Those that pump and are back at work, how do you clean your pump in between sessions? It's my first day back and pumping at work is a pain. I have been trying to rinse and wash the pieces but I'm also trying to be quick... and avoid notice also. Not that I'm embarrassed but I would like to avoid the stupid questions.
I'm not pumping at work, but I've always heard get a ziploc bag and put all the parts in and stick it in the fridge. Then wash the parts at the end of the day.
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Those that pump and are back at work, how do you clean your pump in between sessions? It's my first day back and pumping at work is a pain. I have been trying to rinse and wash the pieces but I'm also trying to be quick... and avoid notice also. Not that I'm embarrassed but I would like to avoid the stupid questions.
I'm not pumping at work, but I've always heard get a ziploc bag and put all the parts in and stick it in the fridge. Then wash the parts at the end of the day.
Post by boxerrrmama85 on Mar 22, 2015 16:47:47 GMT -5
kartish -- not that I'm a pro yet but these are my time saving musts: - I prep everything the night before. (Connect pumping adapters to bags so the next day I just connect the adapters and I'm good to go). -I pump straight into bags to avoid having to wash bottles at night. I just redistribute milk into freezable portions or into her bottles for the next day. - I put my pump parts in a cooler in between sessions. -I have medela wipes and a gallon of water with the spout thingy in my office for quick clean ups just incase (like the day I realized one of the valves had soap in it and I was pumping bubbles!) - I also keep a towel in my bag that I put on my lap when I am taking the flanges out of my hands free pumping bra to avoid any milk spills.
I just love pumping at work! (Insert sarcasm here). My door doesn't have a lock (yet) so I barricade myself in my office with a chair. I also have a door hanger sign that says "do not disturb, pumping in progress"
kartish -- not that I'm a pro yet but these are my time saving musts: - I prep everything the night before. (Connect pumping adapters to bags so the next day I just connect the adapters and I'm good to go). -I pump straight into bags to avoid having to wash bottles at night. I just redistribute milk into freezable portions or into her bottles for the next day. - I put my pump parts in a cooler in between sessions. -I have medela wipes and a gallon of water with the spout thingy in my office for quick clean ups just incase (like the day I realized one of the valves had soap in it and I was pumping bubbles!) - I also keep a towel in my bag that I put on my lap when I am taking the flanges out of my hands free pumping bra to avoid any milk spills.
I just love pumping at work! (Insert sarcasm here). My door doesn't have a lock (yet) so I barricade myself in my office with a chair. I also have a door hanger sign that says "do not disturb, pumping in progress"
Do you wipe them with the Medela wipes in between sessions? Or just rinse them with water and dry off? Do you pump into the same bags all day? Or do you just pump once during the day?
Pumping makes me feel so disorganized and klutzy. I tried to get organized last night, but still was fumbling.
So random question about poop. LO is 6 1/2 weeks and is pooping less frequently but are getting bigger which I know is normal. My question is sometimes they are the mustard color but without the seeds and sometimes they are like greenish/light brown. She only gets breastmilk. whats with the no seeds and random weird color? I keep forgetting to ask the dr because it's just random poops. I see the dr on Tuesday so I'm going to ask then for sure, just wondering others experiences.
kartish -- not that I'm a pro yet but these are my time saving musts: - I prep everything the night before. (Connect pumping adapters to bags so the next day I just connect the adapters and I'm good to go). -I pump straight into bags to avoid having to wash bottles at night. I just redistribute milk into freezable portions or into her bottles for the next day. - I put my pump parts in a cooler in between sessions. -I have medela wipes and a gallon of water with the spout thingy in my office for quick clean ups just incase (like the day I realized one of the valves had soap in it and I was pumping bubbles!) - I also keep a towel in my bag that I put on my lap when I am taking the flanges out of my hands free pumping bra to avoid any milk spills.
I just love pumping at work! (Insert sarcasm here). My door doesn't have a lock (yet) so I barricade myself in my office with a chair. I also have a door hanger sign that says "do not disturb, pumping in progress"
Do you wipe them with the Medela wipes in between sessions? Or just rinse them with water and dry off? Do you pump into the same bags all day? Or do you just pump once during the day?
Pumping makes me feel so disorganized and klutzy. I tried to get organized last night, but still was fumbling.
I was planning on using the medela wipes in between, but I just keep them in the cooler-- but have accidentally dropped a flange and then give it a good wipe and a rinse.
I pump into separate bags-- I read (I think on medela.com or kellymom) that you shouldn't mix warm milk with cooled milk. I know it's a lot of bags-- but it saves me about 20 minutes of washing and drying bottles each day.
Quick stuffy/congested nose question. LO has been stuffy so we did saline drops probably a half hour after he ate. He then had a semi projectile spit up. This same thing has happened once before. Has anyone experienced mucous causing this type of reaction? After the spit up incident I nose frieda'd him and of course the saline did help loosen and we got stuff out of his nose. I thought about not using the drops but they did help loosen what else was up there....any other advice?
so it seems like it's some sort of an update that caused the problem of not being able to subscribe to boards. I noticed that someone else asked the question on another board, so at least I am not alone. Laaaame
so it seems like it's some sort of an update that caused the problem of not being able to subscribe to boards. I noticed that someone else asked the question on another board, so at least I am not alone. Laaaame
I was quite disappointed when my favorited boards disappeared. I too am lazy. (I don't suppose our mods can help/influence a fix for this? It appears to only be broken on the tapatalk app)
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