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Cleo's story is definitely inspiring 
I have had a rough go with bf'ing both times, so I don't have much to say EXCEPT, trust your gut! If it doesn't feel right, don't do it or modify it. Ds1 wouldn't latch and my suspicion is it may have been in part because the nurses forced bottled formula on him almost immediately. Once he had the ease of that, he SCREAMED his head off at the boob! Like it was too much work (and this impatience/need for immediate gratification may just be his personality because he is still like that now lol). Ds2 was a different story, he bf'ed alllllll the time but would allllways fall asleep on my boob! I tried rousing him any way i could but it didn't work. I tried to pump & supplement but my supply was embarassingly low--found out long after I had a defective pump -.- in the end he became mostly formula fed and I would had express what i could into his bottle. I later supplemented with milk from a friend with a baby close in age (she was a milk machine!).
Last thing i'll say on that is to get bottles with low flow nipples if you can. If he has to work for it he may opt for the boob.
Kiwi any update?
I have had a rough go with bf'ing both times, so I don't have much to say EXCEPT, trust your gut! If it doesn't feel right, don't do it or modify it. Ds1 wouldn't latch and my suspicion is it may have been in part because the nurses forced bottled formula on him almost immediately. Once he had the ease of that, he SCREAMED his head off at the boob! Like it was too much work (and this impatience/need for immediate gratification may just be his personality because he is still like that now lol). Ds2 was a different story, he bf'ed alllllll the time but would allllways fall asleep on my boob! I tried rousing him any way i could but it didn't work. I tried to pump & supplement but my supply was embarassingly low--found out long after I had a defective pump -.- in the end he became mostly formula fed and I would had express what i could into his bottle. I later supplemented with milk from a friend with a baby close in age (she was a milk machine!).
Last thing i'll say on that is to get bottles with low flow nipples if you can. If he has to work for it he may opt for the boob.
Kiwi any update?
This nausea from the reflux isn't helping either.
the neighbor was an absolute snake. He actually was the realtor who sold us our house, but he tried to cut corners whenerever he could. The worst of it was when he had to replace rotting wood on the house as one of our sales conditions, including the garage door. Well instead he sent some painter out and tried to cover it all with a fresh coat of paint. When we called him out on it, he played stupid but finally fixed the wood around the house, but instead of a comparable wood garage door, he paid for the cheapest aluminum one he could find. When we finally moved in, he called violations on us to the HOA all the time, including parking in front of our own house, ugh I can't remember what else. I do remember our first major snow, he would not come out to shovel (we were on a shared driveway with 6 houses). When I was outside, I even saw him peek put the window. It wasn't until a kind hearted neighbor shoveled almost all of his portion of the driveway that he conveniently came outside.
