3-6 Month Check In 1/9

[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 is your dream career?

[melody330]

How old is LO? 5.5 months

How is breastfeeding going? Great, no issues nursing.


How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Not great. B is eating 9 oz while I'm away (7:30-3:30) and Im only pumping 6-7oz. I have a freezer stash so short term this isn't a problem. I'm doing all the things, nothing helps.

How are nights? Getting better. Since he stopped nursing to sleep he seems to be doing longer stretches. Usually I get one 5-6 hour stretch.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Two bottom teeth are still just chilling under the surface. I can feel them when he's got a lazy latch.

Questions/AW/Rant? We had a really really rough start at DC last week. It was bad. The teacher was pressuring me to give more oz because she admittedly doesn't understand how BM works.

GTKY: What is your dream career? In an unrealistic world, my dream would be to SAH but still get paid my salary LOL. But since that's not real life I actually love my job. I'm a special education teacher and I can't imagine doing anything else.

[pttomato]

How old is LO? Almost 5 months

How is breastfeeding going? Good.

How are nights? Getting better. I wish I could figure out why she is waking up so often. She doesn't want to nurse half the time and she tosses and turns for a lot before she wakes herself up. Hopefully her sleep keeps getting better, I'm not ready to sleep train her.

Any teeth/signs of teething? No signs of teeth.

Questions/AW/Rant? When will she stop choking when she eats? She still does it at least a once a day but now it really upsets her. I thought she would have outgrown that by now.

GTKY: What is your dream career? Trying to figure that out now, lol. I have a PhD in chemistry, but I haven't worked in the field in 3 years. I'd like to do something science related, but I am leaning away from research.

[LadyNymeria]

How old is LO? 4 months on Friday

How is breastfeeding going? Good besides the right nipple pain that still comes and goes thanks to my pretty flat right nipple.

How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? Tomorrow will be a week back to work. Ended up with a half day first day back so I picked up R and nursed. Wednesday & Thursday I work from home so that was all nursing. Friday I got 17oz in 3 pumping sessions and today I got 15oz in 3 sessions. Still figuring out how much R is actually going to eat while I'm gone, but I'm hoping to keep up those amounts.

How are nights? Hello 4 month sleep regression. He's up every 3 hours most nights right now.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Drooling and gnawing on things. Maybe early signs of teething, maybe not.

Questions/AW/Rant? Not thrilled with the worsening sleep. Hoping this regression is done with quickly. If course it had to coincide with me going back to work.

What is your dream career? I honestly have no idea.

[LadyNymeria]

melody330 - Hugs for the rough start at daycare. Sorry the teacher added to your stress. Hope you find something that helps boost your supply/output.

pttomato - No advice since my LO is younger, but good luck with the sleep and choking. My DS is a month younger but still chokes occasionally too. No idea why.

[hikingmama222]

How old is LO? 3 months

How is breastfeeding going? Good, no issues


How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? On mat leave for a year. Trying to pump once a day to get a little freezer stash and to have something for dad to give DS when I'm out of the house. He gets hangry and is still fed on demand so if I'm not there DH needs something to placate him.

How are nights? Rough. Still up every couple of hours. He goes back down super easy but wakes up a lot. And he goes from stirring to screaming in a matter of minutes. If I don't catch him he wakes the whole house up.

Any teeth/signs of teething? I think so. Gnawing on his hands and drooling like crazy. Dd didn't get teeth until 13 months though. Hers kept going up and down.

Questions/AW/Rant? DS still rarely goes more than 2 hours between feeds. I'm not sure if it's because he's just snaking of if I don't have very much milk stored. Whenever I pump I don't get more than 1.5-2 oz and then feel empty even if it's been hours since he last ate from that breast. He's growing just fine so I'm not overly worried but having more sleep and longer stretches between feeds would be nice.

GTKY: What is your dream career? I still don't know.

[saraml13]

How old is LO? 3 months on Thursday

How is breastfeeding going? Going well. DS2 is a chunky baby who is obviously growing well. I have a bit of an over supply and an overactive let down on one side, which DS2 still struggles with choking on.


How is pumping/work (if you are back to work)? I started back at work last week. There aren't a lot of great options for spaces to pump in my new office, but luckily a manager retired just before my ML and I can use his empty office. For now I'm pumping plenty. I just hate the mountain of bottles and pump parts to clean and manage.

How are nights? He's sleeping well for now. He'll sleep from 7:30 to 6:30 with only one wake up. I'm not convinced this will last. DS1 slept well at this age, but then started waking up a lot more at 3.5 months.

Any teeth/signs of teething? Lots of drooling and hand gnawing, but I think it is more developmental than teething.

Questions/AW/Rant?

GTKY: What is your dream career? I wish I knew