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Casaubon's Book: 52 Weeks Down
Week 17: Toys R Not US
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We're all doing just fine. Not a lot of time to spend at the computer, though. We have weathered the storm of A getting his gut flora situated, which involved lots of scream-crying and hideously agonizing gas pains. Things are much better, even though his poo stinks more now.
He can hold his head up for extended periods and is generally getting less floppy. He follows us with his eyes if we move. He's latched on to feed by himself a couple of times (with the nipple right in front of him). And we're learning his pee and poo signals a little bit better now, though we still have yet to catch a pee or poo. We're at least able to start making the cuing sounds when he pees with the diaper on and we notice it as it's happening.
My mother is visiting us for a few days. She arrives tonight and leaves Sunday afternoon. Both she and my sister have asked if I'm pumping yet. No. No, I'm not. I have no issues with low milk supply, meaning that if I pump, I'll just make more milk to leak all over the place and who needs that?? Not me.
And no, I'm not pumping to bottle-feed A because that would be silly. Bottle-feeding before 3 months leads to nipple issues (confusion/preference) and more gas (ugh!). Bottle-feeding, in general, leads to more crap around the house, which we so don't need. My breasts are plenty good enough. And while I might like more of a break than I get, especially during growth spurts or tired time when he doesn't know what he wants and nurses for 3 seconds, pulls off, screams, nurses for 3 seconds, pulls off, etc., I'd much rather deal with that sort of frustration than the frustration of more stuff around my house that is unnecessary (see article linked above for more about unnecessary stuff).
Also, non-lactating people do NOT need to bottle-feed a baby in order to bond with it. That's just silly talk, and yet SO MANY PEOPLE think this. It's absolutely untrue. There are plenty of ways to bond with a baby: holding, wearing, carrying, talking to, singing to, cuddling, changing diapers, reading to, playing with, etc. Lots of ways. And if you ignore all those other vitally necessary ways in which to interact with a baby in favour of bottle-feeding, you do a disservice to yourself and to your baby and, well, to everyone because you're perpetuating a myth.
/rant
so yeah, other than the gassy episodes, growth spurts, and occasional poo and pee fountains, things are peachy.
We wear A around the house and wear him on walks to the park, so he gets lots of in-arms time with all of us (mostly me though). We don't put diaper covers on him most of the time so that we can tell when he's wet and can change his diaper immediately (who wants to sit in their own waste?). We have him sleep in our bed with us so that we can tend to him more immediately during the night AND so that we get more sleep (we are all shockingly not too sleep-deprived).
Oh, and we ARE having visitors over. Let us know if you are interested in dropping by to spend some time with us and we can work out scheduling.
Week 17: Toys R Not US
***
We're all doing just fine. Not a lot of time to spend at the computer, though. We have weathered the storm of A getting his gut flora situated, which involved lots of scream-crying and hideously agonizing gas pains. Things are much better, even though his poo stinks more now.
He can hold his head up for extended periods and is generally getting less floppy. He follows us with his eyes if we move. He's latched on to feed by himself a couple of times (with the nipple right in front of him). And we're learning his pee and poo signals a little bit better now, though we still have yet to catch a pee or poo. We're at least able to start making the cuing sounds when he pees with the diaper on and we notice it as it's happening.
My mother is visiting us for a few days. She arrives tonight and leaves Sunday afternoon. Both she and my sister have asked if I'm pumping yet. No. No, I'm not. I have no issues with low milk supply, meaning that if I pump, I'll just make more milk to leak all over the place and who needs that?? Not me.
And no, I'm not pumping to bottle-feed A because that would be silly. Bottle-feeding before 3 months leads to nipple issues (confusion/preference) and more gas (ugh!). Bottle-feeding, in general, leads to more crap around the house, which we so don't need. My breasts are plenty good enough. And while I might like more of a break than I get, especially during growth spurts or tired time when he doesn't know what he wants and nurses for 3 seconds, pulls off, screams, nurses for 3 seconds, pulls off, etc., I'd much rather deal with that sort of frustration than the frustration of more stuff around my house that is unnecessary (see article linked above for more about unnecessary stuff).
Also, non-lactating people do NOT need to bottle-feed a baby in order to bond with it. That's just silly talk, and yet SO MANY PEOPLE think this. It's absolutely untrue. There are plenty of ways to bond with a baby: holding, wearing, carrying, talking to, singing to, cuddling, changing diapers, reading to, playing with, etc. Lots of ways. And if you ignore all those other vitally necessary ways in which to interact with a baby in favour of bottle-feeding, you do a disservice to yourself and to your baby and, well, to everyone because you're perpetuating a myth.
/rant
so yeah, other than the gassy episodes, growth spurts, and occasional poo and pee fountains, things are peachy.
We wear A around the house and wear him on walks to the park, so he gets lots of in-arms time with all of us (mostly me though). We don't put diaper covers on him most of the time so that we can tell when he's wet and can change his diaper immediately (who wants to sit in their own waste?). We have him sleep in our bed with us so that we can tend to him more immediately during the night AND so that we get more sleep (we are all shockingly not too sleep-deprived).
Oh, and we ARE having visitors over. Let us know if you are interested in dropping by to spend some time with us and we can work out scheduling.