We're very lucky.
Jack is the sort of child
we all assume we'll have
when we decide to have children,
and the sort of child
less experienced parents
congratulate themselves for.January and February 2004
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Sunday, Feb. 15, 2004 - Dad
When Misti went back to work 6 weeks after Jack was born, feeding him became my responsibility during the day.
We had acquired a breast-pump before Jack was born, (the same pump we used to bring her milk in earlier, �cause our little bull was too lazy to provide the natural stimulation!!).
We had managed a modest stockpile of milk before Mamma went back to work, but we would have liked more.
Misti would pump at work and bring home a supply of fresh milk each day. She had many of the difficulties associated with pumping, and we were often anxious about the amount of milk that came home. Jack would fight the pump furiously if Misti tried to pump on one side while nursing on the other. (Jack didn�t want to share his dinner with anyone!!!!)
Once her pumping routine had settled down, the most amazing relationship developed between Jack and �Arry (�Arry is our nickname for Misti�s breast, the very first �person� Jack ever fell in love with.)
Misti would pump 15 ounces, Jack would consume 15 ounces, Misti would pump 8, Jack would only need 8 the next day. Its not that Jack is deprived on the slow days, but that he just isn�t as hungry.
This unexplainable relationship has gone on consistently for the last 9 months and I expect it will continue until we stop pumping. We have had the occasional upset, when we have had to dive into our stash, but it has always been replenished over the following month. For an occasional day or two he will use a little less than he has, and by the end of a month, we have frozen whatever we had previously thawed.
In our anxiety over supply, we also noticed another pattern.
The ebb and flow is also directly associated with the phase of the Moon.This fact helped us immensely in our planning and greatly reduced our anxiety.
Jack and �Arry know what�s going on, but none of us have worked out how they communicate.
Take Care
Rod
