Babies Born February 2008 #2

[Mommyof2tob]

hey girls,

i have to admit i did disappear for a bit. and i'm sorry i was trying to get used to having 2 girls. i didn't have anyone come help out so i've been trying to get a routine down. my mom couldn't come stay with me because she had to work plus she started getting sick (thanks to my dad). but we're starting to get into one now kinda. no one told me that breastfeeding would hurt but we're starting to get the hang of it. however the initial latching on still hurts like hell. but enough about me how are you ladies and your new little bundles of joy doing???

[Esme]

Prama - I did Jasper's nails today with an emery board; worked really well and not much chance of hurting him,

[*MinKy*]

Mommyof2tob, great to hear that you are getting into a routine!! We are far from it at the moment, lol...hopefully soon!! I am hearing ya on the initial latching on pain, it kills somedays! I still have one bb that has a cracked nipple, but its getting better though! Noah has started to juct suck the nipple and not the aerola too, no idea why, that kills too, I seem to be taking him off alot just to get him reattached properly!

Prama, I have a teeny tiny pair of baby nail clippers that we use!

Bummer I have forgotten what else I was going to reply about! Will have to go back to the other thread

Hope you are all having a great Monday!!

[The[cookie]Doctor]

We had a visit from the MCHN today.

My little PORKER has put on 200gms in 4 DAYS!!!!.
What a little chubba!

I'd had so much conflicting advice about my BF'ing - he should be taking the other side, you should change him halfway, he should take longer than ten mins, BLAH BLAH BLAH - well he's doing just FINE!!!

Hilary said i just have a good supply, a fast let down & an efficient feeder that can keep up (though mummy squirts all over him some times if he's lazy and takes too much time to latch properly... lol!) & he's probably feeding like a 3-6 monther (OMG !!!!)

Sorry to ramble, just needed to let out my happy vibes, was getting sick of people telling me things when i was sure i was doing the right thing.

I'll be back for personals later.

[Esme]

Ash - Mummy knows best!!

[*MinKy*]

Woohoo Ash!!! What a little star!!!! (and a huge relief for you!!)

[Roquen]

Lol Jordan has put on 400g in 6 days heheheh. We went from having to stomach tube his expressed milk to him putting on too much weight from feeding so well! I'm really relieved and am now trying to work out better timings for his BFing to back it off a little bit. I must admit the nipple shield means I have no pain at all, every feed I try without it but my nipple shape means its hard for him to latch on, hopefully we will get it soon!

Had the worst night last night, I only got 2 hrs crappy sleep, trying a different routine tonight hopefully we have a better run and I get a lil more sleep :-)

Hope everyone is getting some sort of routine going, it is such a steep learning curve hey! I thought I had read up enough on most things but every day he throws something new at me!