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Really there’s not much of a story here. Many moms have a very hard time breastfeeding their first child (latch problems, supply issues, etc). I didn’t but I was worried about my milk coming in late. Since it came in so late with my first (see post below), I wasn’t sure if that was due to the circumstances of his birth or that my milk just came in that late normally. So I continued to nurse Ezra through my pregnancy with Porter partly because I wanted to make sure that Porter had something to eat when he was born.

The birth was beautiful (although a bit crazy). Porter took to nursing right away and has never looked back since. He’s consistently gained much faster than Ezra in fact. What has been interesting is introducing the whole concept of tandem nursing an infant and a toddler. Would I have enough milk for both? Would Ezra (since he’s older and more developed) take too much so Porter wouldn’t get enough? How could I tell Ezra ‘no’ when Porter was nursing?

First let me say that the resources at Kelly Mom have been fabulous, as has Nursing Two. And mainly, I don’t analyze it much. I make sure I’m eating and try to drink lots of water to keep my milk supply up. I generally only let Ezra nurse 3 times a day and when he asks other times, sometimes I’ll let him have a sip, or other times he’ll get something special like lemonade or juice (watered down). Porter is happy and gaining weight so I’m not too worried. What I do love is watching Ezra get excited to nurse with Porter, that he says “Ezra’s side” and “Po-po’s side” when he’s nursing by himself at night. Some might think that a bit weird. But he’s already learning to share his most precious resource before he’s yet 2 years old. He already is learning to think of another and that’s a big deal for this mama. (He does not always watch his feet and so coupled with the lovely caring of his younger sibling regarding nursing, is the chance of kicking said sibling in the face if he’s not watching where he’s going ).

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