After the fiasco that were my c-section and hospital stay we took the dude home. The first few nights were...exhausting. He cried every hour. The breast feeding never worked out so I pump and he kicked the formula habit. We used the book "The Complete and Authoritative Guide: Caring for Your Baby and Young Child" by the American Academy of Pediatrics to guide us from sleeping to changing to bathing to feeding. I followed it to the letter. So after 3 days, he was eating 3 ounces every 3 hours, had the right number of wet and dirty diapers and hardly cried because all his needs were met on a regular cycle. Now of course I did try again to breastfeed him, but all it did was throw his schedule out of whack. And I ended up doing 3 times as much work (breast feed, pump, bottle feed with breast milk). After the 3rd week, I gave up breastfeeding entirely and exclusively pump. Hey, at least he's getting breast milk.
The book is quite thick so it was quite daunting to read all at once. I read just ahead of where he'd be. It keeps the info fresh in my mind and I'm not bogged down with too much info.
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