Bogo News

[judecorp]

Bogo went to his first movie today, at 13 days old. He saw Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part 1). Not bad for less than 2 weeks, you know? He slept through most of it, grunted a couple of times, cried for about 15 seconds, nursed, and had a bottle. Good times. I dropped popcorn on his head a few times (whoops) and he got startled by some of the noise. The movie was very loud, so I covered his ears.

Speaking of the Bogo, he was weighed today and was 10 pounds on the dot. Not yet two weeks old. Punk was 9lbs and change at one month, and 11lbs and change at 2 months. Yikes! Big baby!

We had to take him to the pediatrician today to check weight because he was still under birth weight last week and because of all of the nursing issues I had with Punk (when she lost so much weight and got dehydrated and sick). We ended up meeting with a new nurse practitioner instead because the doc was super busy. She was very nice and very sweet and very pro-breastfeeding. Which is nice, because I'm pro-breastfeeding. But she kind of was crossing that line between "supporting breastfeeding" and "making women feel like they are never doing enough." She just kept hammering me with ways to increase my milk supply and stop supplementing, and was full of "How do you know you won't make enough for this baby?" Because, lady, I /know/. I know like I know that I'm breathing. I know that my kid nurses without swallowing. I know that my kid nurses for 30+ minutes and pops off STARVING. She told me to cut the amount of supplement in half so he would wake to eat more and therefore nurse more and therefore I would magically make more milk. Except I won't. I'm maxed out on galactogogues and I won't. Aah well. She should just be happy that we were proactive and our kid is gaining weight and being healthy and thriving.

Also, I like the longer stretches of sleep when we give him formula bottles at nighttime. ;)

Comments

[tea-soaked.livejournal.com]

Yay for Bogo and his first time at the movies.

Also re: breastfeeding and milk production, you know you know you know. I think it is great that you are nursing him, that you have donor milk, and you are supp'ing with formula and getting stretches of sleep. Best of all, he is gaining! Go Bogo go!

[enchantedmagic.livejournal.com]

I'm with tea soaked- whatever works!

What matters is that he is healthy and thriving. You too! :-)

[kjames.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I remember how hard all of the nursing stuff was for you, too. I wish she would get the hint that you are a well-informed mama and not making your choice to supplement lightly. I wish women could *really* support other women without crossing that line. Extra guilt is the last thing a mother needs.

[estrange.livejournal.com]

I hate nurses/people like that. I mean WTF is up with them? They obviously must of never had breast feeding issues. I once found a lactation nurse that DID have breast feeding issues and supported the supplementing and wasn't all crazy. Just ignore them, feed your baby. They made me feel so horrible after I had Devin that with Maia I completely avoided/ignored them and started with formula immediately and you know what? I felt WAY better about myself, the baby, and much more sane. The nursing freaks piss me off to no end, if you couldn't tell, they should take a moment to step in someone else's shoes.

Recently a friend had a baby and while at the hospital made her husband tell them to get lost!! :D

[projectkjetil.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

I love that he's already been to his first movie! Having a second child rocks in that way... you realize how much you can handle, and it's so much easier.

As to supplementing, all I can say about that nurse is "Oh for the LOVE, lady!" You know exactly what works for YOU and BOGO and you're already doing it. While it's exceptionally frustrating to have supply issues (I peaked at 60% of my little guy's daily need and now am at about 1%), there are definitely benefits to supplementation... extra nighttime sleep being a huge one. I say rock on with your bad self, and eff anyone who tells you different.

Enjoy these early weeks! They are so special. And hard. And wonderful.

[spleazeball.livejournal.com]

There is *absolutely* nothing wrong with supplementing. I had to - a lot of moms do. Any amount of time/volume you can breastfeed is better than none, and it sounds like you're doing as much as you can, while staying realistic about your expectations. That's totally healthy. Don't get sucked into the stress of being the perfect breastfeeder! (We all want to be the perfect breastfeeder... but we all want to be billionaires too.)

Good luck :)

[mythicalbeast.livejournal.com]

I still say it's unfair to introduce him to the series that far in. ;)

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Well, he slept through so I'll have to catch him up anyway :)

[sans-visage.livejournal.com]

Maybe I missed it, but what does BOGO stand for? Buy one, get one?

[judecorp.livejournal.com]

Yes, like "buy one, get one 50% off" at Payless. Because we used donor sperm for both of our kids and by the time we were TTC #2, our sperm donor (who had donated a long time ago) was running out and was basically on "clearance" at the sperm bank (so was quite discounted in price). LOL.