Hi there, I must admit I feel quite naughty for not being on in such a long time. Little Maxx is 8 weeks old already today!
Who's had their babies while Ive been off????
Motherhood is great and its certainly makes it easy for me that Maxx is a very good baby. He sleeps 5-7 hours at night already... He has happy, content and so smiley. It truly is the best job a woman can have. I feel complete in my life now, never happier! My husband is the cutest dad ever too :-)
Weve both had a few problems as our first week was quite rough for both of us and that left us with a few setbacks but Im fine now and with the tick of approval from the paediatrician today hopefully Maxx will be too.
Maxx has only gained 200grams in 7 weeks which has been quite concerning. I hoped to exculsively breastfeed for 6 months until solids but Ive been suggested to put Maxx on formula aswell as b/f'n him to see if he'll gain weight. Weve had bloodtests and urine tests done which came back fine and today we find out how his xray and ultrasound went. Either way its a little bit sad as Its either something wrong with Maxx or my milk doesnt contain enough calories. Id prefer its me than something with Maxx but I still feel like my b/f'n time has been stomped on a bit. I will continue to exclusively or partially breastfeed either way depending on if he gains weight with formula supplement. I dont care what them doc's say mothers milk is still best!
I use nipple shields as my nips are flat as a tack lol and take Motilium to help with my supply (I have a lapband for weightloss) so had trouble with quantity) and we now breastfeed fine. I also express most of the feeds when he is supplemented with formula instead. Im also considering using a Supply line? Has anyone used one of these?
Ive added a few new pics too so have a look if ya wanna see my beautiful boy...
How is everyone, any news? any new bubs?
xo