Hi Carolyne,
I had to give all 3 of my girls some amount of formula. They all 3 had
low
diaper counts at the start. You gotta do what you gotta do. I hope you
guys are able to get to 100% breastmilk later. I bottlefed Caitlin after
1
month, but was able to eventually 100% breastfeed the others after awhile,
and really enjoyed it. I still miss it to this day.
KC
"whodunit" <whodunit@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>A little update, since I've been pretty busy lately. :-)
> Time for me to move on back to aiparenting too, so this will
> probably be the last baby updated at aipg.
>
> I'm not a nursing activist by any means, but I've always felt
> nursing was best for babies and tried to nurse exclusively. I was
> fortunate enough to nurse Maya for around 25/26 months, and I was
> hoping that I'd be able to nurse the twins without any problems as
> well--not really having any trouble with actual nursing procedures, but
> we have had a few problems--both babies had lost some of their birth
> weights (which is not abnormal) but they each had trouble regaining that
> weight--we learned Samuel was tongue tied and not nursing efficiently.
> Sarah seemed to be doing fine, gaining weight slowly but not losing any
> more since we left the hospital 2 weeks ago. The twins turned 3 weeks
old
> a few days ago.
>
> Since Samuel got his tongue clipped he's been eating like a champ,
> and gaining weight steadily...he is now pretty close to 7 lbs.
> Poor Sarah, who has been healthy and active and everything, just
> wasn't gaining any weight at all -we had her weighed last Thursday and
> she was 5 lbs 14 oz.--reweighed on Monday, and she weighed exactly the
> same after 4-5 days!! Not good for a newborn. :-(
>
> Prior to that the ped. and LC had me use a pump to give Sarah an extra
> ounce of breast milk after nursing both sides but after Monday's weight,
> the ped. upped it to 3 or 4 extra ounces per feeding after nursing--I'm
> pumping approx.2-3 ounces of milk at a time, so we have to top that off
> with formula (which DH has been wanting to totally switch to for awhile
> anyway, he believes it's better for babies than nursing) but at least
it's
> just a small amount of the dreaded 'f' word. :-) Seems to be working
since
> we took Sarah in for another weight check today--she weighed 6 lbs 4
> ounces, just 2 ounces short of her birth weight, so the
> supplemental feeding is working. Ped. and LC are at a loss as to why
> Samuel is thriving and Sarah needs extra--she could have a higher
> metabolism, and she tends to fall asleep a lot while nursing, they
aren't
> sure. DH is enjoying the time he gets with her when he gives her
> her bottle after nursing, he was pretty worried about her not gaining
> weight but was relieved at her weight gain of 5 or so ounces in just a
> few days. :-)
>
> Maya has been blessed with our wonderful neighbors and her friends'
> families inviting her over for activities like VBS, and the movies, etc.
> and sleepovers...so very very few meltdowns or upset feelings over the
> babies getting so much attention. She is enjoying helping out with the
> babies and has really helped me as a 'gofer' since we got home. :-)
>
> We finally got our professional pics from the hospital last week, they
> turned out so cute! :-)
> Samuel in his first suit:
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=35jcsnb&s=4
> Sarah in her pink/white dress:
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2vx2iyq&s=4
> Twins Together:
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=1znosj5&s=4
> Official Birth Announcements:
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=2uqn9er&s=4
>
> Enjoy! :-)
>
> Carolyne in TX
> (Who tried to finish posting this yesterday but
> didn't get a chance, go figure) ;-)
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