So just a reminder to moms who are breastfeeding and drinking tomorrow nurse before you drink and then don't nurse again for 2-3 hours maybe even 4 ... also pumping and dumping does not help get the alcohol out faster .... when your alcohol blood levels are down then your Milk levels are down as well .. makes sense :]]
Reference one
http://www.kellymom.com/health/lifestyle/alcohol.html
reference two
http://www.babycenter.com/0_alcohol-and-nursing-moms_3547.bc
reference three
http://community.babycenter.com/journal/biologybrain/559055/alcohol_content_of_breast_milk
So any ways .... where was i??
So my plans for new years eve are ...
My love and I and some of our friends are going to invest in a nice bottle of ta-kill-ya (tequila) and have a good time probably talk some politics and such ... but just to let everyone know ... i will be nursing Alisyn at or around 11pm and then she will be sleeping for 6 hours .... per her night time sleep schedule :]] i will however only be taking one shot and that will be when the clock strikes midnight! also if for some reason she wakes up and is still hungry ... i have plenty of frozen breast milk!! lol but even with only one shot id still be good to nurse but ... id rather wait it out to nurse :]]
HAVE A SAFE AND WONDERFUL NEW YEARS!!!!!
Friday, December 30, 2011
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Alisyn's 1st Christmas
Well let just say that Christmas this year was tons of work LOL Alisyn always seemed to be hungry! and i had to make 30 enchiladas and 20 empanadas! it was a juggling act to say the least but we did it .. only an hour past the start time LOL but we got er done and the food turned out AMAZING! we got some very awesome pictures taken and Alisyn got tons of toys and a cute outfit from the Boyles. It was such a wonderful family function and Alisyn was a little ham ♥ but thats ok with me because shes just so cute i don't think she can help it! Then we went to my moms where Alisyn got some more outfits from Grandma and from one of my nurses i used to work with :]] . She was ready for bed thats for sure! i slept for a good 6hours that night .. so all in all i think her first Christmas was a smashing success!
Our lil Fam Bam♥
Alisyn in her Christmas dress♥
Our lil Fam Bam♥
Alisyn in her Christmas dress♥
Thursday, December 22, 2011
3weeks and a day♥
So Alisyn and I had an appt today .. and i had them weigh her because ive been very scared that shes not gaining weight due the the reflux .. and well she gained 1lbs!! in a week i might add :]] im super excited she is doing awesome ... her latch gets better by the day :]] thats it for now ... have a wonderful Christmas and a safe and wonderful New Year!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Growth Spurt + Sore nipples = No GOOD!
So on Friday Alisyn decided she was going to have a growth spurt .. If you don't know what the entails let me tell ya about it ... She was nursing constantly .. the only time she wasn't on the boob was when she took short cat naps .. i had to hold my pee all day!! or at least until daddy came home. On Saturday is wasn't quiet as bad but she was still nursing every two hours ... for 30 mins to an hour ... and then she would take a cat nap and be ready to chow down some more! and today well shes doing a lot better eating every 3 hours again and sleeping in between feedings.
Sore Nipples ...
Ya can you say OUCH! my left has a terrible case of soreness(it is raw!) i tried using lanolin cream and ive tried expressed breast milk and i have even been walking around for the past two days with my shirt pulled all the way up! well today its a little bit better i hardly nurse her on my left side only when it is full do i let her do a full feeding(like leaking) on it and i can grin a bear it, i have discovered the wonderful side laying position of nursing where i can lay in bed lay Alisyn tummy to tummy and nurse her while i doze off! and let me tell ya it if wasn't for this position i would have never made it! its very easy to nurse in this position and it doesn't seem to hurt my left side as bad when i nurse in this position. i have a meeting with an LC on the 22nd to have her watch a feeding so she can tell me if Alisyn is latching good or not... i cant say she has a bad latch because my right which she has been nursing on for the most part the last 3 days is fine where as my left for the past 3 days has been sore :/ so i think it might mean sometimes its a good latch and sometimes its a bad latch or it could be my positioning and hers.
Sore Nipples ...
Ya can you say OUCH! my left has a terrible case of soreness(it is raw!) i tried using lanolin cream and ive tried expressed breast milk and i have even been walking around for the past two days with my shirt pulled all the way up! well today its a little bit better i hardly nurse her on my left side only when it is full do i let her do a full feeding(like leaking) on it and i can grin a bear it, i have discovered the wonderful side laying position of nursing where i can lay in bed lay Alisyn tummy to tummy and nurse her while i doze off! and let me tell ya it if wasn't for this position i would have never made it! its very easy to nurse in this position and it doesn't seem to hurt my left side as bad when i nurse in this position. i have a meeting with an LC on the 22nd to have her watch a feeding so she can tell me if Alisyn is latching good or not... i cant say she has a bad latch because my right which she has been nursing on for the most part the last 3 days is fine where as my left for the past 3 days has been sore :/ so i think it might mean sometimes its a good latch and sometimes its a bad latch or it could be my positioning and hers.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Two weeks and a day old ♥
Well Alisyn had her 2 week check up today and she gained 8 1/2oz! and she grew 1 1/2 inches! so she is now 7lbs 3oz and is 20 1/2inches long! im so relieved that she gain that much weight and even excited that she grew taller!
With her reflux which her doc put her on meds(the gripe water was not working for her)i was worried that she wasn't gaining weight but she is at about an oz a day is what the doc said. She had her second PKU test today , i felt so bad for her when they had to take her blood i wanted to cry because she was screaming bloody murder! After they were done and i picked her up she gave me this look like 'how could you let them hurt me mom" and well it ripped at my heart to say the least!
Alisyn's doc also brought up me not vaccinating her and when i told her were not going to and that the only shot she will get will be the Tetanus shot when she is 2+ years old, she didn't fight or argue with me she just said " well we've seen quite a bit of whooping cough so far this winter so just be careful if you take her out this winter" and that was the end of that ... very glad i didn't have to get into an argument with her because i really like her. :]]
Also just to let everyone know how my nursing is going
its going AMAZING! The first night i had to use the shield at night but after the first night i didn't need it at all, so now all i have to do is whip out my boob LOL ... and let me tell ya its so much easier then dealing with the shield! Sometimes she fights me but i figured out its because im to "full" and so its harder for her to latch on right, not sure how to fix that but im sure we'll figure something out :]]
P.S. if your really adamant about breastfeeding don't give up on your child and yourself ... because YOU CAN do it! look at all the trouble we had ... but we kept at it and over came the obstacles and look at us now! just remember YOU CAN YOU CAN!!!!!
With her reflux which her doc put her on meds(the gripe water was not working for her)i was worried that she wasn't gaining weight but she is at about an oz a day is what the doc said. She had her second PKU test today , i felt so bad for her when they had to take her blood i wanted to cry because she was screaming bloody murder! After they were done and i picked her up she gave me this look like 'how could you let them hurt me mom" and well it ripped at my heart to say the least!
Alisyn's doc also brought up me not vaccinating her and when i told her were not going to and that the only shot she will get will be the Tetanus shot when she is 2+ years old, she didn't fight or argue with me she just said " well we've seen quite a bit of whooping cough so far this winter so just be careful if you take her out this winter" and that was the end of that ... very glad i didn't have to get into an argument with her because i really like her. :]]
Also just to let everyone know how my nursing is going
its going AMAZING! The first night i had to use the shield at night but after the first night i didn't need it at all, so now all i have to do is whip out my boob LOL ... and let me tell ya its so much easier then dealing with the shield! Sometimes she fights me but i figured out its because im to "full" and so its harder for her to latch on right, not sure how to fix that but im sure we'll figure something out :]]
P.S. if your really adamant about breastfeeding don't give up on your child and yourself ... because YOU CAN do it! look at all the trouble we had ... but we kept at it and over came the obstacles and look at us now! just remember YOU CAN YOU CAN!!!!!
Monday, December 12, 2011
BYE BYE NIPPLE CONFUSION!
So as i said in my last post Alisyn HAD nipple confusion!
I tried everything to beat it and WE finally did .... TONIGHT! We tried the SNS and well she wouldn't even attempt to latch ... so i reverted back to the nipple shield and she latched! and she was using the shield for about 4 or 5 days until tonight when out of the blue I tried to get her to latch without the shield and well it worked! it was at the end of a feeding so i didn't expect her to go long and well she went for about a minute or so and then she fell asleep. So next time she was hungry i tried right out of the gate without the shield and she did an entire feeding without the shield! and she just finished another feeding without the shield ... im stoked to say the least! I am however a little scared to see how she will be during the night without it ... My daughter is a quick learner , she is also very strong for a almost 2 week old baby... it makes mama and daddy proud ♥ .
Reflux and the battle wages on ....
So we went to a doc appt today to get Alisyn tested for reflux because to me it seemed like she was spitting up more then the norm, and well the doc who did the test said she did have reflux but the she would prob grow out of it and the as long as it wasn't projectile not to worry to much .. but worry i shall until i find out if she is gaining weight. I think she has gained some weight, she is a little poop machine! not to mention when she pees well she pees tons LOL. She has her 2 week check up on Thursday and i will post again to let everyone know hows she is doing.
P.S. i am using Mother Bliss Gripe Water to help with her reflux, it is only day 2 and not sure how its doing yet so i will keep everyone updated on that as well :]]
I tried everything to beat it and WE finally did .... TONIGHT! We tried the SNS and well she wouldn't even attempt to latch ... so i reverted back to the nipple shield and she latched! and she was using the shield for about 4 or 5 days until tonight when out of the blue I tried to get her to latch without the shield and well it worked! it was at the end of a feeding so i didn't expect her to go long and well she went for about a minute or so and then she fell asleep. So next time she was hungry i tried right out of the gate without the shield and she did an entire feeding without the shield! and she just finished another feeding without the shield ... im stoked to say the least! I am however a little scared to see how she will be during the night without it ... My daughter is a quick learner , she is also very strong for a almost 2 week old baby... it makes mama and daddy proud ♥ .
Reflux and the battle wages on ....
So we went to a doc appt today to get Alisyn tested for reflux because to me it seemed like she was spitting up more then the norm, and well the doc who did the test said she did have reflux but the she would prob grow out of it and the as long as it wasn't projectile not to worry to much .. but worry i shall until i find out if she is gaining weight. I think she has gained some weight, she is a little poop machine! not to mention when she pees well she pees tons LOL. She has her 2 week check up on Thursday and i will post again to let everyone know hows she is doing.
P.S. i am using Mother Bliss Gripe Water to help with her reflux, it is only day 2 and not sure how its doing yet so i will keep everyone updated on that as well :]]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Nipple confusion
WEll as i said my daughter has nipple confusion , with that being said her peds doc gave me and SNS and my friend is going to come help me with it tomorrow and she'll also be try to help with the latch. If she can help me well then im going to go to the hospital to get help from the LC, and hope that she can help because if my daughter wont/cant latch by the end of the week , then im moving on to plan B and that is eping(pumping) instead of having her at the boob, most people think this makes you dry up (there are many success stories of woman eping for a year or more!), well i cant speak yet but i have been getting about 3oz from each side per pumping session. so finner crossed she'll latch but if not i got this covered LOL.
SNS
SNS
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