Bubblingbrooks Journey - Salut!

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OOOOOO, that would be STINKY!!!!

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

OOOOOO, that would be STINKY!!!!

And oh so innocent on our part

 

[savingdogs]

You guys are BAAAAAAAAAAAD!

I wonder if I can make friends with that scruffy lab that ate my pullets? and if duck poo is smelly enough?

 

[Farmfresh]

I hear that pine tar also works.

 

[BirdBrain]

Hmmm...tar AND feathers.

 

[Bubblingbrooks]

Now that I am mostly back to normal health, I decided now was as good a time as any to try the nursing trainer again.
Lots of tears and crying at first, and then the little lightbulb went off in her head.
3 ounces in her now. She does not automatically latch on yet, but that will come.
She keeps drifting off to sleep though
Much more relaxed eating this way, then with the bottle.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

If there is anything I've learned it is that persistence pays off.

 

[savingdogs]

All three of my babies would tend to drift off while nursing. I think that is normal. Some people wants to STUFF their baby as full as possible in order to make it as long as possible between feedings. I don't think that is what newborns need. I fed my babies on demand. Sometimes I would rock them just a little or jiggle the nipple a little to wake them up to finish after a little rest though. It gets much easier in a few weeks. Every week with a baby is something different and new!

 

[Farmfresh]

Great news. It will certainly make her more secure and feel loved. Nothing like nursing a baby.

 

[valmom]

Oh, good! She'll figure it out, but it is so comforting for them to nurse they do try to drift off.