hi aussie et al

re: nipple shield
my empathy - unfortunately when using the breast pump for the first time at the LC yesterday, the pump/suck was set to too high and my nipple really hurt afterwards.... it's still hurting today, and i kinda wince when i see bubba coming for the breast. have been rubbing the wonder creme on it (thanks for reminding myself now)....

re: sleeping
i'm sleeping FANTASTIC now that barney is supplementing 50/50 - he's finally getting full now, before he was on the boob for hours and hours on end, now he pretty much wakes to feed, then conks out overnight (with one feed)..... this was just last night though - let's see what happens tonight

re: eating
i was a food lover before but now i'm absolutely RAVENOUS (or ravishing, as i sometimes say ... my tip is to boil some hard-boiled eggs in the morning - they're a great snack, and get hubby to buy some protein-rich snacks, like nuts, muesli/health bars - and have them on hand, near your feeding chair. also it helps to have dinner/lunch made up ahead - if anyone offers to help you out, ask them to make a casserole. if/when you get time to make your own food, make big batches that you can refrigerate/freeze for future meals.

my little bubba is one week old tomorrow!

Tan xx