Comments on: Feeding Reed http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/ meredith+adam Thu, 27 Oct 2011 22:46:14 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Christa http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-213 Christa Tue, 05 May 2009 13:17:49 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-213 Wow! Sounds like you had an experience as a first time mom similar to one I had! Nursing started out easy breezy...then became a challenge our first night home from the hospital. Reed sounds as though he's a hungry, growing boy...good for him but can be draining for mom who has to sit for hours a day feeding the baby. I'm so glad that it has turned out to be the wonderful experience that its meant to be. I absolutely LOVE the pictures you've posted...I can't wait to show Caitlyn and Emily how sweet your little guy is. The girls ask about you often and hope you're well...and hope to meet Reed sometime this summer. I think of you every day and hope you're well (certainly sounds as though you are!) Give a shout out if you're in need of anything. Take care and thank you for keeping us in your lives with your posts. Wow! Sounds like you had an experience as a first time mom similar to one I had! Nursing started out easy breezy…then became a challenge our first night home from the hospital. Reed sounds as though he’s a hungry, growing boy…good for him but can be draining for mom who has to sit for hours a day feeding the baby. I’m so glad that it has turned out to be the wonderful experience that its meant to be. I absolutely LOVE the pictures you’ve posted…I can’t wait to show Caitlyn and Emily how sweet your little guy is. The girls ask about you often and hope you’re well…and hope to meet Reed sometime this summer. I think of you every day and hope you’re well (certainly sounds as though you are!) Give a shout out if you’re in need of anything. Take care and thank you for keeping us in your lives with your posts.

]]> By: Lori Reed http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-208 Lori Reed Fri, 01 May 2009 05:04:13 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-208 Good for you for trusting your instincts. Both mine were born via csection and thus were a bit sedated and never latched on properly. I pumped almost exclusively for both. My first one was allergic to my milk. I eliminated all possible allergens from my diet and after a month no change. The doctors insisted a baby could not be allergic and I should keep nursing. Ironically it was the lactation consultant who told me to stop and switch to formula. Within days of finding the right formula Ian's colic went away and my sanity was restored. Months of sleep deprivation had worn me down and coupled with severe PPD, I was losing it. Thank goodness the lactation consultant realized that healthy mom = healthy baby. Cameron was not allergic but I was too tired to pump every 3-hours and she was borderline marked as "failure to thrive" because of not gaining enough weight during the weeks after she was born. The second time around we made the switch to formula more quickly because we saw how it helped Ian. So all of this is a long way to say each person's experience can totally be changed by a good or bad doctor, nurse, lactation consultant. Just like there are good and bad teachers. There are good and bad workers in any profession. I'm so happy for you and Adam and Reed. I like that he is already shusshing. Wonder if he will be a librarian :D Good for you for trusting your instincts. Both mine were born via csection and thus were a bit sedated and never latched on properly. I pumped almost exclusively for both. My first one was allergic to my milk. I eliminated all possible allergens from my diet and after a month no change. The doctors insisted a baby could not be allergic and I should keep nursing. Ironically it was the lactation consultant who told me to stop and switch to formula. Within days of finding the right formula Ian’s colic went away and my sanity was restored. Months of sleep deprivation had worn me down and coupled with severe PPD, I was losing it. Thank goodness the lactation consultant realized that healthy mom = healthy baby.

Cameron was not allergic but I was too tired to pump every 3-hours and she was borderline marked as “failure to thrive” because of not gaining enough weight during the weeks after she was born. The second time around we made the switch to formula more quickly because we saw how it helped Ian.

So all of this is a long way to say each person’s experience can totally be changed by a good or bad doctor, nurse, lactation consultant. Just like there are good and bad teachers. There are good and bad workers in any profession.

I’m so happy for you and Adam and Reed. I like that he is already shusshing. Wonder if he will be a librarian :D

]]> By: Rebecca http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-206 Rebecca Wed, 29 Apr 2009 20:55:28 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-206 "I think medical professionals need to be more careful about creating doubt in a new parent’s mind in the absence of compelling medical evidence." YES! I agree and I am glad you trusted your instinct. :-) I'm enjoying reading your personal blog. Derek and I hope to try and make a baby next summer! I'll be 29, almost 30 so I think I will be ready. We'll see. “I think medical professionals need to be more careful about creating doubt in a new parent’s mind in the absence of compelling medical evidence.”
YES! I agree and I am glad you trusted your instinct. :-)
I’m enjoying reading your personal blog. Derek and I hope to try and make a baby next summer! I’ll be 29, almost 30 so I think I will be ready. We’ll see.

]]> By: David Rothman http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-205 David Rothman Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:56:59 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-205 I just realized you're a Reed Feeder and tried to come up with an RSS joke. I failed. Sorry. :( "sometimes we actually do know better than the experts because we are with our child all the time." Cannot agree more. Nobody knows your child as well as you. Liz agrees- it gets a lot less uncomfortable. Happy nursing for both of you! I just realized you’re a Reed Feeder and tried to come up with an RSS joke. I failed. Sorry. :(

“sometimes we actually do know better than the experts because we are with our child all the time.”

Cannot agree more. Nobody knows your child as well as you.

Liz agrees- it gets a lot less uncomfortable. Happy nursing for both of you!

]]> By: Meredith http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-204 Meredith Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:06:44 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-204 Jason, thx for sharing your story. I think what it comes down to in both cases is trusting our instincts as parents and realizing that sometimes we actually do know better than the experts because we are with our child all the time. David, I am not against supplementation in general but I definitely was against doing it during that critical early feeding time that can impact later milk production. Had I not fed him exclusively in those early days I don't know if I would have been able to meet his rather large demand now. Michelle, thanks for the words of encouragement; I really do feel good about being able to give him this gift (even when it hurts). Jason, thx for sharing your story. I think what it comes down to in both cases is trusting our instincts as parents and realizing that sometimes we actually do know better than the experts because we are with our child all the time. David, I am not against supplementation in general but I definitely was against doing it during that critical early feeding time that can impact later milk production. Had I not fed him exclusively in those early days I don’t know if I would have been able to meet his rather large demand now. Michelle, thanks for the words of encouragement; I really do feel good about being able to give him this gift (even when it hurts).

]]> By: Michelle http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Michelle Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:48:10 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-203 Way to stick to your guns. I think hospitals and doctors like formula because it can be measured and breastmilk can't. It is normal for babies to lose some weight after birth and it is great that Reed started gaining so quickly. As long as he is gaining weight and you are happy with his progress, there is no reason to supplement. Plus, supplementing will decrease your supply since Reed would be eating less from you. It becomes a double edged whammy. Supplement with formula because of "low supply" and then decrease the supply even more causing more supplementing, and on and on. Nursing gets better and better with age, especially after the soreness wears off. Do not worry too much about the long or frequent feedings. Gideon ate almost every hour at the beginning and then every 2 hours for the first few months. It was not until 4-5 months that he would go more than 3 hours. Breastfed babies eat more often. At almost a year old, he is down to three times during the day and twice at night. It is very powerful to know that I both gave birth to him and have fed him as well. Good luck. Enjoy every stage. They are all fun, sleep deprivation or not. Way to stick to your guns. I think hospitals and doctors like formula because it can be measured and breastmilk can’t. It is normal for babies to lose some weight after birth and it is great that Reed started gaining so quickly. As long as he is gaining weight and you are happy with his progress, there is no reason to supplement. Plus, supplementing will decrease your supply since Reed would be eating less from you. It becomes a double edged whammy. Supplement with formula because of “low supply” and then decrease the supply even more causing more supplementing, and on and on.

Nursing gets better and better with age, especially after the soreness wears off. Do not worry too much about the long or frequent feedings. Gideon ate almost every hour at the beginning and then every 2 hours for the first few months. It was not until 4-5 months that he would go more than 3 hours. Breastfed babies eat more often.

At almost a year old, he is down to three times during the day and twice at night. It is very powerful to know that I both gave birth to him and have fed him as well.

Good luck. Enjoy every stage. They are all fun, sleep deprivation or not.

]]> By: David Rothman http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-201 David Rothman Wed, 29 Apr 2009 03:41:27 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-201 My understanding is that the health benefits of breast feeding are NOT diminished by supplementation. Simon had some formula sometimes. If you HAD supplemented, that probably would have been okay, too. Anyway- delighted to hear that things are going well. Reed is beautiful. Jason, Simon doesn't even get a shot at bidding on that contract? My understanding is that the health benefits of breast feeding are NOT diminished by supplementation. Simon had some formula sometimes. If you HAD supplemented, that probably would have been okay, too.

Anyway- delighted to hear that things are going well. Reed is beautiful.

Jason, Simon doesn’t even get a shot at bidding on that contract?

]]> By: Jason Griffey http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-200 Jason Griffey Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:45:26 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-200 Manditory Parental Anecdote: We had almost exactly the opposite experience with breastfeeding. That is, all of our doctors, nurses, and breastfeeding coaches kept saying "just keep trying, keep it up, it will happen." Meanwhile, Eliza lost a TON of weight, and was very, very close to dehydration before we decided to supplement, and eventually move completely to formula. Regardless of what we said, regardless of how we described the problems to any of them, the chorus was "Just a little longer!" It never happened for us. Was probably the most frustrating and scary part of the first 2 weeks. Once we started on formula, she grew like a weed, did great, and is now the gorgeous future wife of Reed (did we ever get that arranged marriage contract signed?) :-) Just a story from almost the complete opposite side of the parenting world. Manditory Parental Anecdote: We had almost exactly the opposite experience with breastfeeding. That is, all of our doctors, nurses, and breastfeeding coaches kept saying “just keep trying, keep it up, it will happen.” Meanwhile, Eliza lost a TON of weight, and was very, very close to dehydration before we decided to supplement, and eventually move completely to formula. Regardless of what we said, regardless of how we described the problems to any of them, the chorus was “Just a little longer!” It never happened for us.

Was probably the most frustrating and scary part of the first 2 weeks.

Once we started on formula, she grew like a weed, did great, and is now the gorgeous future wife of Reed (did we ever get that arranged marriage contract signed?) :-)

Just a story from almost the complete opposite side of the parenting world.

]]> By: Amber http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Amber Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:49:01 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-199 I'm glad that breastfeeding is going well. It is hard at first, getting the latch down, but after a few weeks you and Reed will be pros and you'll be able to nurse in your sleep (literally). I'm also glad that you didn't supplement with formula! Reed is beautiful, congratulations! I’m glad that breastfeeding is going well. It is hard at first, getting the latch down, but after a few weeks you and Reed will be pros and you’ll be able to nurse in your sleep (literally). I’m also glad that you didn’t supplement with formula! Reed is beautiful, congratulations!

]]> By: Rachel http://blog.wolfwater.com/2009/04/28/feeding-reed/comment-page-1/#comment-198 Rachel Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:57:46 +0000 http://blog.wolfwater.com/?p=296#comment-198 Awesome post, thanks for writing it and sharing your experiences. Awesome post, thanks for writing it and sharing your experiences.

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