Hey my sweet angel. You are now 20 weeks old! I can’t believe how fast the time has gone, but I also can’t remember life without you. You have just changed me completely.
You rolled over for the first time Saturday. I actually sorta missed the first time, but your Dad yelled for me to look because you had just rolled over. So he put you back on your back and you did it again (and I took a hundred pictures of it… big surprise!). Don’t think you’ll ever do it again since the end product is you are on your tummy which you HATE! But we’ll see.
I got you all to myself Sunday since you’re Daddy was at Six Flags with the youth. You are just so adorably sweet. I laid you on my bed and you giggled and smiled at me for awhile before taking a two hour nap. I think you LOVE taking Sunday naps with your Momma… at least that’s what I’m going to believe. You woke up all giggles and smiles to see me lying next to you. You know just how to melt this Momma’s heart and ensure your ranking in my heart.
Momma’s been super stressing because you are growing like a weed which means you like to eat about 15 ounces while you’re at Miss Jessica’s house! I can’t exactly pump that much food for you while I’m at work so I’ve been having to pump and nurse you all evening. I’m pretty sure that’s leaving you a little hungry and frustrated at night 
Poor lil guy. I think we’ll have to try you on a little formula to make up for what you’re lacking in the good stuff. Of course I’m all down the road thinking about how our special little nursing time might be coming to a close soon and that’s just DEPRESSING the heck out of me! But I know that’s purely selfish of me, because you’ll be just fine one way or the other. Just not ready to give up that time with you yet.
Well anyways, I’m sure you don’t care about this whole conversation at all… but just know that I love you more than life itself and only want the absolute best I can provide for you! Love you booger!
Love,
Momma
August 16, 2011 at 2:02 pm
Hey Tiff! I know today’s moms probably think advice from grandma’s is out of date but I would like to share with you my story. Stef was 9 lbs 6 ozs when she was born and as you can imagine was a big eater. To complicate things even more I had a breast infection when she was about a month old and had to stop letting her nurse and pump myself untii the infection cleared. I was soooo determined not to let those issues get in the way of nursing my baby. After dealing with the infection and getting back to regular breast feeding eventually I didn’t have enough milk to feed my hungry baby either. I tried everything just like you have. I finally settled into realizing that my baby was healthy and growing and I would have to supplement her if I wanted to continue nursing. I always made her nurse me first and then supplemented afterwards. She happily continued nursing until she was a year old. She decided to bite me one day and that was the end of our nursing experience. I know stress decreases the milk supply and it sounds like you are stressing way too much. Just acknowledge that Cooper is a growing boy and this is part of his maturing and eventually needing solid food and not so much milk. You will enjoy this time with him so much more without all the worrying. He’s perfectly normal and so are you. Just relax and let him nurse first and then supplement. You can offer him cereal for the times when he seems the most hungry. Hope this helps. Love you and Cooper.