Posted 18 January 2013 - 08:24 PM
Try getting through the no sleep phase and having a life of your own....and then getting pregnant again. OY!
it's been hard....but, i wouldn't change it. Plus, my baby decided to sleep until noon today. Crazy. I haven't slept 10 hours in a long time. I think I'm going to pop with energy.
yeah about a year ago I went on a baby craze kick, thinking I wanted more. Glad I smartened up! 
Posted 22 January 2013 - 03:50 PM
Posted 22 January 2013 - 03:54 PM
Bottles are easier for the baby. Especially when he's so little. I know it's hard, but waiting until he's super good and hungry is a good time...But if he doesn't have to work for it, he won't. And there's the problem with bottles. But as you said, he's so little and you're nervous. Gosh if I was you, I'd be giving him bottles too. But yes, that is the reason he isn't latching....nursing takes more strength and energy from the babe.
Oy, tough situation. I don't have any experience with preemies. I'm sorry. 
Posted 22 January 2013 - 04:22 PM
I put a post out to my Mommy group asking if any of them could help you with nursing and preemies
I don't have any preemie exp.
FWIW, Tegan was born on her EDD, but never latched until she was 5 weeks old because she had a tiny little mouth and I have huge marshmallow nipples. 5 weeks of pumping, but I hung in there and right before her 5th week birthday, she latched. From that day forth, no pump, no bottles. She'll be 9 months old next thursday and is still a booby champ!
Posted 23 January 2013 - 12:33 AM
I don't have preemie advice but I do have experience with a lazy eater/sleeping during nursing. I agree w/ Wende to wait until they're really hungry. If this just frustrates him, you could give him a few swigs on the bottle to alleviate the 'starvation' feeling but not enough to satiate. Keep trying, it will happen. The latch/suckle is one of the last to develop, which is why preemies typically have a hard time feeding
Posted 23 January 2013 - 02:30 AM
from a friend:
Thomas was early (not that early) and the best thing the lactation consult told me was "first feed the baby" by which she meant - take care of his real need to eat (either expressed breast milk or formula) then work on the actually nursing. I had to pump every 4 hours. I never got enough to actually feed him only breast milk, but I would put him on the breast whenever possible (all the time he would try it). We also used a nipple shield, but you still have to pump, pump, pump to keep the supply up. Then, as he got older and more awake we were able to gradually wean to only breast. He was exclusivlely nursing by around 4 weeks (when we was gestational 40 weeks). He still still nursing to this day (almost 3 years old). Feed the baby though got me to worry less about his survival needs (by meeting them) and more about how to get the nursing happening. I hope this helps. And I hated pumping, but kept at it because it was either that or exclusive formula, which I didn't want.
Posted 23 January 2013 - 04:04 PM
http://www.nbci.ca/i...ation&Itemid=17
http://www.breastfee...eastfeeding.htm
links a friend sent,,,,
Posted 23 January 2013 - 06:25 PM
Posted 21 February 2013 - 04:48 PM
Cate was a voraceous (sp?) eater & nursed for 20 minutes, got a lot & then slept for 4 hours. It was ridiculous! I could pump 4 oz in 10 minutes with a hand pump with that kid!!
Jess was a dick around eater. I was a human pacifier to that child. Nibble, nibble, sleep - all friggin day! But she also had colic & reflux & I was her soothing agent. She refused to take an artificial nipple so pumping was pointless. But even if i tried I couldn't pump much.
Just when you think you've got it figured out they grow, have a spurt in development & it all changes. Hang in there. Sounds like a huge improvement over just a week ago!! 
Posted 01 March 2013 - 12:07 PM
Posted 01 March 2013 - 02:58 PM
How long does everyone's little ones nurse for?
Do they fall asleep every time?
Do they even get to the second breast?
I am not sure why Baby moon always falls asleep, never finishes a breast and tends to nurse for 30-60 minutes.
Am I going this all wrong?
There is no "wrong" or "right".
Every mother and every baby is different.
If he's healthy and gaining weight, I don't think you need to worry about anything.
You can always switch breasts at 10 or 15 minutes, if you like.
It sounds like you both are doing quite well, and just have the typical first time mommy worries.
Posted 03 March 2013 - 03:05 PM
I only nursed my last baby laying down. I was a stay at home mom and it was the only way my back didn't throb. If I had to, I could nurse sitting up....but I rarely had to. Our scheduling always put us home and in bed.
We watched seasons 1-8 of Little House on the Prarie through out the year of nursing.
No hands needed. It's wonderful. We often fell asleep this way.
Posted 05 March 2013 - 03:07 PM
Posted 12 March 2013 - 06:28 PM
Ugh I did that once. I cried. I knocked it over on the damn counter when I was trying to put the cover on it!!!
Hang in there.
There is a lactation tea...Organic Mother's Milk. I drank it. It helped a little. Some people take fenugreek, too.
http://www.amazon.co...s/dp/B0009Y8AGI
Posted 15 March 2013 - 02:27 PM
There is a lactation tea...Organic Mother's Milk. I drank it. It helped a little. Some people take fenugreek, too.
I have been doing the fenugreek... it helps some.
Started the tea today, its ok but hell I will do anything for my little man.
Posted 15 March 2013 - 03:23 PM
you do know that the amount you pump is not indicative of the amount you are making, right?
I **SUCK** at pumping. suck, suck, suck. I can get 1.5 to 2oz out of each breast every 3 hours.
However, when I have a baby nursing, it goes and goes and goes. Karys had nothing but breastmilk until she was 9 months old, and she was about 19lbs by then (started out at 8#5)
their little mouths strip the breast much more efficiently than any pump, even the ultra nifty hospital grade ones.
The nipple shields are still an issue but I hope that he will stop using them soon
