breast feeding article
We have battled breastfeeding...... some battles were very tough! But I have always been stubborn in the fact that I was NOT going to give up. This article gives me the strength to keep on going!!!!
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Monday, October 27, 2008
Joslyn's first pumpkin!
Joslyn went to her first Pumpkin Patch this weekend! She got to pick out a pumpkin for her and Mackinac! She had a blast! She wanted to touch every pumpkin she could!!! Then we got some more pictures taken at Grandma and Grandpa's house..
Joslyn tried a new food this week too. She tried Mashed Sweet Taters! She loves them! So now her menu looks like this: Breast milk, pears, naners, carrots, baby cereal, and sweet taters! She loves to eat her food! She goes for her 6 month well visit this week....... we are hoping for a great weight gain!
This weekend was packed full of new stuff for Joslyn! She also has out grown her baby bathy tub! So now she has graduated to the big girl tubby! She got a bathy in our tubby and she got to play and play and play with the water! She loved it!
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What a silly girl she is!!!!!!!!!!
Jacky
Saturday, October 18, 2008
14 lbs!!! WAHOO!
Joslyn now weighs 14 pounds! That is amazing weight gain for her! She has gained 1.5 lbs in 3 weeks and an inch as well. She is 25.5 inches long now! Her GI Doc was so proud of her weight gain, and just as happy that we have not stopped breast feeding her! He said that we can see him in 10 weeks and if all is still well then.... we wont have to make another apt to see him.... unless something is wrong! She is on her way to no longer be considered "poor weight gain." WAHOO!
Her reflux is some what being managed. She still refluxes up and back down....we can still hear it. But her breathing is not being affected. (PHEW!!)
On the food side..... Joslyn LOVES bananas so much! However.... she was eating 1 whole banana a day. She would get half in the morning and half at night. But now she is so constipated. She is having such a hard time with her poopys... that she was getting clammy and crying. Her poops where so hard and small for so many days.... that we finally broke down and gave her a suppository. A few minutes later she pooped a bit more and out the med came! But she was happier after that.... so hopefully that helped her. We have decided to only give her cereal from now on.... until her body returns to normal. but bananas will not be an option for some time. Poor thing... she loves them soooooooo much!
Jacky
Her reflux is some what being managed. She still refluxes up and back down....we can still hear it. But her breathing is not being affected. (PHEW!!)
On the food side..... Joslyn LOVES bananas so much! However.... she was eating 1 whole banana a day. She would get half in the morning and half at night. But now she is so constipated. She is having such a hard time with her poopys... that she was getting clammy and crying. Her poops where so hard and small for so many days.... that we finally broke down and gave her a suppository. A few minutes later she pooped a bit more and out the med came! But she was happier after that.... so hopefully that helped her. We have decided to only give her cereal from now on.... until her body returns to normal. but bananas will not be an option for some time. Poor thing... she loves them soooooooo much!
Jacky
Saturday, October 11, 2008
6 months old!!!
oh happy day... Joslyn is 6 months old!!!
She is doing so well with her reflux. Still no grey episodes and no gasping. (Fingers crossed!) She is still refluxing up and down.... but she seems to not be too bothered by it! She is sitting up ALL BY HERSELF! How great is that?! Now the task is to get her to stay on her belly! She seems not to enjoy that anymore. (hint of her reflux) When we put her on her tummy... she will almost immediately roll to her back. So rolling from her back to her belly....... that one may be hard to get to!
Here is a video of her bouncing in her jumper. She has only recently learned to bounce in it and not just twirl around in it! It is soooo funny to watch her!
She seems to be gaining weight still..... we will find out this week how much weight she has gained. We are excited. We do not think she has doubled her birth weight (still) but she is getting there. The rule of thumb is by 6 months they should have doubled in their birth weight. Maybe by 7 months Joslyn will be there.
Jacky
She is doing so well with her reflux. Still no grey episodes and no gasping. (Fingers crossed!) She is still refluxing up and down.... but she seems to not be too bothered by it! She is sitting up ALL BY HERSELF! How great is that?! Now the task is to get her to stay on her belly! She seems not to enjoy that anymore. (hint of her reflux) When we put her on her tummy... she will almost immediately roll to her back. So rolling from her back to her belly....... that one may be hard to get to!
Here is a video of her bouncing in her jumper. She has only recently learned to bounce in it and not just twirl around in it! It is soooo funny to watch her!
She seems to be gaining weight still..... we will find out this week how much weight she has gained. We are excited. We do not think she has doubled her birth weight (still) but she is getting there. The rule of thumb is by 6 months they should have doubled in their birth weight. Maybe by 7 months Joslyn will be there.
Jacky
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Joslyn at 25 weeks.... gaining weight.
Hi everyone... We have been busy and I have not updated my blog in about 2 weeks. Sorry!
But I have some good news. Last week Joslyn went to her Pediatrician for her weight check and half of her shots. She weighed in at 12 lbs 15.4 ounces! Which means in one week she gained 10 ounces. So it seems the new feeding plan is working! We are so excited about it! She seems to be getting bigger and bigger each day now. You should see her thighs! WOWZERS!!!! They are looking sooooooo great! We are very stubborn about breast milk. I have been in communication with a La Letche League consultant and it seems that I may have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Simply meaning that I have a lot of front milk (the sugary, thin milk) and not as much hindmilk (the fatty thick milk.)
That could be why Joslyn is having poor weight gain, she is not getting the high fat (calorie) milk. We are working on correcting that, as it can be fixed!!! I have battled sooooo much in breastfeeding Joslyn, that I am not willing to give up just because of another issue! It is clear that she can gain a great amount of weight as long as we continue the feeding plan that we have. Her GI Doc was very excited about the 10 ounce weight gain! He was not expecting that much. HURRAY FOR MOMMY'S MILK!!
Joslyn has tried home made apple sauce...... sadly she was not too big on it. So she is still getting cereal with breastmilk (that seems the be her fav!)
We will be introducing another form of solid food this coming week. We can only add one new food each week. Just in case she has a problem. We are looking for a baby food mill so we can make our own food for her.
She has been saying "EEEEE MA" (her word for mama) it is sooo funny. She will only say it when she is crying though. She will look at me and say "EEEEE MA!" or "EEEEE MAM" how great is that?!
Jacky
But I have some good news. Last week Joslyn went to her Pediatrician for her weight check and half of her shots. She weighed in at 12 lbs 15.4 ounces! Which means in one week she gained 10 ounces. So it seems the new feeding plan is working! We are so excited about it! She seems to be getting bigger and bigger each day now. You should see her thighs! WOWZERS!!!! They are looking sooooooo great! We are very stubborn about breast milk. I have been in communication with a La Letche League consultant and it seems that I may have a foremilk/hindmilk imbalance. Simply meaning that I have a lot of front milk (the sugary, thin milk) and not as much hindmilk (the fatty thick milk.)
That could be why Joslyn is having poor weight gain, she is not getting the high fat (calorie) milk. We are working on correcting that, as it can be fixed!!! I have battled sooooo much in breastfeeding Joslyn, that I am not willing to give up just because of another issue! It is clear that she can gain a great amount of weight as long as we continue the feeding plan that we have. Her GI Doc was very excited about the 10 ounce weight gain! He was not expecting that much. HURRAY FOR MOMMY'S MILK!!
Joslyn has tried home made apple sauce...... sadly she was not too big on it. So she is still getting cereal with breastmilk (that seems the be her fav!)
We will be introducing another form of solid food this coming week. We can only add one new food each week. Just in case she has a problem. We are looking for a baby food mill so we can make our own food for her.
She has been saying "EEEEE MA" (her word for mama) it is sooo funny. She will only say it when she is crying though. She will look at me and say "EEEEE MA!" or "EEEEE MAM" how great is that?!
Jacky
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