You think after 3 other kids that I would know how to nurse a baby. Apparently I haven't been making sure that Paisley is getting enough of my areola in her mouth and now I have to bleeding, indescribably painful nipples. I am pumping for the next couple of days to let them heal a little and feeding Paisley breast milk bottles! I am excited to have a baby that will take a bottle even though the La Leche League lady told me that the nipple confusion from her taking bottles in the hospital is probably what caused the incorrect latching in the first place.
Is being exhausted enough to cry about everything and feeling guilty about not being able to give Henry enough attention depression or is that just normal?
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ouch. sorry about the nursing problems. i am glad she will take a bottle, though.
p.s. i think you are normal.
I think it's normal, but that doesn't make it suck less.
If my boobs were bleeding I would have quit already. Oh, wait, I never started...
Good luck!! (((HUGS)))
I decided being tired and crying and having no time for Mini Me was reason enough to stop trying to nurse Tree Monkey. I told Mr she needed a sane mommy more than breast milk.
Don't follow my pattern though or the La Leche League ladies will find me.
On another note, when I had the bleeding, cracked and hurting nipples I pumped for two weeks and Mini Me still nursed after having the bottle while I did that.
It sucks- but it will go away.
I had the same thing happen with my first son and lanolin felt soooo good. Good Luck!
:( Feel better soon. The same thing happened to me with Jaya. I second the lanolin, and also, my MIL told me to express some milk and put it on the cracked bleeding areas and let it air dry. It worked! Much faster than I thought it would. Good luck! Hopefully you are feeling better already.
Robin, ALL of your kids are SO BEAUTIFUL, how does that even happen?! I'm so proud of you and can't believe you are a mother of four!!!! You are probably the best mom ever! I better start playing catch up and have another baby myself (man, I feel like we're back to our hair growing contests, but it with kids now!!!!). Anyway, its weird how we can feel guilty as parents. I feel the same way about not having or making enough time for Hudson because I am so enthralled with little Sloan. We might be coming out there for Christmas so we DEFINITELY need to get our families together and I need it take a family picture for you too!! Miss you and love you, sorry this comment is EPIC! I'll let you know when we come out.
I am SO SORRY about the painful nursing problems...and the exhaustion and guilt. (((HUGS)))
take it easy, you have alot of small children really close together. take some time for yourself and go shopping.
I'm going with totally normal and I'm not even taking care of 3/4 of my children right now!! I don't know how you're doing it, but I'll probably be calling you in the near future to have you talk me through the chaos. Hang in there.
I had the exact same problem with Olly, and it is so painful and so frustrating. Letting them heal by pumping is definately the way to go. I did that, and by the time they healed Olly was a little older, a little bigger and was able to learn how to latch better, so, it does get better. I know, sometimes, it seems like they'll never get the hang of it and it's so overwhelming! The tears, oh the tears! Hang in there, I feel for you.
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