Tuesday, January 13, 2009
One Year Check-up
JD had his one year check-up last week. He was 31.5" (90th percentile) and 22 lbs 12 ounces (50th percentile). I guess that means he's tall and skinny, but he looks just about perfect to me!
Monday, January 12, 2009
Splash Lagoon
Jeff, JD and I spent New Year's Day, JD's birthday and our anniversary in Erie at Splash Lagoon. Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words.
Monday, January 05, 2009
Update Your Address Books
Because my Alltel e-mail address is going defunct and I don't particularly like Windstream's online web program, I'm switching to Gmail. Please update your address books to jmw280@gmail.com.
Thursday, January 01, 2009
Happy New Year
I can't believe that it's 2009 already, and in case anybody else is counting, Jeff has made it to the one year post-transplant mark without too much trouble. Yay for that!
Now, back to all of these great comments.
Rachael - It took my milk almost 3 full days to come in, but I was in the hospital and was able to get lots of advice from some excellent consultants. I believe that most babies can handle the time between birth and their mother's milk coming in with just the colostrum that they are getting, but JD's mouth got quite a bit dry. So, the lactation consultant suggested we give him an ounce or so of formula, and then had me pump after every feeding for the next 8 hours or so. The pumping, along with the regular feedings helped my milk to come a bit sooner, so thankfully, that was the last bit of formula he had to get.
As nursing becomes more and more commonplace, issues like you had will be much less likely to happen, because there will always be someone around to help who has already been through the nursing process. But you are right, nobody should make you feel ashamed for doing what you needed to do. I do hope that if you have any more babies that you will give it another try. For me, nursing has been one of the most wonderful things about being a mom, and when JD is done, I know I will miss it. I truly believe it's been the most worthwhile and rewarding thing I've ever done.
Now, back to all of these great comments.
Rachael - It took my milk almost 3 full days to come in, but I was in the hospital and was able to get lots of advice from some excellent consultants. I believe that most babies can handle the time between birth and their mother's milk coming in with just the colostrum that they are getting, but JD's mouth got quite a bit dry. So, the lactation consultant suggested we give him an ounce or so of formula, and then had me pump after every feeding for the next 8 hours or so. The pumping, along with the regular feedings helped my milk to come a bit sooner, so thankfully, that was the last bit of formula he had to get.
As nursing becomes more and more commonplace, issues like you had will be much less likely to happen, because there will always be someone around to help who has already been through the nursing process. But you are right, nobody should make you feel ashamed for doing what you needed to do. I do hope that if you have any more babies that you will give it another try. For me, nursing has been one of the most wonderful things about being a mom, and when JD is done, I know I will miss it. I truly believe it's been the most worthwhile and rewarding thing I've ever done.
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