Breastfeeding and Pumping: Anecdote :)

So today my son saw me pumping milk for my daughter.

He is three. and curious. My daughter is only 7 days old and im still slightly engorged and my supply is still all over the place.

here is some of the conversation we had while i pumped.

he sees the pump going and my swollen nips.

"mahmee, are those your fingers?" he asks.

"no baby those are my nipples."

"oh. your nimples. so those nimples are for your boobies?"

"yep."

"oh. ok. hey mahmee. so you put your boobies in there and when you squeeze them the milk comes out?"

"Yes they do. very good buddy."

I realize here that the bottles im using to collect are filling too fast and i try to pour it into a breastmilk bag to contijnue pumping for her meal.

He said "can i put the milk in the freezer for you?"

"i can do it honey thank you."

"no, can i please put it in the freezeR?" i give in.

"do you know where to put it?"

"yeah, with all the other booby milk in the freezer."

TOUCHE!

sometimes he is smarter than i even realize.

Tongue Tie Diaries 2/20

went to see the LC today.

had very good luck with nursing for some reason.

maybe she is magic! (im excited to get to be magic too when im one :) )

baby girl got 70 ml! nearly 2.5 oz! in one sitting, that was perfect and right on track.

we discussed me coming back on friday. since i had little pain today we decided to forgo the tube finger feeding until friday at our next appt and alternate one pumping session with the small syringe feeding Little, and then one on the breast.

im hopeful! she seemed to be getting a little better at the latch.

i love seeing her little face close to me. i worried about not getting the bonding and security of mommy.

also we decided to try soothies yesterday because then i could see what she is doing with her tongue when she sucks. still not strong enough with her tongue and the thing falls out and she gets so frustrated! i feel horrible. she just wants to suckle for comfort and with the pain of her poor latch and tongue, i cant have her suckling at my breast like that for comfort! i just want to give her comfort! such a strange and scary place the world must be the first few weeks until she realizes its the new normal for her.

ill update how well our plan works out soon. :)