Hungry Like A Wolf

The Samoan side of our Nyla is coming out. For the last day and a half, she has been eating nonstop. We're talking close to every hour of the day. Every. Single. Hour.

Now I am breastfeeding, so you can guess what this feeding frenzy is doing to my chest. It doesn't matter how many cold compresses I do, how much Lansinoh I use, how many breast pads I put on--it's painful. It was fine the first ten feedings; now my chest feels like it's going to fall off.

I know that breast milk is best for our girl, but I have to have a break sometimes. So we also bottlefeed her with gentle formula. But still, breastfeeding for 30 minutes and on average 3oz of formula, she's still hungry. And now it's affecting her nap time, which means it's affecting mommy's nap time!

Usually after she ate, she would slip into a food coma for two hours or so. Now, if she sleeps for more than 30 minutes, it's a good break. But she wakes up fussy because she's hungry again! Yikes!

The nurse says that she's going through a growth spurt and that in a day or two, she'll be back to regular feedings. Believe me, my chest cannot wait for her to be back to eating like a normal baby and not some food-ravaged wolf.

For you new mothers, we've found the Gerber Gentle Start formula is easiest on Nyla's tummy. We've tried the Similac and Infamil formulas and both made it really hard for her to poop. (There I go talking about poop again.)

She's hungry.