Today Julie Grau came over and did our first session with infant massage. Link really enjoyed it and was really calm the whole way through. While I was massaging his ankles (the reflexology points for genitalia) Link peed all over me. We had placed a washcloth lightly over and under him, but the force was to strong. He also soiled the cloth when Bryce did the other ankle. Julie also did some cranial sacral work on Link's poor head, which is so great because it is definitely the area of most pain for him, even though it looks great for all it went through.
Breastfeeding is going really well. I woke up with engorged breasts, but only because Link is a fabulous sleeper. He slept a full seven hours last night. Although he has a fabulous latch and I am just streaming with milk our biggest problem is just getting him to suck continually. He has to be swaddled tightly or he pushes back with his arms. He also grunts like a pig when he puts his head in to drink and after about three pulls he pulls his head back and squeals really loud. The first night we were in bed together he was making these noises and I woke up to feed him in the middle of the night half asleep. I was half dreaming, I think because of the animal sounds that we were both continually changing into other animals (like the wizards duel on The Sword in the Stone) and I had to figure out how to nurse him being a different animal (like a horse) while he was a different animal (like a chicken).
Link has stopped gagging and throwing up amniotic fluid, which makes us all feel better. He is going through the stage of his pours opening up so I keep thinking he is getting bitten by insects, but he just has little white dots with red around them for little periods of time and then they disappear.
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