Hi Mamas!
My breastfeeding saga continues. It's going well. I can feed my wee guy and I can hear him swallow! He's even puked my breastmilk back up onto me. heh. He's drooled it and spit it out. (I've also accidentally squirted him in the eye) However I can only pump about a tablespoon full, sometimes per side, generally about an hour after he's had his turn. So I still have to supplement. I wonder how I"ll make this work for a year, or more? Or will I be able to stop pumping at some time and will my supply that I've created stay? What about with domperidone, will my supply stay the same when I'm out of it?
I made Trixie some homemade noodles today because she can eat noodles for every meal and I hate that the store ones have nothing in them. So I made them out of whole wheat flour, fresh carrot juice and some of the pulp. She looked at them and told me no. Then I told her that they were Caillou noodled and she's happily eating them up. Heh. funny girl.
My breastfeeding saga continues. It's going well. I can feed my wee guy and I can hear him swallow! He's even puked my breastmilk back up onto me. heh. He's drooled it and spit it out. (I've also accidentally squirted him in the eye) However I can only pump about a tablespoon full, sometimes per side, generally about an hour after he's had his turn. So I still have to supplement. I wonder how I"ll make this work for a year, or more? Or will I be able to stop pumping at some time and will my supply that I've created stay? What about with domperidone, will my supply stay the same when I'm out of it?
I made Trixie some homemade noodles today because she can eat noodles for every meal and I hate that the store ones have nothing in them. So I made them out of whole wheat flour, fresh carrot juice and some of the pulp. She looked at them and told me no. Then I told her that they were Caillou noodled and she's happily eating them up. Heh. funny girl.
I'm sorry I don't know about the doperidome though, will you be able ot get more if you need it? What are you using to gauge the amount to suppliment?
That compiled with all these sweet new babies has given me the fever! We'll continue to let nature take it's course and I'd like a few more months to get some weight off (I joined the Y so I am actually making some progress on this goal finally!), but I'm ready when ever it happens now.
So he's going to see the doctor just to make sure his tubes are clear, poor muffin. He's not running a fever, but he's far from a happy little camper-- napping whenever he has a few moments of quiet, asking for bottles but then crying because it hurts to swallow... 
Poor kiddo.
. And happy birthday James!
not the same, but I am guessing it has something to do with their age and a fancy for order. Hillel also loves to line all his cars/trains up in neat rows. And then comes to bring me over to see.
(black lab) from someone who can't take him to their next apartment. I've never been a pet person, but I'm trying to be Ms. Positive Thinking. The kids are thrilled to death with the fish and will be even more so when they meet the puppy.
. i still have a few weeks till Cash is two.. i'm in denial. 
I wouldn't be surprised if at the end of all this, his tubes have to be replaced. Poor muffin. He's really being sweet, considering how much pain he's in, but he likes it quiet and calm and he's got almost no appetite. 
The doctor on call phoned in some Tylenol with codeine last night for him, so he did get some rest last night. I'm not exactly keen to give it to him during the day if he's not in *too* much pain, because it will keep him asleep, but I hate to see him suffering. 
I told her he has tubes (apparently she couldn't see them, but didn't think that was noteworthy 
) and she said, "Just use a very little bit of water." Um, no, don't think so. I had to shell out $60 for ear plugs to wash his hair because he can't get water in his ears, why would I turn around and do that deliberately? Moreover, NOBODY should be digging around in their child's ears with a little plastic stick. 
I was so in shock. And when I told her that Bear was in a lot of pain and couldn't sleep at night, she just said it was "the wax" again and once I dug it out he would be fine. 
We were the last patients of the day, so I just left feeling pissed and thinking I'd take him to the ER if I had to. Thankfully the doctor on call was sympathetic to Bear's pain (he was screaming again by the time the guy called back). I did call the ENT this morning, but they never called me back. 
Just this morning he wanted a drink and said, "wa wa" (water) instead of screeching like he normally does - it's really exciting.
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