Thank you for all the well wishes. Leah is doing just fine. In fact, she wasn’t even acting very miserable today. She’d crawl around the house doing her usual busy exploring with an occasional wheezy cough.
My major cause for stress and frustration is this darn nursing strike. Leah only ate that one time yesterday. Today she continued to scream and arch her back whenever I tried to feed her. She acts like I’m trying to torture her. Arggg. I’m not sure what to do. I’ve been pumping and she loves the bottle but honestly there isn’t much there to give her.
I’m afraid of drying up while I wait for Leah to feel better. (If that is even the reason for the strike.) I have never had to deal with something like this and even have very little pumping experience. We went out and bought a pump but I just hate it. Hate it! It is uncomfortable and takes FOREVER!
I’m not ready to quit. I’m a nursing queen and enjoy nursing my babies well past 1 year. I can hardly consider the idea of having to give it up at 9 months. I know many moms are happy to make it this far but I’m just not ready. It seems like such a silly reason for quitting. Will she want me back? Should I not even offer the bottle? Will she ever get hungry enough? I’ve waited for hours for her to be interested and wondered how on earth she could last so long without milk but she’s done it. How do I keep my supply up?
Advice?
I also have really mixed feeling about the albuterol treatments we’ve been giving Leah. At times I feel like it does nothing for her but make her cry but then… I wonder if the albuterol is why she is doing so well. Sigh. What I’ve read about albuterol seems controversial if it even works so I’m not sure what to think. I worry about her not needing it but I worry about her being able to breathing well enough.
Honestly, I’m happy that she’s not in the hospital, but can we just start nursing again?



























