Daxton's a week old today and this makes for day seven of breastfeeding and I'm totally in complete love with it. I'm so glad its working out for me this time and I'm so proud of myself. He hasn't had a bottle or pacifier at all so far and i haven't even wanted to give him one. When we were in the hospital i had to supplement with formula for a day but i refused to give him a bottle so the lactation consultant helped out and set us up with a tiny feeding tube and syringe that we taped to my breast, so he fed through it while he was nursing. Then the next day i went back to strictly breastfeeding again.

You will never know how empowering breastfeeding makes you feel until you actually do it yourself. Its the best feeling in the world knowing that i can actually do it and that I'm succeeding at it. I cant even describe how much i enjoy feeding him. Ive been Cue feeding and its wonderful, i don't have to make any bottles so he doesn't get upset and crying waiting for a bottle to be made. Its alot easier during the night because i just have to sit up or roll over to nurse and then we go right back to sleep, there is no getting up out of bed to go make a bottle with a baby screaming upset because hes hungry. Its peaceful and such a different experience all together than when you bottle feed. i feel alot closer to him and its just a completely different mom-baby relationship. I feel so confident about the whole thing that i didn't even hesitate when i had to breastfeed him in public a few days ago. Its just amazing and I'm enjoying it to the fullest.

Before he was born I read everything i could about how to get a good latch on and i guess its payed off because my nipples haven't been sore at all yet and hes even to the point now that if he does latch on wrong then he will go ahead and correct himself on his own. I'm excited to go to his doctor next week to get him weighed to see how much weight he has gained.