feeding – Nommy Mom

General musings

By dory | March 24, 2015 by dory

Baby may look like he’s sleeping but that doesn’t mean he isn’t hungry. This little guy wakes up after his midnight feeding at 4:30-5:30 a.m. for his sleepy breakfast. I consider this to be “sleeping through the night”. In the beginning, I prioritized breastfeeding because it’s very important to me that I try to exclusively do this. Now I’m getting the hang of it, I want to just go on autopilot. I realize that breastfeeding…

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Hunger now

By dory | February 8, 2015 by dory

I am hungry. But baby is too. He eats first. So I wait. Wait until he is finished, burped, & has a decently clean diaper before my own hunt can begin. The whole child rearing this is pretty primal. We eat, sleep, poop. It’s more or less variations of this same theme. It’s kind of cool how babies are all about having their needs met, no more, no less. Done eating? Immediate stop. My baby…