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Breastfeeding
If you had trouble BFing #1....
Was it easier w/the next baby? I saw no less than 7 LC's w/DS due to
latch & nip issues, engorgement & mastitis. It took a very
stressful & physically draining 2 months to finally get things going.
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Re: If you had trouble BFing #1....
Well it depends on why you had issues in the first place.
I had issues with both of my boys in the early days, but I think we corrected things sooner with DS #2. I still pumped and bottle fed a few days in the beginning around days 7-10 though because he wasn't staying awake long enough to take in enough milk to gain weight.
Turns out I have large nipples and fast letdown.....DS#2 needed me to semi-recline to slow down the flow for him for a few weeks....not every session, but as many as I could.
Also, his mouth with smaller and it took him maybe a month to grow into my large nipple size. But then he was fine....and he was back to birth weight by 2 weeks.
My older son took until 3 weeks to get back to birth weight and had more trouble latching and feeding long enough.
So yes, it is easier in some ways....you know what to watch out for and are not as intimidated by the whole thing. It's a little trickier to find the time to nurse so frequently with an older child to chase. We read a lot of books while I nursed the baby or he had certain toys he could only play with while I nursed. He also fed his baby doll a bottle sometimes while I nursed. You can also play games like Simon Says, etc.
Good luck!
With DD1 I think I gave up to early. She would not sleep and I was up all day and all night with her. I needed some sleep! She would eat and fall asleep, and literally 20 minutes later be up again. So I ended up EP with her until she was 1. It worked for us once we got on a schedule. A lot of work at first though pumping every 2-3 hours, but DD1 was able to sleep 2-3 hours at a time them.
With DD2 she had a horrible latch at first. We left the hospital and I went back the next day and then a few days later as well. Her latch really didn't get any better until she was about 4 weeks I think. To me it just seemed like she had a small mouth. Anyway, I had very sore nipples. Things are much easier now and it's so cute when she is attacking me to eat!
DD took 3 weeks to learn to properly latch, and then ended up with multiple severe food allergies, ultimately leading to a switch to amino-acid based formula at 5 months old.
DS has been a dream. He was an eater from the start, no food allergies (that we know of to date) and never any trouble latching/eating/gaining. Now, at almost 11 months, I'm supplementing heavily with formula due to supply issues, but he still happily nurses each morning.