Hello everyone,
It's me! Old ouchy nipples!
I just can't seem to feed him without the ouchies! Bring on Friday and the clinic!!! Quinn is being a bit sooky today - DP has him at the moment - although he has a sore back from bouncing him on the ball for most of the day - today Quinn is the hungriest man in the world...do you all get days when they want to eat all day, the MCHN said he should be eating between -60-90 mls per feed - wrong - he has about 150 per feed and sometimes wants more! He's a hungry hungry hippo!

Re: heel***** test - Quinn didn't even notice his being done he had it on day 4.

There is sooo much pressure to breastfeed isn't there - but there is also that whole old school 70's view of feed them formula as well. I get the "advice" from my MIL that I should be giving him formula to make sure he learns how to use a bottle!!!!!!!!!! I would be happy if he never had to learn that - he drinks from a bottle all the time except one or two feeds a day because I am expressing all the time. I don't have a problme with supply but I am still being told to formula feed him by her! It's a gets a little frustrating - espeicailly when you are really tired!!! That's the worst time to get advice!

Re: tears - I bawled my eyes out the first time Quinn was fed from a bottle - I felt like such a failure (and really guilty) that I couldn't even feed my baby - even though it was my breastmilk I still bawled! Michelle, I had the irrational no reason crying thing at about 9 days after Quinn was born and it lasted about 4 days...no reason just random acts of bawling

Anyway better go try to settle this little man, so maybe I can have a lie down. Is anyone else queen of being topless - I spend most of the time with boobs akimbo! I have to make sure I have a top on when I leave the house

Good on you everyone! You're all doing really well!