OMG and I thought I could chat. You girls are soooo chatty. I guess we do have a lot of us in this group.
I'm not even going to try to catch up with personals, there are way too many.
Welcome to the newbies and your babies.
Nic, sounds like my day (umm not sure which one it was, this week) lol. Abbey has had a day of cat naps. I hope she doesn't think that will be her new thing.
I went and got her a new swing today. I had sold Tehya's one, but seeing as how Abbey seems to like motion, being rocked and walked with, and hates her bloody $130 rocker, I thought it was worth a try. I got her the Fisher Price Power plus swing. I like it cos I can plug it into the power point and not have to worry about batteries. Wasn't too badly priced. on sale at Target for $149 -save $80. Took me about 40 minutes to put it together today but Abbey seems to quite enjoy it. She even went to sleep in it. If it makes her sleep I will pay plenty more for it.
OK Mummy brag moment here. Noah and Tehya both go to swimming lessons, Tehya since she was a baby. She's done her swim survival class - where she has to fall in the pool, face first, fully clothed, get onto her back and float for 15 minutes. And is now doing proper lessons.
Today, our first lesson back after xmas and Tehya has improved so much she is off her back bubble altogether. She is swimming properly. She does her arms great and kicks like a trooper.
Think I have my little olympian in the making. DP can do the 4 am swims though
Bindy, try to let your nipples dry int he fresh air. When you are finished a feed express out a little milk and let it air dry on your nipples. It has a great healing properties in breastmilk. Also, even though you are still getting used to breastfeeding and this is your first time at doing it, and it's not really recommended in the first weeks of breastfeeding, go grab yourself some nipple shields. They will help to protect your nipples while still feeding. Try if you can not to use them at every feed, as you may then have the issue that I had with Abbey where she wouldn't latch on to my nipple alone. I have breastfed all of my babies and while I'm not going to preach we all know the benefits. I think having the formula in the house makes you more likely to cave and use it. Of course if that's what you want to do then go for it. But if you want to keep up a successful breastfeeding relationship with bub I wouldn't go there. I had a heap of issues with Abbey and feeding in the early days. To the point where her Paed told me I was starving her !! I worked through all of this and I truelly believe it's because I believe in myself and my ability to bf my baby.
Hope I didn't step over the line there hun. I get very passionate in trying to help others when it comes to breastfeeding.
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