Still trudging along...

Last Tuesday we went back in for Sara's biweekly weight check. Eleven ounces in thirteen days! That's great, but it's still frustrating because it was with supplementing (pumped milk primarily). Sara evidently gains pretty well when I give her a bottle at least some. At night, I've even been giving her a couple of ounces of formula before bed because it makes the difference in her sleeping for 1-2 hours in a row and 5-7 hours! As anti-formula as I am/used to be, that's a no-brainer for me. Anyway, she's still having major problems with straight-up breastfeeding. She nurses for 40 minutes (that's as long as the lactation consultant said to let her go, after that it's burning more calories than she's getting), and then 15 minutes later, she's screaming and chewing her fist off. Jessica Ballinger thinks I should get her checked to see if she's tongue-tied. A lot of the "symptoms" are classic Sara -- losing suction easily, getting worn out quickly, lots of long pauses. So, I'm making an appointment with a pediatric dentist to get her evaluated. If so, it will be clipped, which supposedly is akin to getting your ears pierced -- they don't even anesthetize usually, and typically there is little or no blood. It's evidently a hereditary problem (which incidentally, Zack's brother had to have his tongue clipped). Anyway, I'll be so glad if it's that simple of a problem, because it supposedly makes all the difference in the world. On the flip side though, I'll be really irritated that the pediatrician, who has seen Sara 7+ times, and the lactation consultant didn't even look for it, even though it's an extremely common issue! Medical "professionals." Grrrrr....