First Night Home

8/24/09

What a tough night we had! I think I only got about 40 minutes of sleep because I was so worried about Baby Jocelyn! The beginning of the night went smoothly, but after about 9pm everything went downhill. I don't remember exactly how it started, but she must have been really tired because when we tried waking her for her next feeding she would wake up, latch on, suck once or twice, then completely crash. This went on for about 5 hours when I noticed that her tounge was hetting really dry and her lips started getting chapped... the furst sugns of dehydration. Thats when I went from my saddness/frustration mode to worried/panic mode. We kept trying for about another half hour when finally I remembered that we had some sample formula and was able to get that i n her system. I really wanted to try to exclusively breastfeed, but when it comes down to what I want and what she needs, what she needs wins hands down, no questions asked!

All in all it was a very long and stressfull night, but just a minor bump in the road. We are now feeding Baby Jocelyn mainly formula and still trying to breastfeed. The hard part is that my milk still hasn't come in yet, but we're hoping that when it does Jocelyn will enjoy eating what mommy feeds her more so that we can both benefit from all that breastfeeding and breastmilk has to offer!