Thanks, Kathy! And everyone else who commented!
Gosh, I didn't mean to upset anyone--if you can BF your child, great, if
you can't, what are you gonna do, starve your baby? ;-) I personally was
disappointed in *myself* that I wasn't able to exclusively BF Sarah due
to her not gaining weight problem, but I certainly don't hold it against
anyone else if they can't/couldn't BF. :-) We do what we have to do for
our babies. :*) I do feel that BF is better for babies, but I don't
think formula is poison or anything ;-) if you give it to them, just not
my first preference...I was extremely blessed to be able to exclusively
BF Maya til she was 2 y/o, and I was hoping to repeat that with these
two, but then again, I was also hoping for a natural birth and wound up
with a c-section, so we don't always get what we want. <shrugs>
Anyhoo, the good news is we went to have the babies weighed again
yesterday (the twins are officially 4 weeks old) at the LC's office at
our local hospital, and Sarah has gone up from 6 lbs 4 ounces last
Wednesday to 6 lbs 13.4 ounces in a week!--they have said they expect
the babies to grow an ounce a day, and she picked up almost 10 in a week
so that was great. :*) DH is still a bit nervous about stopping the
supplemental feedings, although we are going to cut back on them a
bit--also I am going to be pumping more often to save up more BM so we
can totally phase out the formula (dang that stuff
is expensive!! A small bottle is ~$8 here and lasts just a few days!)
and supplement with BM only. My milk is coming in much more now so DH
will still be able to give Sarah her bottles when he's home to reassure
him, and I'll still be providing the BM for her and we'll be saving $$$$
as well...the best thing about BFing, IMO. :-)
BTW, we weighed Sam out of curiosity (remember, he was the one who first
had trouble gaining weight due to being tongue tied)--last week he
weighed 6 lbs 14 ounces--yesterday he weighed 7 lbs 8 ounces, so the
tongue clipping is working GREAT!! So much to be grateful for here. :*)
Both of my babies are thriving and even though it's challenging, things
are working out here now that DH has gone back to work...don't know what
I'll do when my little gofer Maya has to go back to school in a few
weeks though! ;-) Think she'd skip second grade to stay home and work
for me for free? ;-)
Maya says, NO WAY! ;-) Oh, well, guess I'll have to keep changing those
poopy diapers myself, LOL.
Carolyne in TX
KC wrote:
> 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
> news:5aJkk.34508$ZE5.6875@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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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