Sunday, March 15, 2009
Thoughts for Sunday
So today was a new day for me... I got some really good sleep last night(after the hour and forty five minute screaming uncontrolably fit Hailey had before bedtime), I was also able to get two naps this morning... After that I made a decision. I was going to breastfeed today and give it a week, if we couldn't make it successful I was going to throw in the towel. Something has been upsetting my daughter and her tummy. I have been getting frustrated which hasn't helped the situation. So I asked God today for strength and the power to make something important to me happen. If its Gods will, it will! The pumping, the bottle feeding, the cleaning bottles and so on has been so exhausting. Every day I felt my sanity disappearing a little more. Then add in cooking, cleaning and in 27 days working to the mess and I would be completely insane. Other thoughts had been going through my brain... Is it the formula? The bottles giving her gas? Does she really have reflux? Is it colic? What the heck is going on? I just want to make our daughter happy. I don't want to see her sad or her belly hurt. The great news no formula today, no pumping today, I breast fed all day (without the horrid sheild) :). We didn't give her the prevacid for the reflux... no extra gas, no spitting up, she seems very satified, and she is sleeping :) Please pray for us that this works out! The bond of breast feeding and the benefits of breast milk for our princess was really important to me and making her feel good is too!
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Oh Honey, hang in there. I am praying that you can stick with the Breastfeeding. It will get better. HUgs
Good job! You really have to get determined and stubborn sometimes and then things work out. Pumping and bottle feeding is soooo much more difficult. When the twins came home from the NICU they told me they had to have rice in their milk and Reglan (Aweful stuff!!) and Liquid zantac. For 2 weeks I did that. I never slept, the girls screamed constantly, hubby and I would just put them in their carseats in the bedroom, shut the door and cry on each others shoulders. When I switched them both to breastfeeding things got easier and then when I cut milk out of my diet.. Poof... within 2 weeks they were angels. All the nurses said "oh it must have been a coincidence".. (rolls eyes) So hang in there. :) I am so proud of you!
Sounds like a great plan, hang in there Sis!
Sounds like you have a plan. I know I told you it took 12 weeks of sheer pigheadedness for TJ to learn to nurse. And finally said, one more week and I give up... and he FINALLY got it. (Thank God.)
And Jen's tip about the milk? Oh my gosh... SO true. I was even thinking that when I saw her belly in that one pic. Try cutting it out to see if it'll help. You'll know pretty quickly if that isn't helping. And try to eat sorta bland stuff as well. (I know FUN!)
However things work out, you are giving it your best. Great job!
hugs, Berta
I am proud of you and am sure it will be working soon. Love ya, Mom
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