The Cutest baby in the whole world part II

I'm adding a few blog posts all at the same time.  So you may want to read the next post as well to get the whole story. 

We wonder if the collar bone has contributed to an extremely difficult time of nursing, since Brooke was in pain at first.  It was extremely important to Leslie that she breastfeed instead of use formula, but Brooke must not have gotten the memo, because right from the beginning Brooke would scream at every attempt to nurse.  

Leslie deserves an award, because when most moms would have said this is really not worth it, she continued to work hard at it.   It wasn't until about 1 week ago that Brooke finally gave in and started nursing.  During the first week Brooke lost much more weight than she should have, but Leslie really didn't want to use a bottle because she feared that Brooke would never go back to nursing. 

The breastfeeding consultants suggested using something called the SNS, which involves a bottle with a very small tube attached that you tape to your finger and then the baby sucks on your finger to get the milk from the tube.  Kind of a weird system, but Brooke was a fan.  So for almost 3 months Leslie would nurse when Brooke was willing, and pump and use the SNS for most of the time.  She never did use formula or switch to a bottle, even though it was extremely hard.

Mom reading monster stories to Brooke for Halloween!  I think Brooke looks scared.

Her super cute Halloween costume.  She wasn't a fan.