Bits and pieces of the baby days of my fourth and last child and the only little boy in our household. Adam was born with a Congenital Heart Defect, he had open-heart surgery at 4 months and 11 days, came home after 4 days and has been gaining weight on breast milk ever since. To say he is a pleasure, a joy, a miracle, a wonder, my favorite boy in the whole world, ... all understatements!
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Breastmilk is more important than ever for us now.
After we moved Adam saw a new pediatric cardiologist, she said the hole in his heart is big and will need operating before he is six months if it doesn't start closing on it's own. Adam is three months old now. Gaining weight is his goal, the more the better, and all my reading points to breastfeeding continuing to be best for him, and so far my doctor agrees.
I nurse him as often as I can and I stay up pretty late with him and nurse him during the night too, he nurses better when he is half asleep because he just relaxes and drinks, when he is awake he tries to hurry to catch up with the milk and that is more tiring for him.
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