It was amazing, i forgot how easy it was to wake up with the baby to feed and to change his diapers. It also helped that he came home after 3 weeks so he had a sleeping schedule partially down. And i had had some rest so i wasnt exhausted myself. By 7 weeks old i was able to get raiden to sleep from 10pm to 6am! I hear stories about moms having a hard time getting their little ones to sleep all night or to just get on a schedule period, and i am so glad that i was blessed with kids that like to sleep! My other two started sleeping from 7pm-7am at 6weeks old. So i think Raiden is doing very well! He wakes up just in time for his medicine at 6am then around 6:60-7am he is back to sleep until 9am. Some mornings he stays up and takes longer naps during the day, but that doesnt bother me.
The hardest part of him sleeping all night is for me to wake up and pump. I started pumping 3-4days after he was born. I wasnt sure of the resources i had and my husband bought me a hand held electric pump so that i didnt loose my milk. Then a week after that i had an appointment with WIC and was issued a media pump. And thank goodness becuase my little pump's motor is about to die! lol On average i was pumping 2-3 ounces from each breast. One morning i was able to pump 5 ounces each. My lil guy was going to be well fed. After i was used to pumping i started freaking out. My chest didnt hurt, the "girls" felt normal again. Not one of my lactation cunsultants had given me a heads up that they go back to "normal" once used to producing milk. I thought that they were saposed to feel engorged when it was time to pump or nurse. I dont miss that feeling but since out of the 3 kids this is my first time breast feeding it scared me cuz i thought i was loosing my milk. And of the three this was not the time to loose milk i needed him to have this!
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