Posts by Eligracey

Just popping in to say I'm so excited to see other mamas from WBWC! I had DS there earlier this year and loved it.

I'd probably go ahead and try now and since you have an infant scale at home weigh her twice a week. Maybe give it a week's trial and if she's gaining poorly go back to bottles. My DS got much stronger and more awake at 6 weeks (he was...

Any brand that's marketed for infants is fine, I've used several. Make a paste w/ a little water & smear it on your nipple before BFing.

I used one from day 6 to 5 months!!! I have flat nipples. I tried on & off for months to get him off it. I just kept offering bare breast at night when he was half-asleep and eventually he took it and started refusing the shield. It...

A weight gain of 4-5 oz a week for a 5 month old is perfectly healthy. A newborn should gain 6-7 oz a week but after that their growth tapers off. Look at growth charts online, you'll see that. You don't WANT her to gain 7oz a week for...

My son's always wanted 1.5 oz per hour he's away from me. Kellymom says 1-1.5oz per hour is average. I would do 3oz bottles at that age, it's what we did. You might send extra the first few days until you know for sure how much he...

We had the same issues--my baby was so sleepy he'd fall asleep or just get so mellow on the breast that he'd switch to nonnutritive sucking. My LC gave the Jack Newman advice, called switch-nursing. She said it helps letdown come faster...

Kellymom says the average breastfed baby will take 1 to 1.5 oz per hour they're away from mom, so 6 hours should be 6 or 9 oz in that time. Pretty much right on the money with what your mom fed him. At that age my DS was taking 12 oz in...

If you feel like you need to be done, then be done. Like the first poster said, wean gradually and with kindness. Your DS will be fine. Good job making it to 2.5!

It seems like the 30 minutes of nursing should be PLENTY to comfort and calm him, and if your supply is dropping from pregnancy is there any chance he's hungry at night? Does he eat a lot of solids during the day?