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Thursday, August 11, 2011
nursing strike!
Little man, your momma is STRESSED OUT!! The last couple days you have been fussing when you eat, and this morning it got really bad... You completely refused to latch on and screamed your head off when I tried to feed you. I thought it was because there was no milk, or not enough milk coming.. I took my supplements, drank lots of water, had some mother's milk tea (all this over the course of a couple hours) and then I pumped for a few minutes on each side..the milk is there, I wasn't having any trouble getting it out with the pump. So I guess there is something else going on, I did some research and apparently it isn't abnormal for this to happen at around three months..there are lots of posts from mommies of babies your age saying they have the same problem...but it doesn't make it any less stressful when I know you're hungry but you won't eat.. Finally you latched for a little bit when I tried standing up and holding you to me that way and walking around a little, but I can't maintain that position it hurts too much and it's TIRING! Right now you're in your swing, I thought you were going to take a nap but you woke up..You are fussing a little bit but not screaming like your starving, so I guess you got enough in that little feed to hold you over. It's so tempting to just give you a bottle, but I think that would make this worse and not better :( I hate it when I can't figure out what to do..I hope this passes quickly!
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Oh and I forgot to mention, there's no pain or anything going on...you're fine other than when it's time to eat and you aren't acting gassy or hurty...and you aren't fussing in between feeds..argh..so lost!
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