As mentioned before Reid is on an intense feeding schedule...Every 2-3 hours {depends on time of day} she is fed a bottle of breast milk...The purpose of feeding her through a bottle is to allow the docs/I to measure exactly how many calories she is consuming- What she doesn’t take through the bottle, I then have to feed through her tube...She is also on demand or after bottle feeds, nursing...This post is going to go there- so any males or woman who aren’t familiar with breastfeeding- I apologize in advance...Those, however that wish to go there with me, here goes...

So I’m no stranger to breastfeeding, heck I only really had 4 weeks off from one babe to the next...These beauties have been in full swing since Noal was born in all reality...And as you can tell from these pictures, I had a bloody creamery going- Big boy had more than enough...


He was exclusively breastfed till he was 7 months, then food was involved, pizza was his 4th word & favourite thing & he finally stopped "ninging" at 15 months...Just in time for his little sister to be born- The thing is with Noal, I nursed him on demand & it was SO easy...I had absolutely no issues-I have friends who had real nursing nightmares...infections, sore nips, not enough milk, etc...I totally took for granted having an effortless go with it...

With Reid I thought it would be the same...The nurses/docs tried to tell me that because she has Down Syndrome, she might have difficulties- Low muscle tone stuff & harder for her to latch kinda thing...Knowing that off the hop, I was determined to show how "advanced" she's going to be in life & prove to them & myself that her motto in life is "she's got this"...And she did, she latched right away, I had a ton of supply & things were going grand...But, then add Reid’s bloody heart complications & our new feeding routine & I am officially a milking cow...She's either ninging off me or a pump is going every 2 hours...It's definately not the nice, effortless nursing I experienced with Noal but it's what is best for Pip so I'm mooing away...

I have some friends who chose to feed their babes this way...Pump & feed- Love you gals but you’re insane- It’s soooo much work...The time pumping, all the bottles, cleaning the bottles, cleaning the pump & two hours later doing it all again...Hats off to ya, if you choose this route or formula feeding but for me I wish I could stick to the good old ning nings...