I talked to the doctor about her constant feeding. As I had thought, she cluster feeds. And, also as I though, he thinks she does it because she's not taking in enough in one feeding, so then she gets hungry again, but my body hasn't had enough time to produce much more milk, so she again doesn't get much, and it's a constant cycle until she's finally full. He said we can either continue on if I can tolerate it, or we can give her a bottle of expressed milk during her cluster feeding times to fill her up. I have to start pumping and we have to introduce her to the bottle soon anyway, so we'll probably try that. When am I supposed to pump though when she eats so often???? Ugh, breastfeeding is much more confusing than I ever thought.
She has a mixture of peeling skin and cradle cap going on right now. She has a blister on her lip that keeps coming back...he said it's a "sucking blister", which makes sense...she has a really strong need to suck. He recommended Infant Probiotics for her fussiness, and swears by it, so now I'll be on the search for that! All in all, it was a very good appointment! And YAY for a child with no heart issues! Such a relief!
After the appointment, we hung out at home. When Christian and Olivia got home, I ran to a couple Pharmacies to look for the probiotics..the only brand I could find was pretty expensive, so I'm going to keep looking. Then, I picked up some dinner, and we just relaxed for the evening. Pretty exciting!!!
Amelia was also acquainted with the dog for the first time today. He seemed very interested in her, but she was completely bored with him...
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