I'm back...

I have been away for several weeks now since having my little boy at the beginning of May and its been a huge adjustment in terms of recovering, nursing, sleep deprivation, and hormonal changes. My daughter has taken well to her brother, with many kisses and cuddles on a daily basis.

As far as 'feeding' is concerned, the biggest eye opener is how different my two children are. When nursing my first one, I experienced it as difficult, painful and my daughter was simply not a big eater so her weight gain was slow and steady. Waking her up to nurse ever 3 hours was a common occurrence in the first six weeks. I found it stressful and I was constantly worrying about her weight. Now take child number 2, from day one fed every two hours to the extent he would wake up from his sleep and feed and go back to sleep. I was so anxious that this baby would be very much like my daughter that from day 1, I kept a log of all his feed times. I am happy to say that after he was weighed on day 10, I no longer keep the log and I am a stress free mama! I am pleased to learn that each child is different and perhaps being the second time round, nursing does get easier? So far so good on that front...