Friday, September 2, 2011
This week has not been good. Period. For some reason (I have many ideas of what said reason is, but no firm facts) Katelyn has been having a HORRIBLE time nursing again. She flails her arms and legs, suckles for like 2 seconds and than pulls herself off and screams only to throw herself back at me 5 seconds later to start all over again. In between screaming fits we switch from side to side about 30 million times. End result? Total frustration for me and her.
So.....she's getting weened this week. Yep, for sure, gonna happen, no more procrastination. She's 6 months old, loving solids and formula isn't the devil. I'm going to repeat that to myself every time I feel old mister guilty~feelings creep up on me. A sane mommy is better than a nursing mommy. And for us, those two mommys can no longer exist together.
Our one hurdle that must be jumped is getting her switched from Neutramigen (AKA~ formula that is so outrageously expensive it MUST be made from crushed diamonds hand picked by blind children from the remotest part of the world) to a regular formula (AKA~ formula that we can buy without having to sell our house). This is harder than it sounds. We've tried this before with very poor results and lots and lots of tears. Some of which were Katelyn's.
This time around, I sought out the advice of a dear friend and cousin. She suggested slowly making the switch. So tonight, we made a bottle with one scoop of regular formula and two scoops of the diamond~formula. So far, so good. We will slowly increase the regular while slowly decreasing the diamonds. I pray, PRAY, this works. Hopefully by the time I start my new job, she will be completely weened onto an affordable formula. We shall see.
To top off the fun, I'm pretty sure she needs her reflux medicine increased. She's been having more episodes (yes, this started BEFORE we started the new formula so we know that is not the cause) of spitting up, one of which ended with greenish milk/peas coming out of her nose. Poor baby, that can't be comfortable. She's been a nightmare at night too! I'm not sure why. This could be because of the reflux or it could be because I have not been strict enough with her and she expects to nurse each and every time she wants to....no matter what time it is or how long it's been since the last time she nursed. Another reason we are weening her. Mommy's going CRAZY!
So, all that said, tonight I got a little hope for tomorrow because she took the bottle with some of the new formula in it. I think we might live now.....
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Six months is a long time to nurse. You should feel proud of yourself, especially with all the trouble you had getting her started. No guilt! :)
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