[blparent] latching on?

Wed Feb 10 07:27:26 UTC 2010

Awww Tammy; I feel your frustration. We've had colds and tough teething 
times as well. Birthday cake is always messy and yummy all at the same time.
Anjelina
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tammy, Paul and Colyn" <tcl189 at rogers.com>
To: "NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 7:28 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?


> Hi,
>
> yeah he eats like a horse, anything and everything.  lol  I started him on 
> serial about 4 months and now he eats lots.  He's not picky at all thank 
> goodness, and he's much less messy then his brother was at his age.  We 
> still have to do a bath basically after every meal but he loves his baths 
> so it's never a problem.  He only has a couple of teeth, his bottom ones, 
> and he's just getting his top ones now.  I was worried for a while because 
> it took ages for him to get teeth, but now he seems to be geting them all 
> at once.  I don't know which is better, all at once, or a couple at a 
> time, but I feel so sorry for him right now with this cold and now his 
> teeth too. Poor little guy!  At least it will all be over for his birthday 
> so he can eat chocolate cake!
>
> Tammy
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
> To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 5:10 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] latching on?
>
>
>> Oh my goodness, how time flies. Wow, right around the corner.  Have you
>> started him on any kind of solids? I started giving Gab rice cereal at 4 
>> or
>> 5 months. v
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 11:29 AM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> 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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