thankful, oh dear, sounds terribly painful, you must be quite heartborken to see her like this.
BB crying/spitting during drinking- I think some mummies here mentioned this problem right? From my previous (and current!) experience, it was due to oral thrush. Cause the thrush made drinking very painful due to their sore tounge, so when latching on during letdown, the milk sprays hurt their mouth/throat. And I realised that even when bottled-fed its the same cause the sucking motion hurts their tounge. This isexactly wat is happenning with my bb now. Everytime during feeding, he will drink, spit, cry, try to drink, and struggle/cry again. I really hope he gets well soon.
hind/foremilk- If I am not wrong, the foremilk will slowly change into hindmilk when the fattier deposits in the breasts are dislogded, so its not exactly easy to tell when. But I think foremilk is usually very watery and almost transparent (those who pump EMB will know wat I mean) and the hindmilk tho watery is not as transparent, its alot milkier looking. I read somewhere that usually it around 5 to 7 minutes into pumping/BF when it starts to be all hindmilk.
calming bbs- I think that bbs can sense 'vibes' very well. During the times when I am flustered and am trying to calm bb down, it always doesnt work as well as when I am calm and collected myself. I think that could be why some CLs/granddies seem to be able to calm bb better? Cause usually the mummy is the one who is most affected by the crying, esp when bb is v upset right?
garfield, $45?! I paid $180 for 2 hours this lactation consultant to come to the hosp (cause it was weekend, no in-house LC avail) to help me with my BF problems and in the end still doesnt work. Complete waste of my money.