small victories

just wanted to share something that made my little mum heart happy today!! i exclusively pump for my son due to my mental health when i first had him but today while waiting for a bottle to warm up i decided to try giving him my boob because he was really fussy waiting and he latched very well and fed for a couple minutes while we waited.

i chose to pump mostly because my hormone crash in the first week postpartum made breastfeeding feel too overwhelming but i still wanted him to have breastmilk since i knew i had plenty (i oversupply). i always kept the possibility of occasionally nursing him in the back of my mind as an emergency plan if we ended up out of the house without a bottle for whatever reason but i have been quite worried that, since he hadn’t nursed since he was a few days old (he’s now 6 weeks), he would have trouble going on the boob and was too used to the bottle but he fed incredibly!! he latched better than he did when we were in hospital and it was far more comfortable than it previously was.

i know it might not seem like that big a deal since i pump anyway and i know i have plenty milk but those few minutes honestly has healed some issues i had with nursing. my outlook on breastfeeding has improved immensely and after a day of a very fussy baby it was exactly what i needed.

a small win or i guess a small confidence boost but it feels huge to me. so i just wanted to share

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Cold turkey with the dummy

My LO is 12 weeks tomorrow, he heavily relies on the dummy to fall asleep. We decided to take it away bc he was waking up multiple times in the night for his dummy when he spat it out or knocked it out his mouth. He sleeps until 4-5am so it was causing unnecessary wake ups.

I’ve been rocking, shhing, patting him to sleep using a muslin as a comforter. He woke up in the night and then slept with me as he woke up as soon as I put him down in his crib.

I’m hoping when he forgets about the dummy he won’t take as long to get to sleep as I feel like it’s taking longer bc he’s looking for the dummy?

Any advice if you’ve done it this young? Any advice on introducing self soothing?

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I EBF yet I’ve never had a leak. Not once. Even a little bit. I had a c-section and it took a while to bring my milk in if that makes a difference? My milk comes out pretty instantly when baby feeds or I hand express but it just doesn’t at any other time - is that normal? Getting some weird FOMO hearing everyone else does 😅

Nighttime feeds

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What’s everyone nighttime feeds looking like? If baby sleeps do you let them? Thanks!

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Anyone else suspecting their August baby will come early?

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