formula sucks

As a result of supplementing with formula because of my poorly managed milk supply, my baby now is constipated and quite a bit less smiley and happy than she was just a few days ago. Her poops are bigger and smelly. This sucks. Just more motivation to increase my milk supply. It will happen. Let …

Real Milk

There’s nothing like feeding my baby formula to motivate me to produce more milk. We had to start supplementing with formula yesterday as we ran out of donated milk and she needs more food to maintain weight, much less gain. Aside from the work and the cost, the health implications are frustrating: poor little girl …

Sweetest baby

I’m wearing our baby on my chest right now – her soft warm body asleep on me. I am so in love with her! She has a soft baby voice and big dark expressive eyes. She smiles and crinkles her eyes up and my heart melts! She’s a stretchy little girl, her arms up and …

second good feed!

latched on to the other breast PROPERLY  for a solid 5 min. sucked really well & pulled herself off asleep when done. YAY! we can do this. goal is back to birthweight, then fully feeding from me.