Mommy Milk Monday 3/30

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Questions?

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)?

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return?

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently?

[michelle142]

]How old is your LO? 5 weeks 2 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping for a freezer stash


Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I don't mess around with a cover. I just wear a nursing tank under a nursing friendly shirt (I like wrap style shirts, where one side is easily pushed over or down). Position LO in front of my boob, then move shirt and tank. People very rarely notice, since 99% of me is covered by either shirt or baby.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? I haven't started yet. But my plan is the same as last time. Pump while I get ready in the morning, then at 9, 11 and 2. Both sides every time. Keep pump parts refrigerated in between so they don't need to be washed.
Right now I pump at about 830 every morning and dd gets a bottle before bed, when I pump again.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? 60's music lol it's what calms dd down, so I play the 60's station on directv alot.

[flyster]

How old is your LO? Editing to add, LO is 8 weeks Wednesday

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing, pumping to build up a stash and leave LO at home.

Questions? Nope

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I've only done it at mom's groups, although at the most recent one, there was a dad there as well. I kindof used a scarf to cover, but mostly just tried to use the boob on his far side. I have to figure out which of my closes are nursing friendly...tough when 95% of my clothes don't fit yet.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? Starting to build a stash now. My job makes pumping pretty easy. We have a lot of young women with young kids, so the toughest part is scheduling into the rotation for the room.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Baby Beluga by Raffi. We sing it every day.

[anchovies]

Hi all!

LO is 6w1d today

We are currently doing all 3. His weight was 8lb last Tuesday. He looks and feels much bigger! Heading to a BF support group tomorrow. I will be interested to see how much he has gained. So happy he is doing much better!

Question: does anyone have a bottle warmer recommendation? I'm looking at one for home and another for travel.

QOTW: sugar by maroon 5!

[cougarette]

How old is your LO? 4w5d

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping in the morning and when e give the occasional bottle

Questions? From another thread this morning - Would a bad latch not hurt? My right nipple doesn't hurt and it looks like he's opened wide, lips flanged out, but I get the lipstick nipple. Also, sometimes I can feel him going over the top rather than along the side. I wait until he;s wide open, but he still ends up with a shallow latch.

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)?
My difficulty is my arm getting tired. I use the udder cover and it works ok, except I think I need to adjust the sling so that the opening is a little bigger to see

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? I should start thinking about this

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Several lullabies (lullabys?)

[angeldcf]

How old is your LO?  almost 5 wks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? EBF, pumping, technically she's had 2 bottles of formula in her life

Let's talk nursing in public.  no cover, just modestly keep DD's head in line while getting boob ready

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return?  Work has lactation room, & I have a locker.  Plan to keep ice pack/Medela bag in locker.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently?  DS's bedtime songs

[cginge]

How old is your LO? 7 weeks on Wednesday.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing exclusively. I'd like to start pumping just to get him used to taking a bottle.

Questions? Have any of you ladies added in caffeine to your diet? If so, did you notice any effect on your LO? I haven't had any since the day I was induced and I could definitely use some but I don't want to rock the boat.

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I am still pretty uncomfortable with this. I've BF'd in my car and that's about as 'public' as I've gotten. I'll be following this to get recommendations re: covers. I've been using swaddle blankets and they slip/make LO too sweaty.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? N/A. SAHM for a while.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Old MacDonald

[babycfeb2015]

cginge Ive switched back to caffinated coffee and LO seems fine. I usually only have one a day and drink it slowly

[boxerrrmama85]

How old is your LO? 9 weeks 4 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping at work

Questions? None at the moment.

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I am becoming more comfortable with NIP. I use a cover-- and had a fun time while outdoors this weekend as it was a tad windy. But for the most part I have a "f' it attitude. Baby's gotta eat.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? I have a hard time always staying on schedule. I work with children with autism and behavioral challenges-- and sometimes if we are in crisis, I have to stay until the situation is resolved and the student is back on track. But I have managed to make my life much easier by pumping straight into bags (which are prepped and connected to the valves the night before) and leaving pump parts in a cooler in between sessions. ETA: I have a hard time too when my boss is in town because we then technically share my office and asking him to leave so I can pump is a bit awkward.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Giggabellies, Wheels on the Bus. GAH!

[michelle142]

cginge I've been drinking caffeinated coffee since we came home from the hospital. One huge cup every morning.

The majority of babies are unaffected by caffeine unless you're guzzling down absurd amounts.

Start with a small caffeinated drink, see how LO reacts and go from there.

[misshart00]

I have days where I guzzle absurd amounts of caffeine. I've seen no effect on DS.

[misshart00]

But i don't think you should just randomly start drinking absurd amounts of caffeine. I agree with start with a little and see how it goes.

[mamabisme]

How old is your LO? 4 weeks 5 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Mostly nursing. This is my second week back to the gym. I'm going early (before DH has to leave for work) 3x/week. So, on those days DH gives him a bottle of pumped milk while I'm gone. When I get home I pump to replace the feed so I don't have to dip in to my stash.

Questions?

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I have 3 kids so I'm always nursing in public. I have to. We have places to go and things to do. I cover with a receiving blanket.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? I'm a sahm.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? We've been listening to the CD for my older girls' Easter play, in the car. I keep getting those songs stuck in my head.

[misshart00]

How old is your LO? 8 weeks tomorrow

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Mostly nursing. Pumping for a stash and some supplementing.

Questions? Not really.

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I usually take formula if we're going somewhere, but if he won't take it, I nurse. I use a blanket that's weighted in one corner so it stays over my shoulder.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? SAHM so nope.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? I have a one year old girl. Anything from frozen is always stuck in my head.

[mands1125]

How old is your LO? 6W4D

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping maybe like 4 times a week for a stash

Questions? None right now

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)?- I haven't used a cover. Seems too complicated. I tried one at home and it didn't really work out that well. I have only nursed in Mothers Rooms at BRU and Nordstroms and then also at the grocery store at a BF support group.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return?- I don't have a plan but it will be similar to michelle142 I think.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran because its on every radio station constantly (I like the song though)

[mamabisme]

Mar 30, 2015 12:55:57 GMT -5 @holachica said:

How old is your LO? 5 weeks 5 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping

Questions? DS seems like a glutton when he bottle feeds. We even pace feed and he will take down 4-5 oz. How much is typical?

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I use the Aden and Anais swaddle blankets as a cover. They're cute and light weight. The only issues I've had is when DS decides he wants to keep popping off abs needs to be burped a ton. Is tricky to maneuver him and keep my boobs in check.


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? we were driving to a friend's house yesterday and Magic Stick by 50 cent came on the Sirius station. Not really child appropriate, lol, but it's been in my head for the past 24 hours!

I no longer pump daily. The first few weeks home I pumped every morning to build up a freezer stash. Now that I'm comfortable with the amount I have in my stash I just pump every time DS gets a bottle, to replace the feed. I just freeze whatever I get in that pumping session and that's what goes in his bottle. It's always between 3.5-4oz. My thought was that this would be a good way to make sure I didn't over/under feed because the amount going in his bottle is what he would be getting from me in one nursing session anyway. This plan wouldn't work for everyone but it's been perfect for us.
ETA: I totally think he would drink more if I gave it but with the way we are doing it he is always satisfied and is ready to his next feeding at the same time he would be if he were nursing.

[Deleted]

How old is your LO? 3w 2 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing. This weekend we tried having me pumping directly into a bottle and DH then giving it to her. It went OK, but I had to supplement with the boob at the end anyway. I don't know if it was because she needed the comfort of skin contact, because there was BM left in the bottle that she didn't want to drink.

Questions?
What has been everybody elses experience with introducing bottles? How did you start it and what was your LO's reaction to it?

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)?
I only use a cover (a light blanket or shawl) if there is a lot of movement and noise around us to give her a little calm and allow her to focus.
The main difficulty is arm/back pain though, I really need to be careful about positioning.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return?
I am on maternity leave until January 2016 so I don't need a plan.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently?
A song from a commercial, don't know the name of it. It's really annoying since I don't really know the lyrics.

[Deleted]

cginge I have coffee everyday but I haven't noticed any affect on LO. I second what others said about introducing it slowly.

[kaydee0402]

LO is 4 weeks.

I am nursing and pumping.

No questions right now

I have no issues with nursing in public. He doesn't like the nursing covers, but isn't bothered by a blanket, so I just use whatever blanket we stuck in his diaper bag. I'll just cover and continue my shopping.

Cook in' by the book. It's a mash up between some Nickelodeon show and Lil'Jon that my husbandman found on YouTube. It's ridiculous but damn it's catchy.

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 2 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Mostly nursing. Pumping occasionally so DH can give a bottle.

Questions? None right now

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I have NIP several times with DD. I have a cover (Udder Covers) that I use, though I've also used an A+A swaddle blanket. No tips or difficulties - I got to be pretty good at it with DS so it's mostly just practice that makes it more comfortable.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? I won't be back to work until August, but when I do go back I'll pump one side and nurse on the other side in the morning before I leave for work. Then I'll pump at lunch. My school has a couple of conference rooms that are available for pumping, and if those are both busy I can also use one of the counselors' offices.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? I've had Cecilia & the Satellite stuck in my head ever since I heard the lead singer interviewed - he wrote it about his newborn daughter and it gets me all kinds of choked up, yet I can't get it out of my head!

[cougarette]

@alyllyra Everytime DH has given a bottle DS wants to nurse afterward. I'm not sure if we're not giving enough or not. We average about 3.5-4 oz and he'll want to nurse a little after that. We need to figure out the right amount for daycare.

Interestingly I've always been in the same room and DS doesn't seem to mind. My in-laws gave him a bottle while we were on date night and he was still acting like he wanted some (he got 4 oz), so when we got home DH gave him another bottle while I pumped and dumped. I did pump 6 oz, though so I wonder if that's what he needed to begin with?

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO? 7weekd

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pumping exclusively.

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)?
See above. Just pumping.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return?

I have my own office so no real problems with finding a place to pump. Tips-- buy the medela wipes. I love those. I pump when I ger up at 5:30, 10, 2, 6 and before bed so like 9:30/10 pm. This had been working for me. I try to follow the same if not a few more.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? the new show on Netflix -- the unbreakable kimmy Schmidt. That theme song is soooooooo stuck in my head.

[WittyLittle]

LO is 6 weeks. I'm exclusively pumping and starting to get very sick of it. I feel like any free time i have in hooked up to this machine.

I was wondering, for other bottle babies, when did they move up to the bigger teats? DS still only wants the very slow flow nipples on the avent bottle. Now that he eats more it's taking forever to finish his feeds. Any tips oe sound i just be patient?

I used to nurse in public with a scarf over LO. Now my problem is pumping when we have guests over. I go in to another room then.

I've decided to start formula feeding when i go back to work. With teaching and crappy scheduling it's just too much stress trying to get all my sessions in. I get 3 half hour between classes on a 10-12 hour day, where i have to do admin, change rooms and answer students' questions. That's already a stretch Hats off to those who manage!

Also wheels on the bus! And that mamma's gonna buy you a mockingbird song.... Though i have to make up the words every time!

[cloe111479]

Forgot a tip for pumping.

If you have an office kind of job -- hands free bra!! I use it everytime I pump at work. I try and time work projects that need me to be at the computer exclusively or things I need to organoze and totally do those while pumping. It makes it go by faster and helps me get shit done.

[ace226]

How old is your LO? 3 weeks today!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Questions? I'd love advice for getting rid of the shield! If I have to use it all through breastfeeding I'm fine with it, it's still less work than making bottles, but it's kind of messy!

Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I have a nursing scarf that I used at family's house yesterday, but I still went in the other room. My biggest difficulty is the shield! Modest NIP is harder to come by since there's more set up.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? SAHM.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? "Make you feel my love" by Adele

[RedGiant]

How old is your LO? 8 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, and have pumped twice to try to start introducing a bottle.


Let's talk nursing in public. Tips? Difficulties? Do you use a cover (if so, what)? I use a cover - from udder covers - and it works well for me. I also keep various blankets in the diaper bag in case I need one. If I'm at a restaurant, i try to get a booth, extra privacy if i need to nurse, and then prop up my arm and baby with the diaper bag to make it easier to hold her in the right position. After watching some youtube videos, figuring out how to nurse while wearing DD (I use an ergo carrier), makes running errands less stressful since I also have to watch/corral a toddler.

What about pumping at work? Tips? Difficulties? Or are you making a plan for when you return? SAHM so N/A

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head recently? Uptown Funk or Thinking Out Loud. Always on the radio, and I always sing along.

[michelle142]

I just want to say that most bottles for bf babies don't exceed 4oz. Even as they get older, the nutritional value of the milk changes to meet their needs. Not to say they can't take more than that, but it's not common.

If they are still acting hungry after a bottle feed, it's generally because they feel the need to suck for comfort, rather than actual hunger. If they take a pacifier, try offering that before offering more milk.

Eta: what you pump does not necessarily equal what baby gets when they nurse. So using that as a gauge for how much to put in a bottle will not be accurate. If I gave dd what I pumped, she would get 6-10oz bottles (she currently take 3oz).

[lilyelayne]

3w4d

Exclusively nursing.

Do you ever stop using nipple cream? I've been using lanolin since day 1 and started alternating with Earth Mama nipple butter during this growth spurt. Thankfully I haven't had any nipple trauma yet, but I'm wondering if at some point I stop needing the cream's protection.

I've got a nursing scarf but it seems more trouble than it's worth. I wear a nursing tank under a shirt and I'd rather position DS then use my hand to cover my nipple if he doesn't latch immediately than use my hand to keep the scarf where it doesn't bother him. Sometimes I wear it doubled around my neck as an infinity scarf just for a little extra camouflage.
The hardest part is tucking a burp cloth under my boob so I don't leak onto my tank top. I'm hoping when my supply regulates back down after this growth spurt I won't need to do this.

Not going back to work for a few months.

Havana Daydreaming by Jimmy Buffett or that Ed Sheeran song that's always on the radio. Love them both!

[misshart00]

lilyelayne I haven't used nipple cream in several weeks. I occasionally have soreness but no nipple trama.

And the burp cloth under the boob thing. I always, always made a mess while breastfeeding. I blame hard letdown that has never gone away for me. It's also why I don't like to NIP.

[cougarette]

Mar 30, 2015 17:55:38 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

I just want to say that most bottles for bf babies don't exceed 4oz. Even as they get older, the nutritional value of the milk changes to meet their needs. Not to say they can't take more than that, but it's not common.

If they are still acting hungry after a bottle feed, it's generally because they feel the need to suck for comfort, rather than actual hunger. If they take a pacifier, try offering that before offering more milk.

Eta: what you pump does not necessarily equal what baby gets when they nurse. So using that as a gauge for how much to put in a bottle will not be accurate. If I gave dd what I pumped, she would get 6-10oz bottles (she currently take 3oz).

This makes sense. Thank you!