Coming up for air

One of the most common questions I get when I visit a new mom, is “when does this get easier”

When will baby feed better or sleep better?

When will I sleep again?

When will I stop being so tired?

When will there be a sense of normalcy again?

When will I feel like me again.

When will this stop being…..

Hard???

I get it. I’ve been there. 3 times. And each time was different.

Having a a new baby is not something we can truly ever be prepared for. No matter how much we read, paint, or buy. Even when it’s our second or third.

It’s a life changing event that you must experience to truly understand, because to everyone. It’s different.

I remember with my first born. I feet like a milk machine, enslaved to my sore soggy body, chained to a wall desperately trying to maintain my milk supply for my preemie baby who didn’t yet know how to eat fully from my breasts.

I constantly woke up to the smell of my breast milk stained shirt and sore breasts because I slept a little too long between pumps.

My days with my first born went as follows:

Baby is hungry

Get ready to feed my baby

Hold my breath & latch my baby.

Unlach baby,

Relatch the baby.

Ouch.

Desperately try to breastfeed my baby,

Supplement bottle feed baby

hold my baby and rock baby to sleep,

put baby down

pick baby back up because he’s crying,

pump and hold baby,

put baby down to store milk in the fridge.

baby cries.

Cry with the baby.

Baby finally sleeps.

Sleep when the baby sleeps… year right.

Baby is hungry.

Change the baby.

Breastfeed the baby

have anxiety about how much I fed the baby,

bottle feed the baby. Etc…. Etc…etc….

Holy moly.

I myself remember feeling like I got hit by a bus after each of my 3 deliveries. Each time the sense of normalcy and routine came at a different time, because with each, we had our own unique set of difficulties, especially when it came to breastfeeding.

But when we did finally figure out breastfeeding, sleep came a little more often, routines started to establish themselves, and I worried a little less about how much milk I was making or if my baby was getting enough….

I felt like I finally reached the surface and came up for air.

This is why Nurture Development & Lactation was born. There was little to no help when I needed it, and I felt like I was drowning.

I want to help families breathe a little easier when it comes to nurturing their little ones.

Because we shouldn’t have to find the surface alone 🤍

I can’t wait to work with you. Call me to schedule a visit to help you meet your unique goals, so you can breathe a little easier.