sleep question - is this cruel?

[alison]

Actually it was more that M and I were supposed to try to get my milk to come in -- that's why I was bringing her to the breast and pumping like a crazy woman. It's pretty funny to sit there with two empty bottles attached to a pump and 15 minutes later STILL have two empty bottles. And it's also super fun to wake up a baby, nipple-whip her, take off all her clothes and get her to latch onto empty breasts. Bitter? Who me?

To be honest, it's not the LCs fault that M is the way she is; I'm just being a bitter hag. She's a baby, and babies wake up all the time throughout the night.

[peggyfromwastate]

Alison it is TOTALLY understandable to feel bitter about that. The LC can be way overbearing. The LCs that came in to see me at the hospital got a really curt, No thanks I've nursed other kids before this, from me. And I had issues with feeding my last 2 babies. I think that if I HAD used the *support* of a LC I probably would've been so stressed that it never would've happened for us...

Anyway, you are doing great. Seriously, in 1 year you will be amazed that you beat yourself up at all over the whole Bf/bottle feed controversy. When your baby is eating random pieces of goldfish crackers off of the floor of your kitchen, you'll know what I mean...

[Pollyanna]

Anyway, you are doing great. Seriously, in 1 year you will be amazed that you beat yourself up at all over the whole Bf/bottle feed controversy. When your baby is eating random pieces of goldfish crackers off of the floor of your kitchen, you'll know what I mean...

So very true!

[alison]

If we add a second child to our family, I am going to be much more confident about how we do things. If rent for a one-bedroom apartment is $2500, you can imagine what a lactation consultant charges here... I feel like we should have put that money towards a hotel night at the coast in a swanky hotel. I'm sure I would have had a better chance getting my milk to come in that way.