tongue tie Archives ⋆ Rhiannon Giles

Let’s get the obligatory disclaimers out of the way: I fully support a family’s right to feed their baby in whatever way works best for them. Formula is not an enemy. And for women who desire to breastfeed we need to do everything in our power to help them succeed. We should be bulldozing the hurdles and sewing up the loopholes.

Prematurity

July 31, 2015 Rhiannon Giles

Tripled!

The second appointment of the day was a weight check at the pediatrician. Rowan is now 9 pounds 3.5 ounces!!! That is triple his lowest weight!

Prematurity

July 26, 2015 Rhiannon Giles

I see a corner, I want to turn

knocks on all the wood I think maybe we’re turning a corner on the whole nursing thing. I hope.

Prematurity

July 23, 2015 Rhiannon Giles

Tongue tied

Typing this on my phone, so if I say anything extremely weird you can blame it on auto correct.

Prematurity

July 18, 2015 Rhiannon Giles

Longest newborn stage ever

At least that’s what if feels like. When I look at pictures and videos of Lorelei at this age, it is very clear that Rowan is much more like his adjusted age than his actual age. His adjusted age is a mere three weeks. But he’s 11.5 weeks old.