You are three weeks old today. Where has time gone? I cant believe you have been in our lives for 3 whole weeks. You are such a blessing.
The past week you are eating so much! We are still trying to breastfeed but it's still very hard. You are getting breast milk so that's all that matters.When you are hungry you get mad. A couple of times you have set off your monitor (for a high heart rate).
You are sleeping great at night. We usually get you in bed by 9 and you sleep till 1 or 2. You are very particular. You don't really like to be rocked to sleep you just want to be left alone.
You look so much like your daddy. I think its so cute. You are truly his "mini me".
This week you really started to do "Maddie lips". Daddy and I just LOVE it!!! You also started making fits when you are eating, just like your sister.
You are still wearing newborn size diapers and newborn size onesies. Mommy thought she had bought a lot of newborn diapers but I think we may need to go buy some more.
Mommy and Daddy are so in love with you. We still cant believe you are ours!
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My little guy never wanted to be rocked either. At one and a half he is a bright and independent little boy :)
Kellie,
I have an 8 month old that I was bound and determined to breast feed...he weighed in at a huge 9lbs 8.5ozs when he was born and he was HUNGRY!!! When we got home- he was patient for about a day and then decided he wasn't going to latch. I bought this crazy expensive pump because I was so hell bent on breast feeding. The day he quit latching the pump was still in the BOX FROM AMAZON! LOL. So I busted that thing out- sanitized and pumped (for the first time EVER) when he was 4 days old. Pumped 4ozs and he chugged it. Continued pumping that day- at his drs appointment the next day she told me to keep pumping and keep trying to get him to latch. So I did- I was pumping GALLONS a day (at least it felt that way & my freezer looks that way). It took several weeks of trying to get him to latch again- but it happened! I now pump four times a day and he is still pretty much exclusively on breast milk (I had 1.5ozs of formula to each bottle for the Iron). He nurses in the middle of the night if he wakes up (YES, it STILL happens) he is a healthy 24lbs and I couldn't be happier with my decision to start pumping. It takes a bit to get used to but its stress free- I can feel your pain and you've continued to nurse WAY longer than I. I was so flustered and scared and just had NO idea what I was doing. Pumping may be right for you, it will relieve the stress of worrying about how hard it is which in turn will help your supply and help you relax a little. When I am feeling weepy and just want to hold Gannon I nurse him still to this day even though he just wants his bottle and to go! LOL! Good luck, I think if you decide to do what I did you will be so happy. Good luck and congrats! I LOVE Jackson's hair. He is perfect :)
Yea for you for sticking with the nursing! I know it is so frustrating! Have you checked with a lactation consultant about possible ways to increase your supply (if you think that is the problem?) One suggestion I would make is to pump after everytime he nurses. Doing that (trying to stockpile for when I went back to work) with my son actually made me oversupply (not fun, but better that not enough!)
Breastfeeding is hard to get used to, but it gets easier! He is so cute, congrats.
Boy, how gorgeous you are!
I don't have twitter and I wanted to respond about the iphone cases. Shutterfly.com has amazing ones! You can customize them, add pictures they are so cool! Maybe a piture of Miss Maddie and Mr. Jackson could fit on it! And by the way Jackson is too handsome and adorable for words!
I don't have twitter and I wanted to respond about the iphone cases. Shutterfly.com has amazing ones! You can customize them, add pictures they are so cool! Maybe a piture of Miss Maddie and Mr. Jackson could fit on it! And by the way Jackson is too handsome and adorable for words!
Hey Kellie! Great job on the breastfeeding, I promise it will get easier. You are very lucky to have milk and you have come a long way. I admire your strength! Don't worry about blogging or updating here, just keep taking a ton of pics then dump on here later. I did a 365 day project of my daughter's first year and I LOVE LOVE LOVE it. Jackson is absolutely adorable, I love all of your pics with him. Can you believe he will be 1 month old in a week????
Great job doing the best you can!
Another thing that might help (I'm told) is More Milk Plus--you can usually find it at a health foods store or the health food section of the grocery store if your grocery store has a section like that. You pop pills a few times a day and it's supposed to increase your supply. The pumping is also a great suggestion. When I went back to work and was pumping 2-3 times while at work I at first would get 4 ounces per session, but by the time I'd done it a few months I was getting 10 ounces at the first pumping session and 6+ the second time. It really does help! :)
That is great that you are sticking with the nursing and like others have said it does get easier!! He is so cute!!
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