go to sleep my tired baby when you dream you will feel glad

I sing to Adam often and probably half the time I am making a song up as I go. The day I took this picture I was singing a song, "go to sleep my tired baby when you dream you will feel glad" because Adam was tired and crying. Poor little guy, he gets so tired that he just doesn't know what to do so he ends up crying while I walk or rock or sing him to sleep.

eight weeks old

in the sun, in the van, in the school parking lot

Breastfeeding on the couch in the toddler area of Exploration Place in Wichita, Kansas.

At the childrens museum

Something I thought of the other day

The other day Adam was nursing, he took the left side, then I offered him the right side and he took that one too. I thought to myself, a breastfed baby has more control over the amount of food he is eating. It's not like a bottle where the parent puts in a certain number of ounces, and wants the baby to eat it so they aren't wasting and losing money on unused formula. It's breast milk, it's in the breast, the baby can choose what he needs and leave the rest for another time. It never gets bad, it never gets wasted, no money is lost. And a breastfed baby just has to be getting exactly the right amount every time he eats.

Magical.

It Can't Be This Way With Bottles

I've never used bottles so I don't know, but I just can't see that it can be this way with bottles.

When Adam is hungry I pick him up and sit down, I lift up my shirt and pull down the flap of my bra. He starts to nurse and he nurses as long as he wants, then he lets go and lays his head down and just rests. Sometimes he is awake, sometimes he is asleep, but I know he is happy because his first sleepy smiles were at the breast after nursing. Those little newborn smiles when his eyes are shut and he has a full tummy of warm good milk. Sometimes he is awake and he lays his cheek on my breast and I know he is happy. He can smell mommy, hear mommy, feel mommy, there is really no happier more secure place for an infant.

In the evening when my children are sleeping this is how I relax.

just finished nursing on both sides, almost 7 weeks

I love the moments when he is nursing or just about to or just done, so relaxing to sit and cuddle with him.

Breastfeeding outside on the steps of the deck.

Six Weeks Old

We do a lot of nursing in the van in parking lots.

Nursing in the van again. He always seems to fuss when we are at our second school pick up.

Lots of baby acne on his little face at the moment.

He would sleep like this every time he slept if I never had to do anything else.

In the car after nursing.

Super Mom. Super Challenges.

When Adam was first born he wasn't pooping enough, we went to see a Lactation Consultant and she helped us with our positioning.

Now, at 5 weeks, almost 6 weeks, we're having trouble with overactive letdown, milk coming out too fast, which makes Adam mad when he's trying to nurse. We're having some fore milk and hind milk imbalances, which lead to burping and gas for Adam. But, we're working on it, trying different positioning and different nursing patterns, and lots of patience and persistence.

Nursing has it's ups and sometimes it's downs, but it's worth it and I feel super for powering through the harder times.

Nursing in the car before big sister's concert.

Asleep at the boobie after nursing.

Nursing at a football game tonight.

Comfy sleepy with a full tummy.