Last night I was out at dinner with friends, nursing Young Sir, when my friend’s baby also got hungry. She had some problems nursing him when he was born, so she’s been supplementing while working on rebuilding her supply. I’d donated milk to her before, so I offered to nurse him directly and she let…
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YS is 15 weeks now. Thursday was his first full day of daycare (I had afternoon errands to run) and Friday was my first full day back at work. It’s both harder and easier going back this time. He seems to be doing well at daycare. He’s taking 2-2.5 oz per feeding with almost no…
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Yesterday Young Sir turned three months old. I can’t believe the time has gone by so fast. YS is growing so fast! He’s solidly in 3-6 month clothes now. We had a 3 months shots only checkup today (we do an extended shots schedule to make sure they don’t have bad reactions to shots the…
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On Thursday, Young Sir turned two months old! Darius and I took him to his first pediatrician appointment that afternoon. He weighted in at 12lbs 2oz and measured 22.75″ tall. Gaining and growing so quickly! After LP who was always in the single percentiles, it feels very different to have a baby who is in…
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Darius and I took Young Sir to his six week checkup with the midwives on Wednesday. We saw Joanne, which was nice because she was my attending midwife at his birth. First we chatted a bit and she asked me all sorts of questions about YS and sleeping and breastfeeding. I’m such a second time…
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Last Wednesday I started pumping once a day, usually in the morning. I would put 2oz in a bag for us and the rest would go into a bag to donate to my local milk bank. This week I added keep 2oz in a bottle in the fridge. I’m getting about 6-8oz at a time. …
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