When you are in the thick of something, sometimes it's hard to see the other side and know that you will be okay. Thats where I was Thursday evening.....after a really hard night of clogged ducts and again no nursing I woke up Thursday morning with the full intent of talking to the Lactation Consultant at the peds office and see what she recommended for formula and how to go about it. I was going to pump 2 times during the day and supplement with formula as long as my supply in the freezer would last and my supply daily would last until she was a year and switch her to whole milk.
I had an even rougher day of pumping, massaging and kneeding out those clogs while I worked my brand new job in the office! I came home after checking out Kellymom, Le Leche League forums and was determined one more shot at it - since the LC never called me back.
After dinner of some yummy veggies for Liv I took her into the bedroom and laid down with her on the bed skin to skin like we used to do when she was a newborn. I didn't force her to nurse, in fact I didn't offer it at all, I just laid her head near my breast and she and I took a 20 minute snooze. It was wonderful. It was bath night, so I got both girls in the tub an when It was Liv's turn to get out of the tub I took her instead of our usual routine of my husband taking her. I went into the bedroom again and laid down with her skin to skin again. this time I squirted some milk into her mouth. She tried to nibble a little but actually just started nursing. No pushing or anything. It was glorious! I got her to nurse on both sides which relieved my clogged ducts in a matter of 20 minutes!!
I put her to bed and she slept until around 1am, I nursed her in our spot in her room and she again tried to bite but I took her off and squirted milk into her mouth and it was like she remembered "Oh yeah this is what I am supposed to be doing" and nursed again. She slept until 5:45 and nursed again.
This evening after great pumpings at work, I gave her sophie to chew on while I got ready to nurse her and she chewed on sophie a bit and then nursed beautifully. No biting, nothing. back to our old routine and I am in love all over again!
Like I said in the beginning so many people said it was a phase and clearly she wasn't ready to wean - not that I really thought she was. Clearly I wasn't ready to wean her either....so I am glad I stuck it out and knowing this will help me if it happens when the next set of teeth come in!
Thanks for all those that helped me, listened to me and supported me. I truly could not have done this without you. That's what mom's and friends are for!!
I had an even rougher day of pumping, massaging and kneeding out those clogs while I worked my brand new job in the office! I came home after checking out Kellymom, Le Leche League forums and was determined one more shot at it - since the LC never called me back.
After dinner of some yummy veggies for Liv I took her into the bedroom and laid down with her on the bed skin to skin like we used to do when she was a newborn. I didn't force her to nurse, in fact I didn't offer it at all, I just laid her head near my breast and she and I took a 20 minute snooze. It was wonderful. It was bath night, so I got both girls in the tub an when It was Liv's turn to get out of the tub I took her instead of our usual routine of my husband taking her. I went into the bedroom again and laid down with her skin to skin again. this time I squirted some milk into her mouth. She tried to nibble a little but actually just started nursing. No pushing or anything. It was glorious! I got her to nurse on both sides which relieved my clogged ducts in a matter of 20 minutes!!
I put her to bed and she slept until around 1am, I nursed her in our spot in her room and she again tried to bite but I took her off and squirted milk into her mouth and it was like she remembered "Oh yeah this is what I am supposed to be doing" and nursed again. She slept until 5:45 and nursed again.
This evening after great pumpings at work, I gave her sophie to chew on while I got ready to nurse her and she chewed on sophie a bit and then nursed beautifully. No biting, nothing. back to our old routine and I am in love all over again!
Like I said in the beginning so many people said it was a phase and clearly she wasn't ready to wean - not that I really thought she was. Clearly I wasn't ready to wean her either....so I am glad I stuck it out and knowing this will help me if it happens when the next set of teeth come in!
Thanks for all those that helped me, listened to me and supported me. I truly could not have done this without you. That's what mom's and friends are for!!
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That's so awesome!
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