a bit faster than my
son would drink the formula, so I
got a few minutes not being «
milked».
I had to use a double pump on both breasts for about 45 minutes to
get enough
milk for the next bottle and once my
son started feeling better, he was HUNGRY and would eat often and a lot.
Well, it sure as heck beat fighting with my
son for hours to latch on or pumping with a double breast pump on the highest setting for 45 minutes at a time to
get barely enough breast
milk for the next bottle that for some reason always gave him horrible diarrhea and made my baby cry.
My insistence that my
son get breast
milk was hindering my parenting.
Hi Natalie, Well, My friend's
son could not suck enough either, and so he is
getting his supplemental pumped breast
milk via liquid medicine dropper, which he can drink from but takes much less effort.
We didn't do straight from the fridge: a) because that would require
getting out of bed (my
son slept in our room and given that I have awful insomnia, I was loathe to leave the bedroom and turn on the lights); and b) my
son wouldn't drink COLD
milk (though room temperature worked fine).
My
son is 12 months old and is
getting onto cow's
milk.
My
son is 9 yrs old today but when I took him home I didn't know that he wasn't
getting any
milk from me.
My
son was born 7 lbs 1oz, he lost more than 10 % of his birth weight and they still released him from the hospital, I gave him a bath the next day by this point 4 days old, he didn't wake up, took him right to another hospital where the admitted him and put him on an IV and under the lights, they had me pumping every hour producing a max of 5 ml a time, finally they discovered I had insufficient
milk glands, I was not allowed to have a bottle until I
got home.
I trust them they were the professionals but I ask them how can you sure that my
son have enough
milk or he
get milk to my wife?
Yes, my baby
son got a few extras in his
milk for a few weeks, but I still believe that was better in the long run than giving up early.
As soon as we
got home and my
milk came in, my
son became a champion nurser.
I used to
get clogged
milked ducts all the time with my first
son then I realized I kept
getting clogs after sleeping on my side, I started sleeping on my back and quite
getting clogs.
I stuck with it because it's really important to me that my
son gets the best nutrition, and that's breast
milk.
The Munchkin Latch bottle has by far been the best in terms of
getting our
son to latch easily and reducing the amount of
milk he spits up after.
When my
son was four weeks, I
got very discouraged and found it difficult to breastfeed, thinking I was not producing enough
milk.
Juliane2004, My
son only
gets water, sometimes
milk, if he doesn't eat his meal.
After a few weeks my
milk supply leveled off and my
son's feeding times became routine, so I was able to
get a little more freedom.
I can only do phone things when my
son has drifted off into a boobie
milk induced sleep these days as he
gets curious about the lights or what mummy's looking at!
I just am glad that my
son can
get some breast
milk (it's about half and half) and not all formula.
The lactation consultant also told me that I could probably expect my body and my baby to
get in synch in a few weeks, which would most likely result in a more manageable output of
milk for my
son to take in.
Unless your
son starts to show signs of not
getting enough
milk, I wouldn't worry about it too much.
My mom fed my
son the formula while i napped and soon after he finally fell asleep too and after this i started to produce
milk and it was no trouble at all to
get him to nurse at his next feeding.
Hey mommies I'm in need of help my
son is 18 months old and I'm trying to
get him off the boobies, he doesn't like any
milk and he doesn't really care for bottles or / and sippy cups (only sometimes sippy cups) I have tried for a few months but I always give in.please I need some advice thank you all very much
My
son is 7 mths and he was sleeping thru the night for several months and then about 2 mths ago
got a yucky cold and began waking up at night and I would «nurse» him and he would fall fast asleep:) But now he is long over his cold, has food and
milk all day long but still wakes during the night to nurse.
hi my 18 month old
son just does nt want anything else at night.but im not sure if hes
getting any
milk from my brest.
«Also consider taking herbals such as Shatavari, or fenugreek to increase
milk ejection reflex (MER)... It is a little trickier as you
get closer to one year, but you may still find you are a good producer and can even
get more than your
son needs each day.
For my
son, at least, it was the clear cut answer to nursing and let him suckle for hours to help us build up my
milk supply and
get nursing off to a start — within 5 weeks, they were gone and nursing continued normally.
Even when we
got to the point when my
son was able to take a bottle of pumped
milk, I still had to
get up to pump so that my boobs wouldn't explode.
I spent hundreds of hours tethered to a hospital - grade breast pump, watching my nipples
get sucked in and out of long plastic tubes while willing my body to produce the
milk that my
son wasn't able to pull from my body with his own tiny mouth.
My first
son didn't
get enough to eat the first three weeks of his life before I realized that I produced less than a teaspoon of
milk at a time.
By 11 months, my
son ate enough food and I could pump enough
milk that I
got to have a night away with my husband.
COURNEY MELVETH: Yes, I always fed on - demand for my
sons, and watching the clock was really just for me to make sure that I had really drained one side so that they were
getting all the hind
milk and not just the foremilk and I wasn't switching to the other boob too soon.
Having read all the research I could
get my hands on while my
son was still «cooking» (his father and grandfather have celiacs) I had decided to introduce gluten between the ages of 4 and 6 months, while I was still breastfeeding, in small amounts, while continuing to eat wheat myself, since gluten has been detected in breast
milk.
My
son was 6 weeks premature and it took me 2 weeks to
get my
milk in.
I did it all... supplements, tubes taped to my breast while my
son nursed, pumping like a crazy woman... still, never did I
get that sensation of fullness or that my
milk was coming in.
when my first
son was born in oct 05 i tried to breastfeed... my
milk never came in... i tried for 3 days and my
son was screaming in hunger and i could hear his belly rumble... the nurses were not very helpfull... when i
got home i ended up formuala feeding... my
son is very healthy... i will try to breastfeed my second child but if i cant then i wont feel like a bad mother... like i did the first time...
I really think my
son got more blood from my raw nipples than
milk.
My
son was tongue tied at birth to it made the latch terrible I struggled for a while take him to the family doctor they will clip the tie as the hospital wouldn't do it for me either the younger you have it corrected the better and then mom can work on latching properly and it should increase the
milk supply it is difficult breastfeeding with a low supply and bottle feeding the baby
gets used to being able to
get more
milk quicker from a bottle and then will fuss and not want the breast just takes some time and when ever possible just offer the breast he will eventually take it when a bottle is not offered it also helps to squeeze a little
milk out so he can smell and taste it it will encourage him to latch on and eat also some woman can pump and some can't I have a problem pumping I can maybe
get an once from each breast and that is if I'm lucky