Lil' October Pumpkins 2013

[Hotbump]

My baby is a month old today! Time is going by waaay too fast!

 

[KalonKiki]

Wow, I've missed so much! How many more babies have yet to be born?

 

[goddess25]

My baby is a month old today! Time is going by waaay too fast!

Hotbump I know...they grow up way too fast.

 

[Lindss]

Congrats mamas!! I can't believe all the babies r here!!

 

[Sbmack]

Thanks everyone! We are home now so just adjusting to life I'm glad we didn't turn into a November turkey too! We were 35 minutes from it!

Sbmack Violet belongs to girly! Sam is mine

Hope everyone is doing well!

Haha. Sorry. I knew that!! I can claim mommy brain now right?

 

[PreggyEggy]

Congrats to everyone! Was there no one left hanging around waiting into November then?

Feels so strange to be in November, it feels like the entire of this year has been leading up to October and now it's gone! How surreal to have my baby lying next to me! I can't believe he's already a week old. I'm really missing being pregnant though, my DH went to rub my stomach last night and I almost cried! Damn hormones.

We finally named my baby Noah Rufus William, William is a traditional middle name on my DH's side of the family, but I still wanted to pick one middle name myself so he's got two!

 

[goddess25]

Lovely name preggy.

 

[SisterRose]

Love the name Preggy x

 

[angel2010]

Sbmack, Carter also had that when he was about two weeks. Icky, but it cleared pretty easily.

Great name Preggy!

 

[Murmers0110]

Preggy great name! I too am very much missing being pregnant and Its been almost a month.

 

[girlnboots]

Me too! As much as I hated it, haha. Definitely miss it!

 

[goddess25]

I don't miss being pregnant this time around. I am feeling like its possible that I could do it again. If hubby agreed I would however we agreed that we were done at 3.

 

[Lindss]

I'm having a hard time ladies... Background info is tht I nursed my last two kids for two years each... This time around I'm having a hard time. Bella latches great and I love nursing her, but everytime she nurses she projectile vomits, but w a bottle and formula she is fine. My two other kids never had formula so u can c my dilemma. Also she has such bad baby acne, to the point tht it's bleeding and gets worse each x I nurse. Yes I've cut out dairy , and I'm having a hard x.....help!!

 

[goddess25]

Lindss I feel for you. My bf journey is an emotional one. I don't make enough to feed my kids in fact I make very little but I still feed what I can. It took me till my 3rd child (this one) to come to terms with the fact that I hsve to use formula I have no choice.

In your case you have succesfully bf your other kids so I unferstand your dilemma. Despite current thinking it is ok to use formula if you need to. Can you try using both bm and formula at each feeding to see if it limits the vomiting.

 

[lulu83]

Lindss- my 1st dd was the biggest puker ever, it was awful. I altered my diet every way possible and she still puked after every feed. We tried one of the reflux meds and she still puked. I ended up bf and pumping as well. She seemed to do ok with the pumped milk.. She was gaining weight ok, so the dr was never too worried, but I was. Some of her projectile vomiting looked like it was straight out of a movie! It did get a little better as she got a little older. I know how frustrating it can be though. She did end up on formula at 7.5 months when I was hospitalized for my hyperemesis, and she very rarely puked at that point..

Good luck

 

[angel2010]

I think Goddess has a good idea.
With ds I couldnt bf and the quilt killed me. But it was completely unnecessary. My son is very intelligent, and I know he felt very loved. Your lo will not be less intelligent or feel less loved because you didn't bf. I know it is easier said than done, but please don't feel like you aren't doing what is best for your family and your lo if you end up switching.
Have you spoken to your dr about it?

 

[Hotbump]

Im sometimes scared that I dont make enough milk but he's 8.2lbs according to my home scale and his birth weight was 5lbs 15.6oz so Im guessin I do make enough?

 

[Murmers0110]

Lindss could you just strictly pump and bottle feed her? That's what i am doing. Seems like the answer.

 

[Girly922]

Don't feel like formula is a failure. It's not. Me and my siblings were formula fed as my mum can't BF. Theres nothing wrong with any of us and I'm really close to my mum. I hate this idea that so many women are made to feel like they've failed if they don't BF. Do what's best for you and your baby.

We combine feed because that's what works for us. I wouldn't change a thing. And if, for some reason, I wasn't able to continue BFing, I would have no worries about putting her exclusively on formula.

You're doing great!!

 

[broodymrs]

i totally agree with girly. it is awful how guilty people are made to feel if they struggle to breastfeed. i know whenever dylan struglles it is really upsetting. i hope things get better for you.

totally do not miss being pregnant. didn't realise just how uncomfortable i had got.