Comments on: 2-week-old newborn baby http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/ Life of an attachment-parenting and working mama Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:02:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Natalie @ Hope Springs Eternal http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Natalie @ Hope Springs Eternal Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:05:29 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1542 He is just precious! He is just precious!

]]> By: Fidgeting Gidget http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1541 Fidgeting Gidget Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:52:16 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1541 Oh my goodness, he's so cute! I can't believe how alert he is in the first picture! Congratulations! Oh my goodness, he’s so cute! I can’t believe how alert he is in the first picture! Congratulations!

]]> By: jstevens http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1540 jstevens Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:34:13 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1540 I think probiotics are great for colicky behavior. Especially since Ryan was born by c section and received some formula supplements, his gut flora may not be all that it should be. I don't particularly like seeing breastfed babies put on too rigid of a schedule, but play it by ear and see what works for you. Jen I think probiotics are great for colicky behavior. Especially since Ryan was born by c section and received some formula supplements, his gut flora may not be all that it should be. I don’t particularly like seeing breastfed babies put on too rigid of a schedule, but play it by ear and see what works for you.

Jen

]]> By: Claire http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1539 Claire Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:19:43 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1539 I got similar advice from my mum when my oldest was very small as well. The "three to four hour schedule" is very old school advice, and has been linked to poor weight gain and reduced milk supply. This link explains it rather well: http://www.fix.net/~rprewett/evidence.html You have a lot of milk at the moment, and your body is reguating according to how much Ryan nurses. He knows when he wants his milkies and tells you! It may seem that he is nursing a lot at the moment, but I guarantee you he will start to space feeds out as he grows. Both of my children ate roughly every 1-1.5 hours at first, and every 2 at night, for quite a few weeks. This wasn't a schedule that I imposed on them but just when they wanted to nurse. Don't let your doctor try to tell you that Ryan is gaining too much, either. Breastfed babies often gain a lot of weight at first, and then this tapers off as they get older. (Formula fed babies tend to gain on a steadier curve, rather than in spurts.) You can't overfeed a breastfed baby! I got similar advice from my mum when my oldest was very small as well. The “three to four hour schedule” is very old school advice, and has been linked to poor weight gain and reduced milk supply.

This link explains it rather well: http://www.fix.net/~rprewett/evidence.html

You have a lot of milk at the moment, and your body is reguating according to how much Ryan nurses. He knows when he wants his milkies and tells you! It may seem that he is nursing a lot at the moment, but I guarantee you he will start to space feeds out as he grows. Both of my children ate roughly every 1–1.5 hours at first, and every 2 at night, for quite a few weeks. This wasn’t a schedule that I imposed on them but just when they wanted to nurse.

Don’t let your doctor try to tell you that Ryan is gaining too much, either. Breastfed babies often gain a lot of weight at first, and then this tapers off as they get older. (Formula fed babies tend to gain on a steadier curve, rather than in spurts.)

You can’t overfeed a breastfed baby!

]]> By: Granny http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1538 Granny Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:24:34 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1538 Haha.. thanks Em for giving me a "yippee for grandma" :) :) :) Haha.. thanks Em for giving me a “yippee for grandma” :) :) :)

]]> By: Jenni http://babydickey.com/2010/01/10/2-week-old-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Jenni Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:01:03 +0000 http://milftobe.wordpress.com/?p=1891#comment-1537 love that lil' pic of him in the cuddly brown outfit. glad he's feeling better. happy baby = happy parents. :) love that lil’ pic of him in the cuddly brown outfit. glad he’s feeling better. happy baby = happy parents. :)

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