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Breast Fest 2010 Postponed

Unfortunately, J and I have decided to postpone Breast Fest (that's my name for my 24-hour, breast-only, no-bottles-allowed marathon) a week or two. We have always known that Claire has a "witching hour" — a period at night where a baby is extra fussy and cranky — but it has progressed to full-blown colic over the weekend. The past few nights have been hell. None of our usual tricks seem to work, and as soon as she seems to have calmed down, she will start screaming again once we relax. Her fussiness has considerably gotten worse during the daytime too. (And before you give any suggestions, please know that yes, we probably have tried it already. We have tried everything that friends have suggested,...

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Wednesday. It’s On.

I am pretty sure that I do not need a lactation consultant. Claire has a perfectly good latch. I do not have any supply issues. I am comfortable in different breastfeeding positions. I have read La Leche League's The Womanly Art of Breastfeeding front to back, and am always visiting breastfeeding support forums, so I am certainly informed. What I do have is an impatient and lazy suckler. One out of every five times, she will take from my breast and drink for a good 10+ minutes straight. It is only the other four out of five times that she will only suck for a minute or two, tire of it (because it's more work than drinking from a bottle), then proceed to start screaming. And the...

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