Our journey so far.

This week marks 6 weeks successful breastfeeding - our first goal! It has been an entire different experience compared to with Lucas. I had to supplement Lucas with 30mls of formula every feed because he wasn't getting enough from me and was losing weight rapidly and he couldn't attach properly so we had to use shields too. That journey ended at 4 months after fighting with him for a month to get him to feed from me. We stopped using a shield at 3 months and that is when the trouble started, so I think the transition to actually feeding from me got him confused. I struggled emotionally with the idea of having to stop breastfeeding and put him on full time formula. I think there was a lot I could have done to make it more successful and have taken a different approach this time around knowing what I know now. Flynn has never had an ounce of anything but his Mummy's milk so I must be doing something right :)

I was so worried about not producing enough milk since I had to supplement Lucas with formula, but I followed Flynn's lead and have been demand feeding for the last 6 weeks and we are now dealing with "oversupply"! Flynn was choking during feeds, to the point where his lips were turning purple and I was beginning to think that maybe his respiratory problems he had at birth were playing a part in that, so I decided to do some research. I found a few articles that talked about oversupply and the symptoms to look for in mum and bub and found that majority of those applied to us. We've got some strategies to help with the oversupply and it said that things should go back to normal by the end of baby's third month. This has been our only issue with feeding so far!

We are now laying down to feed and Flynn hasn't choked since we started so that has done wonders so far!  He doesn't have a dummy and we haven't had an issue with attachment so haven't had to use shields so we will be avoiding the nipple confusion that I think ended breast feeding with Lucas. Our goals that we are hoping to reach are 12 weeks, 6 months, 12 months and then 18 months. I don't want our journey to end any sooner than 18 months! I love that bond we share and the time we have together feeding, because its just us and no one else can take that place. It really is something magical :) x