I cannot give you any advice, but lol at him thinking she's starving. That's kind of cute.

I'm glad she's doing better!

It could be because shes not gettin to food strait away like she was with the bottle I would surgest waiting till shes brity hungry then feeding her on the fullest side may work

Happy birthday sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol goof ;)

Well what we've decided to do is to pump my breast milk and feed it to her via bottle. It's just too much for her to have to re learn how to latch on. In the hospital it took a while, so i'd hate to have to put her through that again.

I did everything natural starting with the birth and I wanted to continue to go natural by breastfeeding. But, I had a legit reason for wuitting the breast. She wouldn't have gotten over her .Jaundice if I hadn't have stopped.

I went and bought a 200 dollar pump last night and it's not working up to it's price! Lol...It seems like I can get more out by hand pumping my breast than I can with this pump. I'm not gonna give up because I really don't want her drinking the formula this early. I really want her to drink the breastmilk because of the antibodies.

Last night I came to understand that this type of thing happens and not every mother breastfeeds their babies and they're totally fine!! It's just hard for me not to do the natural thing. I know i'm not in the 17 hundreds but it just feels right to me!!

Thanks for the input yall!!

Sarah

Hey, breastfeeding is the best way to feed baby if you are able to and I totally applaud your decision to pump to keep the baby on it for as long as you can. Not only are there health benefits for her but there are plenty for you as well. :lol: happy birthday sarah!!!

-kay

Tell me if this sounds selfish....

I told my .Fiance that now that i'm pumping, only I can feed her the bottled breastmilk. He got kinda pissed saying I was being selfish...But what if I were naturally breastfeeding/!?! He wouldn't be able to feed her then, so why the big fuss because it's in the bottle. I don't want her to confuse who supllies her with her food.

He can feed her the sugar water, but I want to be the one who feeds her my milk...

Selfish or legit??

Sarah

I'm planning on breastfeeding, but i'm planning on pumping and giving him bottles too after the first couple weeks. In my case it's because he's gonna have to go to a daycare and he's gonna have to get used to getting his food from someone other than me. Plus I do want my hubby to be able to experience feeding his son. I think it's an experience that you both should share together if you can. Plus after a few more days (and nights) of you being the only one getting up to feed, I think you'll change your mind :lol:

Lol...I know he would .L.O.V.E that...I was planning on starting that at 3 months...But for her 1st most importnant months, I wanna be the sole provider of her food. I know it sounds waaay selfish, it's just natural to me. My man would love to feed her at 3 in the mornin if he didn't have to be at work for 5.A.M every morning. He doesn't work weekends, so .Friday and .Saturday nights are allll his!!(after 3 months for the milk.) he can feed her the water that she needs in between feedings.

I'm loving this whole motherhood thing!!Haha

sarah