Caleb latched on yesterday...YAY!!!!! Thank GOD for answering our prayers! He ate from me throughout the day but it seems that for him, eating at the breast equals sleeping...he won't stay up throughout the feeding and eat continuously but will suck vigorously, stop, then start again. Dunno if this is normal or not. It wasn't sore throughout the day when he ate, though, so that was good. We also supplemented with 1 oz portions of formula throughout the day...

Last night we decided we would have him eat from me, then give him 2 oz of formula to supplement. During the middle feeding (2:30ish), he was so ravenous that he made my left nipple get a little blister on it again. The right side was better, but he was still doing more of the gnawing than the sucking that he does when he isn't so hungry. After he ate from me for about 15 minutes on each side, he then mauled his 2 oz bottle and was kind of fussy and then went to sleep around 4. At the next feeding (just now, 7:00), he was super hungry again and ate his 2 oz bottle in record time. Instead of feeding him from me, I pumped and only got about .5-.75 oz, which we fed him too.

We're going to call a lactation specialist today and Caleb's pediatrician to get some help with the whole breastfeeding thing. I REALLY don't want to put him on my left side and have him rip it to shreds again....it was too traumatic to see a piece of nipple hanging off and blood all inside his mouth...