OH FUCK...... JARM about to send DH out for formula..... stop me!

[DanJARMouse]

I know I want to BF but why the hell is it so hard? We were doing really well up until today. My left nip is sore again, but latch is fine so fuck knows why it hurts. Daniel has been attatched to me all fecking day, bar 2hrs where we co-slept because thats the only way he will sleep.

im pissed off, tired and hormotional

hi, had a quick lurk had nothing to add to the great support and advice butjust wanted to say if anything will keep you lactating it has to be hugh laurie with a lacronic america droll!

Good luck and enjoy your dvds!

he is rather tasty!!

Cant wait for christmas - dad has got us season 3!

I got into Shameless whilst BFing DD2 (only thing on on a Thursday night) DP rented me the entire series and I spent many a happy night watching it BFing Dyson (aka DD2) happy memories

All great wisdoms already spoken by others...

So nothing to add except positive vibes

FWIW I only had one small child to deal with when bf'ing DD and felt the same guilt....agree with others that it passes and it is only intensified now becuase you're knackered.

Just wanted to say... my No2 child was a fussy baby, if she wasn't feeding she was crying and at 6 weeks I put her on formula. The end result? I still had a fussy baby that if she wasn't feeding was crying AND the added stress of sterilisers and making bottles and going downstairs in the night, with screaming child to warm milk!!

Formula isn't always a solution, it's just added stress sometimes

You girls won't hate you, just do lots of the things on here and this time will soon pass

The babybjorn is excellent for the church I find

another night done!

Here's to today.

Please feel free to ignore my ramblings, but I do find it helps to keep a sort of BF diary on here.... at least I will be able to look back one day and go "I DID IT!"

Cant promise I will be doing this next week, or next month or in 6months time, but for now, Im doing it today and ive done it for over 2 weeks so far, so more than I ever have with the girls.

YOU ARE breastfeeding ds and you are doing fab job heres to bf well today

After next week it will get easier JARM after about 3 weeks things will start to settle down and you will get into some sort of routine, I think you need to with the other two to sort out, sometimes D will have to wait for feeds I think second and third babies kind of know that.

Keep thinking about how much formula costs (SK doesn't have a clue is it two big tins a week at £6 a tin?) OK say £10 a week, £40 a month, £240 for the first 6 months!! And you are giving him better stuff for free.

A good tip I was given for sore nipples was to vary the way I was feeding ds on that side (luckily I had only one side cracked) - so every other feed on that side I did rugby-hold so that he was coming at it from a different angle, giving the crack a bit of a break. Oh, and Jellonet (sp?) on the nipple between feeds; it's a gauze meant for burns, you can buy it from pharmacists. Worked much quicker than nipple creams IME.

One day at a time JARM that's all it needs to be...

Well done for getting through another night BF!

You don't have to make any promises

JARM, well done!

How are you doing today? Cuddle your breastfed boy for me

Feeling a lot better about it today, have bought an Avent Isis pump so I can relieve the pressure a little because mornings are unbearable and his latch is crap when im too full.

Also means once im a little more established, DH can give a bottle to give me a little bit more of a break.

Im a breastfeeder! My boy is here just because of me! YAHOOOOOOOOO

(Just wondering what dad will make of the bottle of EBM in his fridge!)

BRILLIANT, JARM! You should be very proud of yourself, you know! Squidge his thighs for me (um, you're not helping my broodiness, you know ).

only thing worth squeezing on him is his cheeks - he is a long scrawny thing! (Takes after daddy!)

You've done - and are doing - so well, JARM, you know that?

im trying to get it in my head!

i look at him right now snuggled on my lap fast asleep and think - he's MINE! I made that!

Today is a good day, tonight is another challenge and tomorrow will be dealt with when it arrives!

OK if I remind you of that post if you wobble again, JARM? I really want you to hang onto the "this feels good" moments for when it's harder.

i NEED you to remind me of that post hunker, honestly, if it wasnt for you lot all holding my hand these past 2 weeks, i wouldnt still be doing this.

I know there will be more wobbles to come, but hopefully with pure determination and your support i will get there and leave that bloody formula on the bloody supermarket shelf where it bloody belongs! It has no place in my house!

Cheeks are good for squeezing too

I'll remind you.

I'm so impressed with you!

Oh nice one JARM.
Please keep adding to your breastfeeding diary here.It's one of the first things I look out for when I log on.

Sounds like it's a good time to start expressing. That is a really good way to get a break. I would paln an evening when I really needed a rsst,feed the baby,go straight to bed and then dh would do next feed with the EBM. By the time the next feed came around I would have had 6 or 7 hours of unbroken sleep.

Yes,you be proud of yourself girl.And we are all so very proud of your too.

good time then to add your thoughts to my new thread [http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/1364/440604 here] and file for future...

doh!

or even here