Miss Emily is 10 days old today. She's still in the NICU and it's been really hard. We found out on Friday that she has something called WPW. We've been really scared about the whole thing and how we're going to handle things when she comes home, but we spoke with her cardiologist today and everything seems a lot more manageable. When they first ( Read more... )

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After a lot of soul searching and one very long talk with my husband, we have decided to stop breastfeeding. We won't be doing it cold turkey or anything, but we have started weaning Evan to formula and our lives are already a lot easier. I do understand that breastfeeding is the absolute best thing for a baby, but there are a few other things to ( Read more... )

(I know that this entry is rather pointless. I just wanted to get my emotions and feelings written down so that I can look back at this later and remember everything.)

Today, I feel better. I was able to get Evan to latch on last night for several minutes. I am feeling good about that. I am still working on getting him to fully go back to breast, I ( Read more... )

I'm kind of feeling like a failure right now, and I just need to let it out and maybe get some advice. Ugh.

Firstly, I'm so freaking pissed off. I went into this whole breastfeeding this knowing what I did and did not want, but I feel ike everytime I turn around, somethig else goes wrong. For example, when Evan was born...because he was so large his ( Read more... )