[blparent] A year already! latching on?

Tue Feb 9 19:49:42 UTC 2010

Hey Tammy,where did the past year go? Kloei will be a year Friday.

Anjelina
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From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?

> Hi,
>
> He'll be a year on the 19th of February.
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 5:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>
>
>> One suggestion is pump and put that milk into that sippy cup.  If the 
>> flavor
>> is the same, maybe he will be agreeable about drinking from that cup. 
>> How
>> old is he now? v
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:14 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Actually I am going through the reverse of that right now, because Remus
>> won't drink from anywhere but my breast.  We've gotten him to take a bit
>> from a sippy cup, and for now it's just experimental and I don't need him 
>> to
>>
>> drink from a bottle or a cup, but soon he'll need more then just milk to
>> drink.  Any suggestions?
>>
>> Tammy
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 10:19 PM
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>
>>
>>> Sarah took both breast and bottle for the whole time she was nursing, 
>>> and
>>> she switched back and forth between the two just fine.  The lactation
>>> consultant I had from the hospital where Sarah was born said she could
>>> count on one hand the babies who had developed nipple confusion in the
>>> fifteen years or so she'd been helping women to breastfeed.  I wouldn't
>>> worry about that right now, since the biggest thing is getting 
>>> nourishment
>>
>>> into your baby boy so he can gain weight.
>>>
>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>
>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always 
>>> glorify
>>> the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 8:06 PM
>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> Also, don't worry if you feel you have to give him a bottle once in
>>>> awhile. Getting him fed is more important right now, and feeding him 
>>>> from
>>
>>>> a bottle if you have to will very rarely result in nipple confusion, 
>>>> and
>>>> don't listen to anybody who says it will.  Most important thing about
>>>> breast feeding is to relax and be calm, and if you need to, get some 
>>>> help
>>
>>>> from whatever your department of public health is called where you 
>>>> live.
>>>>
>>>> hth
>>>>
>>>> Tammy
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at pcdesk.net>
>>>> To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 5:09 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi, Leslie.  The only suggestion I have is to keep at it.  Sarah had a
>>>>> terribly hard time latching on at first, and I was tempted over and 
>>>>> over
>>
>>>>> again to just switch her to bottles.  But after a lot of practice, the
>>>>> process got easier, and I was glad I stuck with it.  Good luck.
>>>>>
>>>>> Jo Elizabeth
>>>>>
>>>>> Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always
>>>>> glorify the hunters.--African Proverb
>>>>>
>>>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>>>> From: "Leslie Hamric" <lhamric930 at comcast.net>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 12:44 PM
>>>>> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
>>>>> Subject: [blparent] latching on?
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi all. For those of you who breastfeed or did so before, do you have
>>>>>> any
>>>>>> tips on getting your baby to latch on consistently? Of course, I know
>>>>>> this
>>>>>> wil take practice. I use the nipple shield to tickle his mouth and 
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> him
>>>>>> to open up. Sometimes, he opens up wide right away and I can get him 
>>>>>> to
>>>>>> latch on.  But other times, he'll turn away and keep his mouth closed
>>>>>> as if
>>>>>> to say, don't put this thing in my mouth. Any tips would be great. I
>>>>>> notice
>>>>>> that it's harder for him to nurse at night and I'm guessing it's
>>>>>> because
>>>>>> he's so tired.  With him being a premie, I have to use the nipple
>>>>>> shiled
>>>>>> since it will allow him to get my milk easier.  Sometimes, the nipple
>>>>>> shield
>>>>>> falls off and I'll have to put it back on which can be a pain.  He'll
>>>>>> take
>>>>>> his bottles no problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Leslie
>>>>>>
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