Poor mom is getting very little sleep and giving her heart and soul to breastfeeding. She wants her breasts to give the right amount of milk, no more, no less. Her milk came in less than 24 hours ago and is slow, for now. I already understand that La Leche's solution to slow milk is spending plenty of time nursing, and not to worry about milk quantity in most cases. Yet the baby (at 4 days old) is crying unsatisfyingly, even after up to one hour at each breast. Sometimes, she sucks less and mom must give her 1-2 tsp. of water to calm her before trying to breastfeed again. To be honest, we are making a habit of giving her formula for dessert because she roots and won't sleep after 1.5 hours of nursing . She takes an ounce or two of formula and has droopy eyes within 1-2 minutes!
Mom is trying not to use bottles/formula but also the baby is not giving mom even minimally enough sleep. During the past 24 hours, she slept maybe 2.5 hours. Please see my other 3 nursing questions.
2007-07-14
04:08:37
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girbaud
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