06-3-2010 - Jack is 8 Days Old Today

My mood while writing this blog: Happier

It's been 8 days since Jack was born. The 1st cpl days were really challenging. I wasn't having much success after I left the hospital with breastfeeding and boy did I feel like a failure. I kept it up though. After 6 days I called the lacatation consultant as my milk still hadn't come in and she coached me through the different ways to get the let down going. She told me make the shape of a C with your fingers and grasp the aeriola and squeeze. When I did this, I saw the milk surface. Jack has been getting milk and I didn't even know it. I continue to braestfeed all through the day and night and occassionally, usually at night, I give him a bottle to top him off. Yesterday I felt like I had him on the boob all day! He's a lil eater! I find that as long as I keep breastfeeding, this will keep mysupply up and an occassional bottle won't kill me. I usually place hot washclthes on my breasts before feeding. This works well. He's so beautiful! He is colic and cries all the time when your not holding him or feeding. This has gotten better. He actually slept 7 hrs from 1 a.m. to 8 this morning! He goes for his 1st casting for his club foot next Friday. This will break my heart and I know how uncomfortable he will be. I can't believe how much in love I am with my son! I can't get enough holding him, kissing his lil forehead. He had his 1st real bath a cpl days ago and he screamed until I poured warm water on his body and he just lied there with his pretty lil eyes open, mouth slightly open and lil fists balled up ready to cry if it didn't feel good. I am glad to have a baby at this age. We have much more patience, acceptance and all the necessary positive adult responses it reuires to have a newborn. Stiches are starting to itch which means they are healing, I am not as tired, back pain has been reduced since having him. All in all the adjustment period is over and we can now enjoy every waking moment with our precious lil gift from God!!!!!!!!!!!