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Crossed the one-year mark! (long)
DS just turned one yesterday. I can hardly believe it's been a whole year
since this cute little person emerged from me. . . . Long before I became pregnant, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed. As far as I was concerned, this is how babies are fed. But also in my collection of assumptions was the idea that babies are to be breastfed for one year. This was before I did any research into breastfeeding, baby health, etc. Once I became pregnant, I began to read up on bf (both here at mkb and elsewhere). And I changed my tune about the "one year" thing. Now that DS is a year old, I can't imagine stopping any time soon. He loves to nurse, and does so frequently. He still nurses to sleep at night and for his twice-daily naps. We co-sleep, and on a normal night, we'll nurse to sleep, nurse 1-2 times before daylight, and just before rising. He's recovering from a cold, so of course he was nursing more than "normal" for a while (tiring for me, but I'm glad we had the bf to help him feel better). We've been holding off on dairy, and just yesterday, DS had his first yogurt (YoBaby). He loved it so much, he had two of them! As for the non-bf stuff, he's a walking/running dynamo. His new nickname is "Taz" (after the Warner Bros cartoon "Tazmanian Devil") because he's this whirling ball of energy running laps around a room, picking up toys, putting them down, knocking books off of his shelf, and generally making his parents dizzy. :0) Finally, I'd like again to thank mkb for helping us through the early days of bf. I've posted before about how nervous the peds made us in the first week when DS lost a *normal* amount of weight. I'm so glad that I scoured to Google archives instead of simply letting these doctors make me feel like a failure before my mature milk had even come in. Jerks. When DS was back up to his birthweight at six days old, the ped told me the next step was to relax. Oh, okay, after *you* made my stomach churn for days on end, I'm now supposed to relax? Bitch. Anyway, thanks, again--you prevented another bf relationship from being sabotaged before it had a chance to begin. A year later, DS is a healthy, active ball of energy who has never had a drop of formula in his life. As for how long we'll go--I'd like to let DS to decide that. -- Belphoebe |
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Crossed the one-year mark! (long)
"Belphoebe" wrote in message ...
DS just turned one yesterday. I can hardly believe it's been a whole year since this cute little person emerged from me. . . . Long before I became pregnant, I knew that I wanted to breastfeed. As far as I was concerned, this is how babies are fed. But also in my collection of assumptions was the idea that babies are to be breastfed for one year. This was before I did any research into breastfeeding, baby health, etc. Once I became pregnant, I began to read up on bf (both here at mkb and elsewhere). And I changed my tune about the "one year" thing. Now that DS is a year old, I can't imagine stopping any time soon. He loves to nurse, and does so frequently. He still nurses to sleep at night and for his twice-daily naps. We co-sleep, and on a normal night, we'll nurse to sleep, nurse 1-2 times before daylight, and just before rising. He's recovering from a cold, so of course he was nursing more than "normal" for a while (tiring for me, but I'm glad we had the bf to help him feel better). We've been holding off on dairy, and just yesterday, DS had his first yogurt (YoBaby). He loved it so much, he had two of them! As for the non-bf stuff, he's a walking/running dynamo. His new nickname is "Taz" (after the Warner Bros cartoon "Tazmanian Devil") because he's this whirling ball of energy running laps around a room, picking up toys, putting them down, knocking books off of his shelf, and generally making his parents dizzy. :0) Finally, I'd like again to thank mkb for helping us through the early days of bf. I've posted before about how nervous the peds made us in the first week when DS lost a *normal* amount of weight. I'm so glad that I scoured to Google archives instead of simply letting these doctors make me feel like a failure before my mature milk had even come in. Jerks. When DS was back up to his birthweight at six days old, the ped told me the next step was to relax. Oh, okay, after *you* made my stomach churn for days on end, I'm now supposed to relax? Bitch. Anyway, thanks, again--you prevented another bf relationship from being sabotaged before it had a chance to begin. A year later, DS is a healthy, active ball of energy who has never had a drop of formula in his life. As for how long we'll go--I'd like to let DS to decide that. Many, many congrats. Sounds like you've got a wonderful little guy there. DD loves her YoBaby, too, which is good - I can't stand yogurt and can't imagine that I'd make very good "yum" faces and noises while trying to convince her it's a good thing to eat! 8) |
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Crossed the one-year mark! (long)
Kerry D wrote:
Many, many congrats. Sounds like you've got a wonderful little guy there. DD loves her YoBaby, too, which is good - I can't stand yogurt and can't imagine that I'd make very good "yum" faces and noises while trying to convince her it's a good thing to eat! 8) Thanks, Kerry. We're a bit worried now that DS may like the YoBaby a little *too* much. This evening, after DH gave him his yogurt, he cried and fussed because it was all gone, and he didn't want to have anything to do with the fruits and veggies that he normally thinks are just fine. He settled down to bf, but we're thinking we should look for plain whole-milk yogurt instead. -- Belphoebe |
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Crossed the one-year mark! (long)
Belphoebe wrote:
DS just turned one yesterday. I can hardly believe it's been a whole year since this cute little person emerged from me. . A big congrats on the breastfeeding. Well done!! He sounds like a wonderful little boy :-) -- Nikki Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2) |
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Crossed the one-year mark! (long)
Nikki wrote:
Belphoebe wrote: DS just turned one yesterday. I can hardly believe it's been a whole year since this cute little person emerged from me. . A big congrats on the breastfeeding. Well done!! He sounds like a wonderful little boy :-) Thanks! I agree, but I'm a little biased. -- Belphoebe |
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