Northeast Gardening: Happy Birthday Seandor!!, 0 by Seandor

Seandor wrote:
Okay - baby info

Colben Hunter Thorhaug was born June 13 and weighed 6 lbs, 14 oz. DD is a bit obsessive - or maybe it's just a different generation - anyway, she made a plaster cast of her belly and spent a great deal of time sanding it and painting it - I have no idea what she could use it for except maybe a bird bath - but what do I know?

Then, she is all worried because the baby was born 2 weeks before due date (so was she). Then, the little guy loses a bit of weight (like the all don't when they are first born). So the mid-wife tells DD to nurse the baby, then use the breast pump to get more milk, then tube feed the baby that milk. Okay, so here was her schedule the first 2 weeks. 45 minutes nursing, 45 minutes pumping, 1 hour of sleep (if you can) then start nursing again. All this, 'cause they are worried about the weight loss and maybe Colben will become dehydrated (like nobody thought of water????)

So, for the first two weeks, DD and her husband aren't getting nearly enough sleep - which of course, will affect breast milk production. . . . sigh. . . .Of course, I am 3000 miles away - and DD never listened to anything I said, so no reason she would start now hahahahah

I nursed both my kids, the first for 11 months, the 2nd for 15 months. Why? Because I am lazy! This is the easiest no-brainer approach. At 10 months I introduced a cup - weaning was a breeze, and they never used bottles. Absolute cake-walk (and they never used pacifiers either - they actually refused them!)

But, hey! What do I know???

I tell you, part of me feels sorry for my daughter taking everything so seriously, insteading of just relaxing and enjoying the baby. But part of my is LMAO!