[blparent] A year already! latching on?

Thu Feb 11 22:28:33 UTC 2010

You'll feel like I do now that Gab is 10.  Ahhhhhh! They are growing up! V

-----Original Message-----
From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Tammy, Paul and Colyn
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 10:38 PM
To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
Subject: Re: [blparent] A year already! latching on?

Hi,

Seems like that to me too, actually.  My oldest will be 5 at the end of the 
month, and he'll be in grade 1 next year!  God what will I feel like when 
he's 20?

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Veronica Smith" <madison_tewe at spinn.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 9:42 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] A year already! latching on?

> Gosh, now I feel old. Wow, it just seems like you all were having all 
> these
> babies yesterday! V
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Elizabeth Cooks
> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:41 PM
> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A year already! latching on?
>
> Joshua was a year on the 22nd.  It goes by so fast.
> ----- 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 3:11 PM
> Subject: Re: [blparent] A year already! latching on?
>
>
>> Oh, you too! Wow, before you know it these babies will be strolling right
>> out the door. Wow! V
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
>> Behalf Of Anjelina
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 12:50 PM
>> To: NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [blparent] A year already! latching on?
>>
>> Hey Tammy,where did the past year go? Kloei will be a year Friday.
>>
>> Anjelina
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> ----- 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 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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