10/31 3-6 month check in

[melody330]

How old is LO?

How is breastfeeding going?

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)?

How are nights?

Any teeth/signs of teething?

Questions/AW/Rant?

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share!

[melody330]

How old is LO? 3 months + 1 week

How is breastfeeding going? Great. He's starting to bite down hard when he's had enough which is awesome.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Just pumping every other morning for now. I have about 20 oz in the freezer. Pumping sucked for me last time but I hope it goes better this time.

How are nights? Terrible. He is up every two hours on the damn dot. I feel like I'm slowly losing my mind. H tried to give him a bottle the other night and it was a disaster. He takes bottles fine any other time since then.

Any teeth/signs of teething? No, I don't think so. He's drooling and putting all the things in his mouth but I think that's just what three month olds do.

Questions/AW/Rant? Nothing really.

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share!

I was Joe dirt one year in college and that was by far my favorite costume for me. It was hilarious. This year we let DS1 pick our costumes so everyone was a superhero.

[teraiin]

How old is LO? Almost 6 months

How is breastfeeding going? Good

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? I've slowed
Down my pumping because I got discouraged because my left breast (which has always struggled has pretty much dried up. I should pump though to make sure my right keeps up or just in case that one goes I'll have frozen stash...

How are nights? Same old same old

Any teeth/signs of teething? Chewing and gnawing and drooling

Questions/AW/Rant? Not this week

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share! My mom made me a Little house on the prairie dress when I was little and I loved it! DS is a puppy this year and it's adorable (and I spent way too much on it)

[twocents6708]

How old is LO? 5 months

How is breastfeeding going? It's going okay. DS is starting to eat more than I pump during the day but I can usually get just enough if I pump again. Adore bed.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? It's alright. I had to cut back to twice a day instead of three as it was becoming too much to manage in my schedule.

How are nights? The past month he has been up a lot more. Most of the times he wants to nurse.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Yes, lots of drool and chewing on his fingers

Questions/AW/Rant? None

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share! My favorite as a child was Rainbow Bright. But it was really hot!

[sandandsea]

DS is 4 months
BF is going well.
Pumping is going great. Apparently I'm super efficient so I pump three times a day and have enough to feed DS all day at daycare and freeze a bottle.
Nights have gotten rough. He's up every few hours and wants to eat. He's a big guy and constantly growing and it seems very hungry.
No teeth yet.
Lately he's started biting more during feeding. I'm guessing it's to slow the flow but it hurts! He's been fine up until now and always eats quickly. He's done in 4 minutes and always has been. What can I do to stop the biting or slow the flow?
DS was Squirt from finding memo a few years ago and I loved it.

[melody330]

sandandsea my DS bites down hard too. It's usually his signal he's done. I usually burp and offer again. Half the time he takes it, the other half i get bit again.

Just unlatch him when he bites. There's no way to teach them not to at this age. If you think it's teething related, offer a frozen washcloth and massage the gums prior to feeding. That might help the biting too!

[sarcaztic10]

How old is LO? 3 months last week, 14 weeks.

How is breastfeeding going? Good, I love it.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Pumping is ok, it's not super enjoyable but it's what I have to do.

How are nights? Overall we do ok. He is fighting a cold or something right now and is congested and spending a lot of time in bed with me which I don't mind.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Nope

Questions/AW/Rant? I pump at work 3x right now. In the AM I pump both breasts and get at least 8 oz (S only finishes one at home but on may leave I added in a pumping session at the same time as the AM feeding) then at lunch I pump just one side and only get like 2 oz then I pump one side at 2:30 or so and get 4 oz. I am freezing some milk every day but I would like to be putting less into the freezer.

So, here are my questions. What would you suggest I do to regulate my production down a bit? Just pump less/stop earlier in the AM session? Could I cut out my lunch pumping session and combine it with the late afternoon one? If I dropped to 2 sessions would that affect the weekend nursing sessions with S considering he will usually eat every 3 hours or so?

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share! I loved my boys S ninja turtles this year. My oldest was a cute little penguin when he was 2.

[sandandsea]

Nov 1, 2016 20:37:39 GMT -5 sarcaztic10 said:

How old is LO? 3 months last week, 14 weeks.

How is breastfeeding going? Good, I love it.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Pumping is ok, it's not super enjoyable but it's what I have to do.

How are nights? Overall we do ok. He is fighting a cold or something right now and is congested and spending a lot of time in bed with me which I don't mind.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Nope

Questions/AW/Rant? I pump at work 3x right now. In the AM I pump both breasts and get at least 8 oz (S only finishes one at home but on may leave I added in a pumping session at the same time as the AM feeding) then at lunch I pump just one side and only get like 2 oz then I pump one side at 2:30 or so and get 4 oz. I am freezing some milk every day but I would like to be putting less into the freezer.

So, here are my questions. What would you suggest I do to regulate my production down a bit? Just pump less/stop earlier in the AM session? Could I cut out my lunch pumping session and combine it with the late afternoon one? If I dropped to 2 sessions would that affect the weekend nursing sessions with S considering he will usually eat every 3 hours or so?

GTKY: What was your favorite Halloween costume (for you or LO)? Bonus points for PIP if you care to share! I loved my boys S ninja turtles this year. My oldest was a cute little penguin when he was 2.

I would drop the lunch pump and just pump both sides at 2:30. I dropped the third work session my first week when I was freezing a ton everyday. Now I pump twice at work and am getting just about the same output. I also shortened pumping to 10 minutes (DS eats in 4) and figure if I need to up it later I can.

[emmyg65]

sarcaztic10, sandandsea has a good recommendation. Keep in mind that if you've only been back at work for a short time, your supply is still adjusting to this new pumping routine. And your baby might start taking more milk over the next few months (mine started at 12 oz./day at daycare and peaked at 16 oz.). But you can always add a session back in if you need to.

[Ray]

How old is LO? 3.5 months

How is breastfeeding going? Really well! Love it.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Pretty well so far - Got my schedule worked out and am pumping in my office 3x a day. I get about 8oz total. Also pump before and after work and before bed to get 12-14oz total per day. First day he ate 8oz while I was gone. Today he ate 12.

How are nights?
Egh. We are bed sharif to survive.

Any teeth/signs of teething?
Not really

Questions/AW/Rant?
Guilt trip over pumping from work sucked but all is well now.
GTKY: this one