Comments for Beyond Acquara http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:53:38 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Vicky http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-675 Vicky Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:53:38 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-675 What a gorgeous baby you have! Truly a bonus baby and what a Christmas present to you all. Wishing you a very very Merry Christmas and many blessings for 2010. What a gorgeous baby you have! Truly a bonus baby and what a Christmas present to you all. Wishing you a very very Merry Christmas and many blessings for 2010.

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Mendy http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-673 Mendy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:46:41 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-673 Errrr.... Bless :-) Errrr…. Bless :-)

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Mendy http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-672 Mendy Wed, 23 Dec 2009 21:46:12 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-672 Lisa, Just wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas and to congratulate you on your little Christmas bonus! He is beautiful! I hope that all is going well with you and your family and that somehow this little fellow brings everybody together in a unique way. It sounds like that is already happening! I have enjoy reading your blogs for the past 4 years and hope to continue for a long time! God Nless Lisa,
Just wanted to wish you a very merry Christmas and to congratulate you on your little Christmas bonus! He is beautiful! I hope that all is going well with you and your family and that somehow this little fellow brings everybody together in a unique way. It sounds like that is already happening! I have enjoy reading your blogs for the past 4 years and hope to continue for a long time!
God Nless

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Ev http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-671 Ev Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:06:13 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-671 What a lovely post of a lovely family just in time for the holidays! May the love and blessings continue into the New Years for you and yours. What a lovely post of a lovely family just in time for the holidays! May the love and blessings continue into the New Years for you and yours.

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Jenny http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-670 Jenny Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:46:23 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-670 I am so happy for you and your beautiful children and your extremely handsome kids' fathers. Your whole family is so lovely. Weird maybe -- I am in no position to judge that -- but certainly lovely. Thank you for updating, and merry Christmas to all of you. I really struggled with breastfeeding pretty much the whole time (even though my kid grew and thrived, so HE didn't struggle.) But my lactation consultant was really nice, I have to say. She really took care of ME. When I came to her in tears, she whisked me into a bed and put on the TV and fed me first thing, before she asked me one question about the baby's eating. I am so happy for you and your beautiful children and your extremely handsome kids’ fathers. Your whole family is so lovely. Weird maybe — I am in no position to judge that — but certainly lovely. Thank you for updating, and merry Christmas to all of you.

I really struggled with breastfeeding pretty much the whole time (even though my kid grew and thrived, so HE didn’t struggle.) But my lactation consultant was really nice, I have to say. She really took care of ME. When I came to her in tears, she whisked me into a bed and put on the TV and fed me first thing, before she asked me one question about the baby’s eating.

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by beate http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-669 beate Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:54:20 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-669 Thanks for keeping us in the loop during this busy time. I look forward to your post on lactation consultants. I initially struggled with breastfeeding with both of my kids. The lactation consultants at the hospital-affiliated birth center where I gave birth the first time were useless and mostly limited themselves to tugging at my nipples. I hired my own independent lactation consultant, who was pragmatic and didn't freak out about supplementing with formula while I and the kid worked on latching. It took us about 6 weeks to figure it out. I had similar latching issues with the second kid, but thanks to previous experience, I was relaxed about supplementing for a few days while waiting for the milk to come in and for the baby to develop a sucking reflex. While I can understand the intent behind the "breastfeeding is natural and instinctive" rhetoric, it does women a disservice when it omits the crucial bit of info that there is a huge learning curve involved. Likewise, viewing formula supplementation as anathema to breastfeeding is counterproductive. In my case, supplementing ensured my kids were well fed while we worked out our latching problems. Viewing this issue in binary opposites without the necessary nuance probably undercuts the goal of getting more women to breastfeed. Happy holidays to you all. Thanks for keeping us in the loop during this busy time. I look forward to your post on lactation consultants. I initially struggled with breastfeeding with both of my kids. The lactation consultants at the hospital-affiliated birth center where I gave birth the first time were useless and mostly limited themselves to tugging at my nipples. I hired my own independent lactation consultant, who was pragmatic and didn’t freak out about supplementing with formula while I and the kid worked on latching. It took us about 6 weeks to figure it out. I had similar latching issues with the second kid, but thanks to previous experience, I was relaxed about supplementing for a few days while waiting for the milk to come in and for the baby to develop a sucking reflex.
While I can understand the intent behind the “breastfeeding is natural and instinctive” rhetoric, it does women a disservice when it omits the crucial bit of info that there is a huge learning curve involved. Likewise, viewing formula supplementation as anathema to breastfeeding is counterproductive. In my case, supplementing ensured my kids were well fed while we worked out our latching problems. Viewing this issue in binary opposites without the necessary nuance probably undercuts the goal of getting more women to breastfeed.
Happy holidays to you all.

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by snickollet http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-668 snickollet Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:41:48 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-668 Merry Christmas to you and your whole family. I'm glad you're in a place of relative peace right now. Merry Christmas to you and your whole family. I’m glad you’re in a place of relative peace right now.

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Meredith http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-667 Meredith Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:36:16 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-667 I love the idea of a bonus baby! What a wonderful way to capture how he came to be. Can you believe he is yours for good? So happy for you - I love the idea of a bonus baby! What a wonderful way to capture how he came to be. Can you believe he is yours for good?

So happy for you -

]]> Comment on Bonus Baby Bliss by Sarah http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/12/bonus-baby-bliss/#comment-666 Sarah Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:42:16 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=546#comment-666 I'm so glad to hear that things are going well. You (and your family) deserve it. Print this one out and save it to read during the inevitable rough patches, ok? I’m so glad to hear that things are going well. You (and your family) deserve it. Print this one out and save it to read during the inevitable rough patches, ok?

]]> Comment on Pix and stuff by Elise http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/pix-and-stuff/#comment-665 Elise Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:51:34 +0000 http://beyondacquara.wordpress.com/?p=536#comment-665 Hope you had better support from the hospital staff this time & hope you bounce back to pre-pregnancy levels of health. Congratulations and best wishes to all! Hope you had better support from the hospital staff this time & hope you bounce back to pre-pregnancy levels of health. Congratulations and best wishes to all!

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