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Good-bye Ryuchan, Hello Adina
Oct. 21st, 2010 12:47 pmIt's odd, slowly we've stopped using Ryuchan and have started just using Adina or the ever popular appellation of "the baby."
Adina is doing much much better. On Friday/Saturday my milk finally started to come in. We continued to supplement with formula, but since Sunday she has been formula free! I'm glad. We have a hard time getting a lot into her from the actual breast. She's great at sucking but awful at swallowing. She also just gets sleepy and loses interest fast. But thanks to pumping, we can get 2-2.5 oz into her per feeding with a bottle. On one hand I am sad to miss the closeness of breastfeeding, but using pumped milk is nice because it allows Kennis to be a lot more involved. It is also less painful. She has not gained as much weight as the doctors would like, but she is up from her low and so that is good. We now want to get her back to her birth weight/past there.
Most people who use formula to supplement and then get back to breastfeeding thank their lactation consultants. The person I owe everything to is my husband. Kennis' commitment to fatherhood and our daughter is just awe inspiring. I have no idea what I would do without him. I honestly can not say enough positive things about Kennis from the start of the pregnancy through today, where he is sitting next to me gently sanding down Adina's nails.
She passed her hearing test, no news is considered good news for her PKU tests, and she had her first vaccine for Hep B. So other than being on the small side she seems healthy. I'm so pleased because I rather adore her. She's overall a very good baby and even when she fusses it is mostly because she wants to be held or fed. She loves being held.
( LJ cut for possibly TMI birth story for Adina )
Adina is doing much much better. On Friday/Saturday my milk finally started to come in. We continued to supplement with formula, but since Sunday she has been formula free! I'm glad. We have a hard time getting a lot into her from the actual breast. She's great at sucking but awful at swallowing. She also just gets sleepy and loses interest fast. But thanks to pumping, we can get 2-2.5 oz into her per feeding with a bottle. On one hand I am sad to miss the closeness of breastfeeding, but using pumped milk is nice because it allows Kennis to be a lot more involved. It is also less painful. She has not gained as much weight as the doctors would like, but she is up from her low and so that is good. We now want to get her back to her birth weight/past there.
Most people who use formula to supplement and then get back to breastfeeding thank their lactation consultants. The person I owe everything to is my husband. Kennis' commitment to fatherhood and our daughter is just awe inspiring. I have no idea what I would do without him. I honestly can not say enough positive things about Kennis from the start of the pregnancy through today, where he is sitting next to me gently sanding down Adina's nails.
She passed her hearing test, no news is considered good news for her PKU tests, and she had her first vaccine for Hep B. So other than being on the small side she seems healthy. I'm so pleased because I rather adore her. She's overall a very good baby and even when she fusses it is mostly because she wants to be held or fed. She loves being held.
( LJ cut for possibly TMI birth story for Adina )
