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Wandering back in
Hi all
I was here a couple of years ago, although I posted more on mkp. I'm back now with baby #2 He's 12 weeks old, and feeding well.... I must admit I wasn't doing so well at feeding this time - having a 2 year old demanding cuddles everytime I tried to breastfeed was kind of doing my head in, and he's a real hungry boy, but formula makes him scream in pain with his tummy and constipates him, so we're back on the bf'ing road Yeah, I'll admit it, I'm glad I've stuck with it. I fed DD until she was 8 months, and always intended to do at the least the same again, just needed him to nag me into it! He's a totally different baby. DD was short and fat, where as he's really long and relatively skinny - his legs looked premature when I had him, despite him being 8lb 15oz at birth! He was 22inches long tho, so I guess that's where the weight went! He's not gaining at the extrordinary rate that DD did, but he's staying on the same centile rate, so I'm happy with that Anyway, see you all around Lucy, pleased to be dragged back to breastfeeding |
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Wandering back in
"lu-lu" wrote in message ... Hi all I was here a couple of years ago, although I posted more on mkp. I'm back now with baby #2 He's 12 weeks old, and feeding well.... I must admit I wasn't doing so well at feeding this time - having a 2 year old demanding cuddles everytime I tried to breastfeed was kind of doing my head in, and he's a real hungry boy, but formula makes him scream in pain with his tummy and constipates him, so we're back on the bf'ing road Yeah, I'll admit it, I'm glad I've stuck with it. I fed DD until she was 8 months, and always intended to do at the least the same again, just needed him to nag me into it! He's a totally different baby. DD was short and fat, where as he's really long and relatively skinny - his legs looked premature when I had him, despite him being 8lb 15oz at birth! He was 22inches long tho, so I guess that's where the weight went! He's not gaining at the extrordinary rate that DD did, but he's staying on the same centile rate, so I'm happy with that Anyway, see you all around Congrats, again! He's such a handsome little guy! Glad to hear that things seem to be going well. Especially since you had some major dealings before he was born. I'm also back here with yet another nursling still I've found that each baby seems to be soooo different. DS, for the first little while, was nursing every 3 hours during the day and every 4 hours at night - you could literally set a clock to him. He also didn't sleep through the night until he was exactly 6 months old 6 months to the day LOL He also nursed for 18 months and self-weaned at that point, although from about a year or so and on, it was nursing at night before bed, first thing in the morning and occasionally during the day. DD1 slept through the night the first night we were home. She slept a good 6-7 hours through the night right from the start and by about 3 months, she was sleeping a good 12 hours at night. Unfortunately, we had some major, major BFing issues. I had some major issues with that and I had spent so much time at the breastfeeding clinic here, renting the hospital-grade Medela pump, taking a perscription, fenugreek, tons of water, oatmeal... You name it, I tried it. She was done nursing around 6ish months when she was losing a lot of weight and there was some obvious issues with the BFing Also, though, with her... As it turns out now, she has some MAJOR speech delays and I think that the speech and nursing went hand in hand, although didn't think that until recently... Anyways... DD2 was a pretty much clockwork nurser as well, although not as set as DS was. DD2 also didn't sleep through the night until around a year - and this was after N actually told me he was sick of DD2 in bed with us and to put her in her own room. Wouldn't you know it, the first night she was in her own bed in her own room she slept right through the night for the first time without waking to feed LOL DD2 also weaned at almost exactly 22 months - sooner than *I* was ready - but at that point, I was pregnant with DD3 and I really do think DD2 weaned because the well dried up for her - which I was told isn't uncommon in pregnancy! So, she was done when her boobies provided more effort than it was worth to her LOL DD3 is only 4 weeks exactly today. She's nursing like a champ and tends to have a strange feeding schedule. It's kind of whenever. I really don't know how long she sleeps at night, but that's because if and when she wakes to feed at night, I don't even really wake up lol I just haul one out and feed while we both lay down and both pretty much stay asleep! I'm hoping she'll nurse as long as DD2, or longer, but we'll have to see! That might change for me in time haha So... with all that rambling, it really does seem to me that each baby can be sooooo different. If his weight gain is steady, then that's great. Sounds like you're both doing great. I also often have the "want to cuddle" thing to deal with, mostly with clingy DD2. I don't know if it's possible for you, but one thing that kind of works for me is kind of laying down on the couch to feed DD3 and DD2 will sit between my legs - one of my legs behind her the other she kind of sits and puts her legs over my one and it allows her to stay clingy and close. There's also enough room then for DD1 as well, and even DS if he so desires! |
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