{eight year well child}
6 years ago
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
No one ever said how hard breast feeding is
especially breast feeding a preemie. I have been pumping since she was born and I have about 1500 ozs in the freezer. Since she got so used to bottles in the hospital I have had problems getting her to latch on and eat an entire feeding at the breast. She has a great latch but shes lazy and gives up before she eats enough. So we try at least once a day on the breast and when she cries an hour later I give her breast milk in a bottle. She is getting better and going longer before she screams for her bottle so I guess we are making progress. Once she can go 2 hours before her bottle I will add in another feeding at the breast since she usually only goes 2 hours between bottles anyway. With her still being so small I have to make sure she is getting enough to eat so I have to continue with bottles instead of forcing her on the breast, but I am hopeful she will get it as she gets bigger and gains more stamina. I am sick of pumping every 3 hours!
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True story, it took my friend's daughter a long time to figure it out (4 or 5 months I think), but eventually, she was able to stop pumping, and EBF. Hang in there!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you! NOBODY tells you how hard it is! I had a horrible time at the beginning with breastfeeding. It was a lot of WORK to get them to eat. Lily is still tiny like you said, and smaller/younger babies to take more time to figure things out. I'd say it took Jack a good month to figure things out. The LC and nurses kept telling me...he's small, he was born almost a month early, give him time. I kept working at it and eventually he caught on. I am amazed that you have 1500 oz of milk frozen! That is wonderful! You are doing an amazing job Mama! Keep up the great work!
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how hard it must be! Ours only spent 2 days in the NICU and was not a preemie, but we are still having trouble getting her to breastfeed because she also gets lazy after being fed bottles, so I am pumping around the clock too and I am already tired of it after a week! Huge kudos to you for keeping up with it for so long! I'm sure a lot of people would have given up by now. I hope Lily continues to become better and better at nursing!
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