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I totally get the struggle of wanting to share cute babies on social media. But people like you inspire me to do the same. So important to protect and respect our little ones!
I had the same experience. It is so painful emotionally and even more so when instead of encouraging you, people suggest formula. I love hearing your stories and how you persevered! Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
This is the best video I’ve ever seen of yours! The cinematography, the vulnerability, the conversations, everything was beautifully done. Much love ❤
Hannah, thank you for sharing all of this. I'm a midwife and a lactation consultant and we need more women speaking out that if it's hard, it is still possible. Support of course is key, I'm so glad you had that. I admire and applaud your determination! I also struggled with one of my children and it was so hard with lots of tears but oh so worth it. I'm so glad you get to celebrate such a precious milestone! 💪🏼
I empathize with you. My daughter and I struggled hard to breastfeed in the beginning. She had a serious lip and tongue tie and wasn’t getting enough so we did the nurse, bottle feed, pump cycle every two hours for weeks and oh my that was insane. We all persevered for weeks and now we’re exclusively nursing! It was through sheer willpower alone. Congratulations on pushing through. I’m so happy we were able to get to the spot we’re at :).
I totally feel you girl! I exclusively pumped for 11 months because my first son had a lip and tongue tie. At 11 months I was so over the constant pumping I decided to try breastfeeding again and it worked!!! I breastfed him another 7 months until he self weaned. It really is such a mental battle to pump, but wow so rewarding. Congratulations Hannah!!
You are such a sweet soul. Your perseverance is truly inspiring and absolutely heart warming. A mommas love for her kiddos! There’s nothing like it!!!
Congratulations Hannah on being so committed to go through and share your journey!! Your encouragement to others is so valuable and it will help more people than you know 💞😇
It’s so beautiful the journey of breast feeding. I always like to call it the second labour, and when you finally have it and it’s going well it’s the second birth of both mother and baby again. ❤ your journey is resilient, thank you so much for sharing!
This was so heartfelt. Thank you for sharing
Love love love your attitude and your vibes Hannah your a great mom 🥰❤❤❤❤ sending love from Ireland!!
I am in tears right now because of how meaningful this video was! I love it! So refreshingly honest and real! I had such a long, hard BF journey with my now 2.5yo and another hard but overall good journey with my 9mo. THANK YOU, Hannah! I'm so grateful that you are now celebrating Woody's growth and the opportunity to feed him at the breast! How joyful. Definitely not something to take for granted.
Mother’s are absolutely incredible. I’m so happy for you and I can’t even put it into words ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love that you showed your messy home! All new moms need to know its ok to prioritize other things at times. Also its so so amazing to hear someone else be as determined to breastfeed as me. Your mom is right, most people would have given up after those initial stuggles, but breastfeeding is HARD but so incredibly amazing, its worth the work in my opinion. 11:30
I feel you so so SO much Hannah! I’ve written a couple times on your instagram posts about your setbacks with breastfeeding, and I just want to say I’m so proud of you! I have a four month old and we’ve struggled that entire time to get her breastfeeding. She spent some time in the NICU in the beginning, was tube fed, then bottle fed, then she was losing too much weight so we had to keep up the bottles to know how much she was gaining, then she would only take a bottle, and we’re slowly working our way back to just breastfeeding. Like you, it’s basically a non negotiable for me, both because I love it and also it would make our lives soooo much easier in particular. I hope we can get where you are soon! I crave that success story so bad! ❤️
So happy for you!🎉 Breastfeeding is so deeply important and so hard. I had issues expressing my milk so I pumped for 10/11 months. It was intense.
Going through the same thing with my 5 week old - can’t wait to hear your story 💕
❤❤🎉🎉🎉 Finally Hannah!!! From Cyprus we love you!!!
Thank you for sharing this with us! I’m due with our first in December and am trying to prepare myself for all possible outcomes (well, as prepared as we can be lol)!
Omg this video would have completely saved me 2 months ago!! Hopefully it's the right time for some other mums who desperately need it right now xx
Sending hugs. I had breastfeeding issues with my son and remember having to pump very regularly to get my supply up. The whole experience was hard and emotional . Wishing you and your family the very best.
I cried when my daughter decided on her own at 2.5 years old she was done with breastfeeding. I was also pumping in the beginning too and bottle feeding because my parents loved feeding their first grandbaby lol. She's turning 11 this year in December and my daughter is definitely my mini me. Congratulations on your healthy and happy family I look forward to watching more inspiring videos from thank you.❤
Oh, beautiful, Hannah, I'm so happy you are sharing this huge challenge with us.
I remember in 2001 when I was having chronic breastfeeding issues with my firstborn.
Congratulations 🎉 on the turn around.
Best wishes to your family ❤️
Congratulations Hannah and Woody! You are superstars!
I feel you about protecting our children from social media. I have a 12 and 10 yr old and made the same decision not to share them online. It was so hard! But everyone has the right to their own image. And bravo for hanging in there! Breastfeeding is so rewarding for both mother and child.
Im studying for my IBCLC exam! thanks for sharing your journey!!!
Ok so I loved and relayed to so much of what you said but the KEY mom moments for me were singing “go go Woody, woody, number one” to the Thomas theme like a proper toddler mom (I of course do that) and the “don’t worry, we’re gonna redo it” and being real about how every take isn’t perfect, but also that moment was so sweet and perfect too! Thanks for just being an actual human and not just a perfect snapshot human.
Way to go, mama!! What a warrior you are!! Breastfeeding is so hard even when things are going smoothly, let alone when things aren’t. And, both mama and baby have so many variables together but look at what you’ve overcome. HURRAY!!! Congrats, mama. Keep it up!! ❤❤❤❤
I’m so happy and proud of you Hannah! ♥️ those sweet babes have an amazing Mama
Is ok Hanna if you don't want to share the kids anymore. Is your decision and we respect that. But we do love seeing the kiddos🥰🙏🏼.
I'm so glad to hear you are doing well and able to breastfeed your sweet baby. He is adorable! Thank you for sharing your journey. Your video had me in tears at some points.
Congratulations on the getting through the struggle. It is hard work and the most rewarding too. My first was so hard I thought I was going to give up but managed to breastfeed comfortably after that 3 week hump.
This is a wonderful testament to hard work. I ended up having to exclusively pump due to having Covid, and my baby was in the NICU… so they wouldn’t let me in 😢😢😢 It was horrible! But, this ended in me having an incredible over supply that I was able to donate to local and east coast wide emergency need to babies. Donated over 20,000 ounces all while feeding my baby girl. Made every bit of it worth while! Hang in there mama! You’re doing great!
❤ thank you so much!
You do a great Job Mama☀️
Thank you sharing and inspiring! Being real and raw is so helpful for other mommas who are also struggling! ❤ Side note: do you have the recipe for the meal you made in the beginning of your vid? Always looking for yummy and healthy plant based meals.
SO PROUD OF YOU ❤
Praying that your sister/family/their house that they worked so hard for are safe from the current wildfires all across Maui!! The news showed thousands of people there jumping off cliffs into the ocean trying to escape the intense fires and smoke.
I'm hoping to hear that Ellen Andrew and children are safe also 🙏
Prayers for everyone on Maui, your sister and her family. I pray everytime I think of them, which is often these days. Your sister has had such an impact on who I am and on my life in so many ways, in which I am grateful for. Best to you and your family in the states. 🙏 ❤
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He is BEAUTIFUL!!! Congratulations!!! ✨💖✨
Hello Hannah, looks like you got some good goings on around there. Thanks for so beautifully showing us around your neck of the woods. We have two pet fish and that’s about all we can keep up with for now. That and a few plants. Growing children is another level of engineering . Sending 🧡
Wow, Woody is so like Eric. Love his name too. Wishing you and ours all the happiness in the world xx
So happy for you and baby! I had no idea there would be any issues with breast feeding. There was a lot of stress going on at the time of my daughter's birth (almost 26 years ago) that I am 99% sure had so much to do with feeding.
I applaud your honesty Hannah, it will be so helpful for a lot of new moms to hear that they are not alone.
I also am pleased that you are allowing glimpses of your beautiful children. I don't like when UA-camrs stick their children right in front of the camera all the time, but I think it's fine to see them running around in the distance as that is what children do and it's impossible to film without getting the occasional glimpse of them especially when you have 2 or more children and yes, you do have beautiful children.
I always have mixed feelings about children on social media. On the one hand, I have the utmost respect for parents who want to protect their children’s privacy. I think it’s good parenting to keep children off the Internet, and it wouldn’t surprise me if a lot of parents use their children to profit off of social media, at the expense of their well being. But at the same time, I’ve learnt so much about raising children from the parents who share that firsthand online, and it’s also so special to watch those kids grow up. I’m pretty loyal to the YT channels I’m subscribed to, and it brings me such joy and inspiration to be able to watch these families from the sidelines.
I agree!! Exploiting children and privacy issues goes beyond showing or not showing their faces. You can profit off of children without ever showing their faces if all the content revolves around them. Or you can absolutely share a family photo here and there, or like you said, a glimpse in the background.
Hannah - you are a gem 💎
And those noodles look so great
Love you ❤😊 he is adorable
🥰 you know how beautiful your videos can be so inspiring and bestow a lot of love to the world even though sorry to hear you are having some though times .
The work you did in your house and garden is wow .
Wishing you all the very best
I wrote you about your program but I think you are more really busy right now .
Hope your sister and family is ok. Praying 🙏
My lactation consultant told me my son wasn't getting enough, but didn't really offer much advice. I ended up pumping for 3 months. It was hard! I never got a good supply. People need to know it isn't easy for everyone. Friends were supportive, but also thought I needed to try other things since they had an easy time. Kudos to you to getting your son to breast feed. I might have tried more stuff if we weren't in lockdown when I had my baby.
so happy for you and that you're out of the thick of it.
with my first we had severe latch issues. She simply would not open her mouth wide enough to latch properly, even though she had no tongue, lip or cheek tie. funnily enough when she started solids she still didn't open her mouth wide enough, just so the food would barely fit. But I had so much milk and pumped for her for a whole year and dang, that was hard. spending so much time on pumping and feeding, basically feeding her twice, was rough, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. luckily, this time around, my son feeds like a pro, he just struggles from time to time not to drown when a let-down happens :D
Hi Hannah 🌺 I am so happy for you that you can breastfeed now! That is truly amazing! I am pregnant for the second time and already looking up lactation consultants in my area... I struggled with my first baby for 5 months or so.... :( I never imagined breastfeeding to be such a journey..... I am kind of excited to breastfeed again but Im also really scared. Please share more of your journey because I think it is really helpful to hear women's stories to learn from and know that nobody is alone in this ❤ Thank you for this video and take care, marketa
I nursed my son for 15 mo but the first 4 were hell. It destroyed my mental health as a new mom (in the beginning of a pandemic with zero village). Did we end up with a great nursing journey? Sure. But not sure it was worth it. Also, just saw someone shaming a mom for using formula who didn’t have kids and acted as though bf’ing is “easy”. Oh the rage! It is so so hard!! You’re doing amazing things, Hannah
Huge Respect. Indeed inspiring. You freaking go girl 🥹
I deeply respect your commitment to breastfeeding your babies. So many women give up when it’s hard, thinking it’s just not for them, but I think it’s helpful to know it absolutely is possible, even when it’s difficult at first. Not to mention how much your babies have benefited from breastfeeding.
It’s also absolutely OK to give up the hope of breast-feeding and feed your baby formula. Let’s not mom shame!!
@@lampworkergalthere wasn’t any mom shaming. If you feel ashamed for probably doing what you just mentioned that’s on you.
There’s shouldn’t be any discussion about the fact that breastmilk is way superior to formula.
@@anapuscau2236 you’ve literally just mom shamed there. As as the above commenter. Saying “it’s amazing you’ve breastfeed” is wonderful, absolute credit to Hannah and anyone who does it. But saying “it’s amazing you’ve breastfed compared to all the women who haven’t because it was too hard” is horrible. End of,
@@anapuscau2236let me tell you something. I wasn't producing enough milk with my first child and she was not thriving. Now, in that case, what would you do? Continue to give her an insufficient food supply just so I can have bragging rights about exclusively breastfeeding? As soon as I began supplementing with formula, she started gaining weight and not looking so skinny.
@@kitchenmumma7596 ok? Congrats! What do you expect me to say?
I was talking about the fact that breastmilk is better than formula.
His prefect god bless him🥰🙏🏼thank you for sharing him with us 🙏🏼
to all the women commenting about breastfeeding as so blissful and moms stopping when it gets hard, please know that not all mothers have the same support and although not intentional, romanticizing breastfeeding as if mothers are somehow less than if their path goes in a different direction is hurtful. I had no breastfeeding support and not one doctor helped me to find out why I couldn’t express my milk. every time my son drank a bottle my heart broke. It is a sadness that only mothers who try and feel like failures can know. I wanted more than anything to breastfeed. I am so thankful I found a homemade goats milk formula to feed my children. I have met many other mothers who struggle and cannot get their milk to express and sadly there isn’t always someone who is knowledgeable about the reasons why this is happening. Please just be aware that not all mothers have had the opportunity to breastfeed in spite of the absolute desire to do so and not to mention the absolutely heartbreaking reality that they now have to grieve this deep loss. For me this has been a lonely path and I know I am
not alone.
You are definitely not alone. I breastfed a little with each kid. With the first, I had so much guilt and no help. Then found donated breastmilk and felt so grateful and less stressed! With second, did breastfeeding a little and formula and LET GO OF GUILT. He was fed and happy and I was less stressed. & when I was less stressed, I was a better Mama! ❤🌟
The breastfeeding book from Hannah Lothrop helped me sooo much!
Because of health issues I wasn't able to breastfeed from the start. With my stubbornness and a lot of effort, we where able to breastfeed full after 3 weeks. It was a blessing that my child was able to drink from bottle and breast simultaniously
My youngest has sensory disorder and HATES anything or anyone close to her face. She would only breastfeed first thing in the morning when she was just waking up and still relaxed and my letdown was more prominent. I pumped for over a year and thankfully had a really good supply if not oversupply. It was so hard. I bled, I had a hard time finding the right size pump pieces, I got raging mastitis early on and was almost hospitalized for it and did a military move from Idaho to California with mastitis stopping every 3-4hrs to pump while recovering from a c-section. It was so hard but I’m so happy I got through it with my sanity barely intact. I say all of this to let you know I can appreciate how emotional and stressful it is when breastfeeding is not going smoothly. I am happy you are coming out the other end in a better place!!! I love to see your dedication! With my second child I was never able to make enough milk even though my middle child was an ideal breast feeder! I was heartbroken and swore no matter what with my youngest I was going to prevail!
Thank you for sharing-woody is adorable! He totally looks like Eric 😂
My first kid was breastfed for 3 years, and my second is now 1 yo and still breastfed :)
This is one of the most amazing experience in life for me. I wish you nice, warm, cuddling moments breastfeeding Woody :)
Thank you for sharing.
I’m going through the same exact thing with my son. I’m a first time mom and it is so so hard. My son is 2 months old and I pump and breastfeed all day long! Hoping I can get to the point of just breastfeeding!
Completely off topic I know, but your garden is lovely!
Pretty new to your channel but you seem like the sweetest momma ❤❤
Way to go Hannah and baby Woody! He's so big and Cosmo is too wow! So much respect, admiration and can relate. Determination 💓 With my first and second we struggled with the same issues I couldn't believe it. I figured I faced the engorgement and latch issues that were so hard with my first no way it would be a thing again, it was and with my second I had full on mastitis I cured naturally thanks to my midwife's and LC's advice 💓
I just wanted to add that not all lactation consultants are the same, the match just like finding a midwife it needs to be a perfect match. With my first I had a lactation consultant tell me outdated info and that I had to do this, this and that there was only one way to do anything very specific ruined my first couple of weeks postpartum. Found another after weeks of tears and intrusive thoughts of failure. The second one we talked, cried together, shared experiences, shared feelings she taught me so much. My first and I went on to breastfeed for 5 years! My second still going at 3 years.
Congratulations on making it through. As a mom of a small baby myself I would really like to know what baby carrier you are using with the crossing back strap. It looks so much more manageable to put on.
It’s the Artipoppe! Expensive, but I absolutely adore mine. It’s so easy to get on by myself without much messing around with it. WildBird makes cute carriers that have that criss cross back as well and they’re a tiny bit more affordable.
Proud of you!
I had the SAME exact challenge with my third baby. He just couldn't draw milk effectively. I knew it wasn't a supply issue because I had easily breastfed my first 2 kids! It wasn't a latch issue either, the latch was fine! Sooooo hard, mentally/emotionally/physically. We did a tongue tie release, chiropractic, craniosacral, and still nothing worked. Triple feeding was hell so I finally gave up when he was 5 months. I had enough pumped frozen milk to last him til 6 months. Definitely taught me not to take breastfeeding for granted.
Thank you for sharing. I think that is important to note that breastfeeding is hard.
That’s wonderful that you’ve been able to get through your struggles! I also want to say for anyone watching that if you can’t breastfeed and don’t have the funds for a lactation consultant, that doesn’t make you a bad mom. Formula fed babies are healthy too! Fed is best. You’re doing great mamas ❤
Agree, but formula is expensive so if we are just talking about funds... I think formula is more expensive
Thanks hannah.. lovely video..hope ur doin ok..i remember how exausted i was when my second was born.. its unreal but we mamas plough thru...somehow😅
So hard. Well done x
Way to freaking go! Breastfeeding was non-negotiable for me as well. With my second I ended up with a pretty severe abscess in my breast. I went to my doc a number of times telling her it was more than just a blocked duct that it had turned into abscess. It wasn’t until after I went to an IBCLC who advocated for me, a breast specialist & they drained 60cc of fluid out (only for it to return after my next let down) & storming back into my OBs office demanding surgery to remove it that I got the help I needed.
Luckily, my surgeon was a breastfeeding mom as well!! She was able to remove it all after two surgeries & didn’t damage or have to remove a duct 🙌🏻 the process, including the weeks of healing, was pretty difficult. Especially for my husband who had to pack & unpack my wounds twice a day (bless him, he’s incredible!) for weeks! But I continued to nurse my son on both sides despite being told I should quit at least on that breast by so many people!!!
When you’re determined & you find an amazing LC, it’s possible!
I feel you. I gave birth to my second child almost 3 month ago and our breastfeeding journey didn't start well eather. It was so painful for me that it almost felt like torture at some point. I would get anxiety and start crying when he woke up hungry because I was so scared of the pain. But just like you I was so committed and we made it work. Now I look back and I am so proud and happy to have another bf journey ahead. I breastfed my daughter over 3 years until I got pregnant again and I enjoyed every bit of it.
He is so precious. You guys make cute babies.
I struggled immensely as well but like you said I was GOING to breastfeed no matter what. Saw many great lactation consultants. Ended up breastfeeding and using local donor’s milk. Wild ride for sure but so thankful ❤
No children of my own here, but I still watched the entire video and it was beautifully made!
Question: where did you get the beautiful „ball“ jar with the sun or flower on it??? ❤
Omg I feel you!!!!! My baby girl is now almost 7 months old but the start of our breastfeeding journey was TOUGH. The thing was: she just could not latch at all for the first month and because I didn’t expect such an issue she hasn’t eaten at all for the first 24 hours before I got nipple shields. Then I fed with them. For the first three days she lost 450g of weight which was really a lot…I breastfed with shields but it decreased my supply severely and by the end of the first month she only gained 500g (like she just gained back what she lost in the beginning 😡) while being on the breast like 24/7. From the start I had been training her to latch on the breast and at 1 month she finally did that and we dropped shields. But my supply was already damaged and the baby was too weak to suck out a lot of milk. As a result the weight gain was again 550g in the 2nd month. Imagine putting so so much effort (I was so fcking committed!!!!!) and your little one is gaining so little weight. You can imagine the pressure I had to give formula. But I stayed strong, pumped a lot to increase supply, tried every hack and took and we got to 200g/week weight gain. I’ve seen 4 lactation consultants and none of them actually helped.
You Tube wasn’t a thing when I was first mothering, but I literally went through the same thing with all but one kiddo and had to pump around the clock for 4/5 kiddos and for the first 3 months. With my twins the whole first year because I could only get one to successfully feed at the breast and how do you choose who gets to be in arms during a feed? Thanks for sharing to those Moms who may be getting ready to have a baby, or went through that with one kiddo that it’s hard but if you have a will and why you can do it!
Made my weep 😭 I have two little boys and breastfeeding has been such a journey with number two!!
I couldn’t believe it because I breastfed my first for two and a half years and even though it wasn’t easy, we never struggled and I just assumed it would be the same.
But then baby C came along and oh boy was it HARD! He put on a LOOOT of weight the first month and then he dipped and he was hospitalized and weighed before and after every feed but everything was normal (they weren’t at all competent about breastfeeding obviously 🙃). I struggled on my own, trying to find a lactation consultant in the middle of Covid with no access to any appointments. I ended having one when he was six months old. And then it was better for a bit and then hard again and I never knew why, then it was lockdown again and I couldn’t get any helpful advice by phone. I got sooo stubborn and managed to go up to eleven months old. But the last two months were exclusively pumping and just like you, I wanted to BREASTFEED not pump 😭 I stopped at this point. And it will always be a regret, yet I’m proud of myself. A lot of mixed feelings too because of the unfairness of the time I gave birth…
Thank you for sharing Hannah 🫶🌸
Well done on persevering with the breastfeeding Hannah x
I love Lynnelle!!
Im going to cry watching this! Currently with my 4 week old-she has a lip/tongue tie and i have oversupply so the combination means she gets enough milk but also a ton of air and she is so uncomfortable. Her reflux and tummy troubles prevents her from being able to lie down at all so ive literally held her for 4 weeks straight. It is so rough seeing her in pain. I almost want to just give up and bottle feed but I breastfed my first for 3 years and would also love that with her- not to mention putting the baby on the boob is so much more convenient. Ugh- we are in the process of getting help but it feels like this phase will never end.
you are glowing
He really is a beautiful baby! I think back to when I was struggling to breastfeed by baby and my family was extremely unsupportive!! I quit after 7 weeks due to their discomfort and I truly regret that decision. To those women who want to breastfeed please don't give up or let anyone discourage you 🙏
This happened to me too, I ended up with a lactational breast abscess and being treated in hospital - stopped breastfeeding and felt so upset by it. My Mum asked me to take a photo of my son with his first formula bottle and send it to my Dad as he would be "made up", really hit me when I was down and being in that vulnerable place of postpartum I did it too. That moment was crushing for me. Good news is with my second child I knew more, got better support from a local breastfeeding team and am actually still feeding her now at 3 years old
@@KitschDolly I'm so glad you got the support you needed for this child. Good for you!
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I hope yo I dont mind me asking. What brand/style is your baby carrier? It's so nice, I would love to get one for my baby
I’m pretty sure it’s from a brand called artipoppe
“The news” I totally get that… it’s a day I won’t forget! I went through something similar (but different), being a mother of a preemie, who was too weak to feed, started pumping to teach my body to create milk…
At times every hour because it was so slow coming. It was hard!!! And then as he got stronger he weaned from tube feeding (in the nose) to bottles in order to come home, and tehn at a month old with the help of an amazing consultant we taught him how to latch and breastfeed. I was a wake at all hours of the night, through the cycle of pumping, and then bottle feeding, practice breastfeeding, putting baby back to sleep and by that time I needed to pump again… it was the hardest thing I’d ever done and I swear I don’t know how I didn’t give up. I he clogged ducts, mastitis, vasospasms (shooting pain in the veins around the nipple caused by poor latch), low milk supply, and dysphoric milk ejection (extreme sadness and anxiety during the milk ejection. Feels for three minutes like the world is ending every single time, and then it passes)
But it got better. Abs I succeeded and breastfed happily for a year. I even had enough milk to donate for a while! And I’m so thankful for what that journey taught me about myself and my commitment to my decisions and to my child
These stories need to be told! Just as birth stories Are
I hamve a dream to write a book that compiles breastfeeding stories of all kinds from different women
Same here. First one was a preemie, no one knew at that time she could not breastfeed because her tongue band was so short, she couldn’t move her tongue.
Before we found out, we tried breastfeeding, after that i needed to pump, washed the damn pump, slept like half an hour, tried to breastfed, pumped… the whole day. Took us 5 weeks until ahe was exclusively breastfed, but i NEVER enjoyed it! Baby cried for like her first 6 month earthside due to a regulatory disorder. It was living hell (and covid).
After i gave birth to my second, i thought it’s going to be easy. Haha.
At an appointment at the doctors office, he told me, that baby is underweight and we need to bottle feed her because she doesn’t get full by only breastfeeding. He was so rude and i started crying because i thoight i‘m too stupid to breastfed a baby. I said yes and thought f*** you.
Got home, called my lovely midwife, and she helped me to find a solution.
The preemie is now 3 and has an attitude like a bossy old lady and the little one is almost 1 and has chubby little legs.
I have the same story, plus my baby had eczema since 10 days old. So I had almost no sleep for 4 years. He is almost 9 now, doing great! He was born 34 weeks, 2060 kg.
I went through the same thing with my preemie (born at 26 weeks). Unfortunately he never properly latched despite all my efforts and the help of 2 lactation consultants. So I pumped for 8 months, which was very very hard. But I wanted him to have breast milk. After that I fed him the milk I had frozen (along with baby food) which lasted until he was 10 months. Now he drinks formula.
I think the most important thing to remember is: do not judge other mothers. Hannah is very fortunate because she had the time to really commit to it. She doesn't have a 9-5 job and can choose to take a break from work if she needs to. Let's be honest, it makes it way easier. I'm not denying that it was tough and tiring for her but some mothers have to go back to work very soon after the birth and just can't afford to pump all day and night + try to get the baby to latch.
@@rrr441I agree. My first baby never got the hang of it either. For us it was like a complete breast refusal/aversion. I could only stand to pump 7 months. I made a ton of milk though. It was annoying being engorged so much and battling mastitis. I did get to donate though to a heart baby. My second and third babies had perfect latches from day 1. You just never know.
We struggled for different reasons.. but I had to fight tooth & nail for every drop for a long time. Ugh. Felt like a failure at times but the desire to nourish my baby was so strong.. its amazing what well do for our children. Being a momma is what I feel like I've been missing my whole life!
Co sleeping... did yall cosleep with cosmo & how/when did you "sleep train" him? Please don't say takin cara babies.. there has to be a no cry alone method right?!
Breastfeeding was soooo hard! It took a good 3-4 months to get it down with my second child and then he nursed for a solid 2 years bc didn’t want to give it up after all that work!
I don’t understand why preserving your child’s privacy is so hard? It’s the one thing they have left that you have control over as a parent in this world of overexposure of social media. Let them make that decision when they are adults, don’t steal their privacy from them at these tender ages.
Hannah, I pray your lovely sister and her family are safe. If possible, let us all know she is out of harms way, we are all worried for her. Hugs
Estão fora de perigo🙏 a Ellen postou no UA-cam 💚
Ugh I love you
I only breast feeded for 4 month i could not handle it anymore. He is 5 now and i still feel bad, even tough i tried everything. At that time it was everything i could do.
I breast fed all my 4 kids.
My first was a natural, just latched on and fed from day one.
My second gave me a cracked nipple within hours as he appeared to 'purse his lips' as he fed. He settled into it eventually and I'm so glad I had been successful with my first or I may have given up.
My other two babies were natural feeders as well and it's one of the best experiences of my life that I treasure. 😍
My youngest is almost 3 months old too ❤
Look at him rolling 😂. So cute 🩵🩵
I would definitely encourage everyone to not show your minor kids on social media. It's their right to not being exposed on the internet!!
One of my favorite things that came out of my pumping journey is this: breastfeeding is feeding your baby your breast milk. Nursing is baby at the breast. I felt more confident in myself knowing that pumping WAS breastfeeding.
Then got to end my pumping journey at 3 months and switched to exclusive nursing until almost her second birthday 🥰
Same! I think people need to be more mindful of the language here. I’ve had to exclusively pump and realizing pumping is breastfeeding helped me a ton on an emotional level
Those noodles look so yummy!
He’s so cute!!
I think there needs to be more transparency what other negative side effects can occur from breastfeeding. I never had any issue with supply and my baby not latching which seem to be the only issues I hear about. I had severe joint pain, mood swings, depression, and nausea while breastfeeding. I was unable to take care of myself or my family because of this. Once I decided to wean off breastfeeding,which can be a whole other topic in itself on how challenging that is, I finally felt like myself for the first time since giving birth.
Breast feeding is a labor of love. 💜
I worked with Lynelle for baby #2. Where in ID are you? I'm in Emmett :) I EP'd for 8 months with my first and she's still nursing at 4 years old. Have you heard of Michale Chatham and her Midline Revolution course? It was game-changing for me
What is this tofu noodle recipe in the video??