Happy Monday
- Starting off the week on a sleepy note -- the babies woke me literally EVERY HOUR last night, and I eventually had to get up and give Delia a bottle around 4. Not sure if she was just hungry, uncomfortable, or not that sleepy. Emma woke up around 6 :15 so we were all up for the day then.
- So far I have been able to avoid bottles at night, which has been nice. But now it seems there's a 50/50 chance somebody will need one. I hate dealing with the bottle in the night, though its better if I have it all ready beside the bed if so.
- The feeding thing seems to alternate between crappy days and not-so-bad ones. Some days it seems like one or both girls just refuse to nurse and want bottles all day long. Others, like yesterday, I can get them to breastfeed a fair bit, and it feels like a success.
- My current goal is to try to make it another month or month and a half, and then see if we can get solids going. My lactation Dr. suggested starting solids early to help get calories and nutrients into them in a form other than the bottle, to alleviate the bottle preference thing and keep them breastfeeding some (we'd still supplement with formula too, just not as much) She suggested pureed meats and avocado as good first foods, which I have heard elsewhere (La Leche League) too. Meats are high in the fats and iron that the babies need, as is avocado. Emma never took to baby cereals anyway so I think we will try it. But I don't think I will start any sooner than 5 months -- even though the Dr. was suggesting it. Its just so against all the recommendations these days, and I'm still a little obsessive about gut maturity an allergy prevention!
- Ugh, just got back from a sucky daycare drop off. All three kids crying, wheee! I had to drag Emma in while Elsie wailed on my front and Delia hollered outside in the stroller. Emma had stopped crying and was kind of hiding in the kitchen with one of the teachers when I left -- pretty sure she was fine as soon as I was gone and she had some waffles....