Aww, I'm sorry that things are rough right now. As his stomach grows it will get easier, I promise. I sometimes feel like I live in 3 hour increments, but it is getting better and better.
Thanx, that is good to know. Most days things have been fine, just in the last couple he has been real fussy to eat all the time. Today however, he fell back asleep after Jamers left for work and slept for about 2 hours - during which I slept too.
*Two hours later I got one more paragraph written. I'm starting to lose it as he wants to be fed like every hour. After I feed him, change him, swaddle him, and burp him it is just about time for him to start crying for food again.
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I am a horrible mother. Not only do I not have any maternal instincts, but I can't seem to do anything right for him, not even breastfeeding. If I was doing it right he wouldn't need feedings every hour.NOT! 1. It took me a while with Tenzin to get going on the breastfeeding. I know all the beastfeeding advice says stick with it and never supplement with formula, but I supplemented with formula for about 3 weeks. Tenzin was just hungrier than I could keep up with on milk production at first. I had bleeding nipples, it hurt, blah blah blah. Seriously, if you only give him formula once a day it won't stop the breastfeeding. Here is what we did: All day we'd breastfeed whenever he wanted it. At bedtime I breastfed Tenzin as much as I could and THEN we offered him a bottle with about 2
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