Breastfeeding advice

[Rapunzel]

I want to add after Kelly's post: Introducing a bottle is a lifesaver if you plan to ever have a babysitter that first year. I'd recommend, however, that you not introduce a bottle until the baby is three or four weeks old. At that point the baby is old enough to have really gotten the hang of nursing (on average - some babies take longer) and most likely won't get confused by the radically different grip/sucking pattern needed for a rubber/silicon nipple. The baby is generally still young enough at that point to not throw a crazy fit if the milk isn't coming from Mommy (ie not entirely set in their ways yet). Dads make great bottle-introducers btw!

Ditto on the water. I made sure that everytime I sat down to nurse I had a glass of water/milk/juice to drink at the same time. "Water out - water in" was my motto.

Jennifer

I say all of this and yet I still go in and check to see that my almost 5 year old is still breathing at night sometimes.

Kelly

Don't feel bad Kelly...I often times check on my cat to make sure she's still breathing at night! Gosh, I'm going to be completely paranoid about the baby!!

[Phoebe]

Sorry about the crabby babywise post. I was trying hard not to take it personally. Chalk it up to a bad day.

Jennifer