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Erica Sanchez Forum All-Star
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 12:15am | IP Logged
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This is a first for me. I read the strike section in my La Leche book and I do think he isn't nursing because he has a cold. He hasn't nursed since this morning, throws his head back, won't latch on at all. 15 hours - I'm going a bit crazy! I haven't pumped since baby #2 and don't own any equipment. I've thought of hand expressing for some relief. He's taken a bit of water. I'm hoping when he wakes here shortly he'll be sleepy enough to latch on. He'll then be in bed with me for the rest of the night.
Prayers would be wonderful and any advice would be appreciated as well.
I'll offer this small suffering for all of the prayer requests I just read and did not reply to and for the mom of 12, I believe, who just lost her husband.
__________________ Have a beautiful and fun day!
Erica in San Diego
(dh)Cash, Emily, Grace, Nicholas, Isabella, Annie, Luke, Max, Peter, 2 little souls ++, and sweet Rose who is legally ours!
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 12:59am | IP Logged
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Oh Erica, I will send up a prayer for you and your Luke!
Did you try giving Luke some natural nose drops? in German it is called Kochsalzlösung - some kind of salt water - to clear the nasal passages.
Poor little thing
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Chari Forum Moderator
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 1:26am | IP Logged
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You can use breastmilk drops in the nose!
Matthew did the same thing when he had a cold.....plus he was already two.....so I went ahead and weaned him, since he was refusing.......Sarah was due in 6 weeks .......and I wasn't doing that tandom nursing thing again........at least not until the NEXT two kids
remind me to look in my bfing answer book tomorrow if this is still happening......
PRAYING to Our Lady of La Leche!!
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Erica,
I know how horrible that can be...so sorry... offering prayers for you.
__________________ In His Peace,
Tammy Gonzalez in VA
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Prayers for you and Luke....my little guy did the same thing a month ago--ouch!!
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Rebecca Forum All-Star
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 7:49am | IP Logged
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Erica,
Sometimes mine wouldn't nurse for a day or so when they had a cold/earache. When nighttime came around, they were usually tired and hungry enough to nurse.
Praying you get some much needed relief. Praying for little Luke, too.
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 7:58am | IP Logged
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I remember how uncomfy that can be! I hope he's doing better today (and you too!)
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Erica Sanchez Forum All-Star
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 10:10am | IP Logged
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Thanks so much for the prayers. Luke did nurse late last night!! And, then throughout the night. Sweet relief...for both of us. I was feeling tired and uncomfortable when I posted and I should have waited until this morning to post a request.
Would someone mind putting 'update' on the title of this post? I don't know how to do that.
Thank you again.
__________________ Have a beautiful and fun day!
Erica in San Diego
(dh)Cash, Emily, Grace, Nicholas, Isabella, Annie, Luke, Max, Peter, 2 little souls ++, and sweet Rose who is legally ours!
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 5:59pm | IP Logged
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I will offer up prayers for you.
God bless.
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Posted: Feb 20 2007 at 7:29pm | IP Logged
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Prayers of thanksgiving Erica here (and FYI -- if you want to put UPDATE, then you go back to your original post and hit the edit button on the bottom of your first post. When the edit screen comes up, then you have the option to change the title of the post and then you can type in "Update")
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Posted: Feb 21 2007 at 8:15am | IP Logged
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So glad he's nursing again, Erica.
__________________ God bless,
Wendy
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Erica Sanchez Forum All-Star
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Thanks, Maryan!
We had a rough morning yesterday, but since yesterday afternoon he has been nursing steadily! :)
Thanks again for the prayers.
__________________ Have a beautiful and fun day!
Erica in San Diego
(dh)Cash, Emily, Grace, Nicholas, Isabella, Annie, Luke, Max, Peter, 2 little souls ++, and sweet Rose who is legally ours!
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Posted: Feb 21 2007 at 5:21pm | IP Logged
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Erica, I'm just now seeing this. Glad to see he's nursing again. Keeping you in our prayers. How's the cold?
__________________ stef
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