I thought it would be a nice addition to our blog...
I can't believe it, but on Sunday (tomorrow) DD2-Cary, is officially 6 months old. Watching her sleep right now in my lap, I'm thinking about how far we've come and how much we have both learned in the past 6 months. It makes me teary eyed and I understand why people keep having babies--the mystical magic of a newborn...sigh.
We have really struggled with developing our breastfeeding relationship-first overcoming sleepy baby/poor latch and transfer issues and finally accepting that this breastfeeding relationship will involve supplementing; her amazing little personality allows us to go from breast to bottle to breast...all in one feeding; she's happy to hang out at the breast and patiently wait for the next let down and tolerate the slow flow I seem to have.
Unfortunately, we have had a stumble in the weight gain department...despite acceptable wet and poo diapers, she managed to lose 9 precious ounces during a roadtrip vacation that we took to visit various family. I think I also managed to get plugged ducts in both breasts, but that seems to be completely resolved since returning home.
I did increase her supplement (she takes all of her supplement during the day), plus offering feedings at the breast every hour and a half (roughly), and dream feeding every 3 hours overnight (she had been sleeping 6-7 hours overnight). I'll weigh her again at the end of the weekend and start cutting back on the supplement if she's back to gaining at an acceptable rate.
A side note...I am struck by the irony that I grow big babies (she and DD1 both weighed almost 11lbs), yet struggle to get them to gain weight (DD1 was exclusively FF after 4 months and she still gained slowly) once they are born!
Any way, not sure why I felt the need for this long missive just to say we're moving on up to the next age bracket-but here it is :).
**********************
Here's 6+ months of Cary:
- Posted using BlogPress from my iPhone
Happy half birthday, Cary!!!!! :D
ReplyDelete