So far so good…
We’ve tried BF’ing twice today. Both times she didn’t really “nurse” but was definitely mouthing and trying somewhat the entire time and guess what… both times were OVER 30 minutes long! Yes, you read that right. She’s tolerated the breast CALMLY for about an hour total so far. wooohooo. Now if we can just get past this “Um, what is that and why is it squirting into my mouth?” freak out moment, I think we’ll have it! She knows what to do to get a let-down going and knows how to use her jaw to suck at the breast… just gotta get over this fear of milk in her mouth! Next nursing will be in about 30minutes or so and for an extra bonus today, I’m ahead about two feedings with my pumping output today so that stress is alleviated for me. That may be helping her actually – being that I’m not so stressed out she’s probably sensing it and relaxing more as well.
Here’s to more success! 
Boohooo naysayers!
I won’t name names because that’s not how I operate but I recently received an email telling me that I should give up on trying to breastfeed charlotte and choose one bottle to move forward with. Um, yeah, ok, whatever.
Charlotte nursed the best that she’s nursed yet today – one time was for almost three whole minutes (WITH a huge let-down!) and the other one was maybe just for a minute. (she was sleepy!) She will stare at my chest and smack her lips together… she obviously wants to figure this all out and there’s NO REASON that we can’t do this now that her palate has been completely repaired. No wonder moms of cleft babies don’t try to nurse. We’re constantly being told that we can’t or that it’s just not possible at EVERY turn. Granted, I am not expecting amazing instant success, but a slow steady road will hopefully net some great results. So PPPPPPPPPPPTTTTTTTTTTHHHHHHHHHTTTTT to all you naysayers!
