Breastfeeding
megsue114
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Soooo tired and pissed off (long)
megsue114
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I have an ebf 6mo LO. She was bottle fed for her 1st 3wks in the nicu (liked "fast food" and nursing was hard work!). She finally latched and we are bf pros. BUUUT now she will NOT take a bottle or a paci. She shows interest in both and will chew/gnaw/gum the nipples, but WONT SUCK. We've tried different bottles, nipples, straws, sippy cups, regular cups, daddy feeding, grandma feeding, etc. Shes still up every 2-3hrs at night and never STTN. Because of her bottle refusal, I get little help from daddy. When he does (begrudgingly) try, I end up getting up anyway bc she won't eat from the bottle and cries, and he gets pissed about getting up for nothing to the point that he doesn't want to get up to help out at night. I have accepted that she is high needs, but I could use 4hrs of uninterrupted sleep - im beginning to feel resentful of both of them; her for using me as a 24/7 paci, and him for his bad attitude about "helping" at night. Maybe I need advice and suggestions - maybe I just need to vent. I feel like my life would really benefit if she would just take a flipping bottle once in awhile. Help!! I could cry with the exhaustion and guilt of feeling so frustrated with a 6mo old! Am I being a total witch?!
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Re: Soooo tired and pissed off (long)
2010: Infertility
October 2015: missed miscarriage #2 at 11 weeks (trisomy 22)
Dx: balanced translocation and LPD
TTC since Oct 2011
BPF 02/19/12, EDD 10/31/12, natural m/c 02/28/12 (4w6d)
IVF (BCPs starting 10/30/12, ER 11/18/12, 5dt of 1 beautiful, healthy embryo 11/23/12)
BFP 12/02/12, u/s @ 6w,5d showed 2 HBs! Identical twins!!
Bed rest from 21w-35w due to short cervix, hospital bed rest from 23w-32w due to PTL
Our rainbows were born 07/19/13 (36w, 5d)