Alison, don't beat yourself up over the Bf thing - you are a great mother so just do what you feel is right. Formula is not bad, and it is stupid that people keep making it into a demon. Just do what you feel in order to not be stressed...and as far as supply goes, the expressing after feeds helps, I did it at the beginning when I was worried about supply and it def went up.
Carmey, Rose - it sounds like a growth spurt - I am just getting out of one! There is supposed to be a whopper at 6 weeks, so that might be it...The vomiting might be because he is overeating to up your supply and since he is fussy it comes up. I had a few projectiles on the sofa during Eva's last weight gain
Rose, your new pics of little Liam are great - I love the one in the chair - he looks like a little man at work
Carmey - you're lucky to have so much milk - FREEZE as much as you can! I try to get a bottle pumped into the freezer every time Eva has a long sleep - I call it my freedom stash! I hope to get a day or overnight trip out with DH soon once I have enough supply! But not sure about that since last night I left a double portion for Eva and went to dinner with friends who are visiting and 2 hours into dinner MIL called to tell me she was hysterical so I had to come back home! She had eaten the whole two portions in one sitting and was hungry again (and had serious gas) so I got in fed her and rubbed her back on the hot water bottle for half an hour, then she settled into sleep...but not until crying with gas again for a while...I am happy to say her "colic" if that is what it is (I think it is a hindmilk problem) is passing but we still have a day here or there where she has gas and is miserable...she fell asleep on my chest with the hot water bottle between us...I woke up to put her into bed with sweat on my chest and she was also a bit sweaty; which stressed me out - I did not plan on leaving her on there so long and hope I did not overheat her!
Going to be productive!
Wishing a wonderful day to everyone!
xoxo
Last edited by BrusselsSprout; January 8th, 2010 at 05:45 PM.
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