Congratulations Mary (and Benjamin) that is just wonderful. I am so happy
for you both.
Now, please, please pretty please could you write up your case for JHL???
Your experience needs to be known about.
Karleen Gribble
Australia
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mary Herrington" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 23, 2008 5:07 PM
Subject: Back to Breast after 9 months EPing
>I wanted to share this with the entire Lactnet community, but I most
>especially wanted to give thanks to Natalie, Jane, Kathy, Karen, Rachel,
>Lara, Esther & Christina.
> You wise women gave me information, tons of advice, encouragement and
> most of all compassion during a most heartbreaking time.
>
> Drum.... roll....please... My son Benjamin is now a big, happy,
> breastfeeding baby boy after 9 months EPing. We very gradually
> transitioned him back to breast over the winter. My tools for success
> were patience, skin- to- skin, finish-at-the-breast method of bottle
> supplementation from lowmilksupply.org, using haberman bottles, and
> "dreamfeeding"
>
> I won't give the long boring story, but it started with his congenital
> oral motor dysfunction, my big nipples and no pooping for his first couple
> of weeks. (He's my 3rd after succcessful BFing my previous)
>
> I recall late one night hands free pumping at the computer reading "My
> Baby just Doesn't Get It" by Diane Wiessinger sobbing, sobbing, sobbing
> because the oldest example of a baby "getting it" was, like, 6 weeks old.
> Well, I'd like to shout it from the rooftops that my son Benjamin gets it,
> finally! And, yes, it was worth the wait!
>
> He is 11 months old now and we are enjoying the simple, loving nursing
> relationship that I took for granted with my first 2 babes. I will never,
> ever, ever take that for granted again.
>
> Thank you to each of you who shared so much knowledge and expertise
> toward my complicated situation. Benjamin appreciates it!
>
> and Happy Easter!
>
> Mary Herrington, RN, IBCLC
> Memorial Hermann Lactation
> The Woodlands, Texas
>
>
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