OMG -she is awake again - 15mins....normally i don't care, but baby yoga is a lot more fun when your baby does not cry for 15mins then fall asllep! Last week i had to pretend that a bolster was my baby so i could at least participate! LOL
Bellsmum - forgot to say yeah your still BF.that is great. i have a friend who has also comp feed since birth (3 weeks ago), i will tell her that it does not necessariely mean your milk will dry up...
Last edited by Cee_Cee99; October 24th, 2006 at 09:00 AM.
Comp feeding - doesn't necessarily lead to your milk will dry up, but if does mean you produce less - not good if you have a low supply to begin with (as in, you're not going to boost it by tellling your body to produce less!), but not such a potential problem if you don't have a supply issue and you intend to comp feed from then on in. Like I've said, every drop that you give your child that you didn't produce is another drop that you won't produce - and low supply is more common than oversupply, so it's important that women know that about comp feeding (forewarned is forearmed and all). However, if someone does suffer a drop in supply, not all is lost - a bit of persistence (and a slightly hungrier child momentarily!) and you can get that supply back up again That's the beauty of being mammals, 'have mammary glands, will lactate!' (in most cases!).
Well, since Friday night this is the third 5 hour sleep stint (nearly 6 last night) Oscar has allowed me...it's weird. I am not entirely comfortable to realise that I slept soundly that whole time - I'd like to be more conscious more readily should he wake up with an upset belly or if he falls off the bed!
Well, the cherub is asleep in the bed right now so I'd better make the most of it and have my shower...
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That's the beauty of being mammals, 'have mammary glands, will lactate!' (in most cases!).
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