More feeding news

Mommy has been trying to get to the bottom of Abi’s feeding issues.  Today, Mommy spoke to a lactation consultant, who pointed out that milk supply is a function of demand.  (The more milk that’s called for, the more that’s made.)  Since Abi is now fascinated (distracted) by her environment, she may be eating less, and hence Mommy is making less milk.  As an experiment, Mommy had Abi eat more frequently, and Mommy noticed that she was making more milk.  Also, to keep Abi entertained while eating (to prevent distraction from the environment), Abi now eats sitting up, facing Mommy, like a big girl.  Singing to her also caused her to tune out the environment a bit.  She definitely ate longer.  Mommy has also tried to put a wrap (very light cotton towel) over Abi’s head so that she cannot see her environment while eating, but Abi gets out of it.  We’ll see how tonight goes.

In other news, Abi now turns over very, very easily.  Front to back, and back to front. She also stood up today by herself, just by holding onto Mommy’s or Daddy’s shirt (once with each parent).  Go Abi!