Mommy Milk Monday 5/4

[kartish]

LO will be 3 months on Thursday!

Nursing and pumping at work.

Lately DS gets hungry and then angry very quickly. I don't have time to pull out the boob before it escalates. Then I have to calm him down before I feed him or he just screams at the boob. I try to read his cues but it goes so quick. I dint know what I'm doing wrong.

My favorite part of my house used to be the back yard. But now it is such a mess and in need of so much work, it's probably my least favorite. So I am going to say my bedroom.

[mommadozer]

toadandbuggie LO was bottle fed occasionally since he was 4 days old. Over the last month, I have reduced him to one bottle a day and sometimes he cannot figure out how to drink out of a bottle. Super frustrating.

[lilyelayne]

kartish I hate when DS skips all hunger cues and goes straight to screaming. He's been doing this with sleepy cues the past couple days
Does he have certain times he likes to eat? Or a preferred interval between feeds? Can the clock give you some help in anticipating the hangry?

[toadandbuggie]

May 5, 2015 23:44:51 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

kartish I hate when DS skips all hunger cues and goes straight to screaming. He's been doing this with sleepy cues the past couple days
Does he have certain times he likes to eat? Or a preferred interval between feeds? Can the clock give you some help in anticipating the hangry?

Sometimes my DS does this with sleeping too! So frustrating because then it's that much harder to get him to sleep. I go by time more often now.

[kartish]

May 5, 2015 23:44:51 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

kartish I hate when DS skips all hunger cues and goes straight to screaming. He's been doing this with sleepy cues the past couple days
Does he have certain times he likes to eat? Or a preferred interval between feeds? Can the clock give you some help in anticipating the hangry?

That's good advice. With being back to work I feel like I have no idea about his schedule anymore. I think I should start tracking again.

[cougarette]

May 6, 2015 8:13:26 GMT -5 kartish said:

May 5, 2015 23:44:51 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

kartish I hate when DS skips all hunger cues and goes straight to screaming. He's been doing this with sleepy cues the past couple days
Does he have certain times he likes to eat? Or a preferred interval between feeds? Can the clock give you some help in anticipating the hangry?

That's good advice. With being back to work I feel like I have no idea about his schedule anymore. I think I should start tracking again.

I feel like I need to start tracking more than just breastfeeding. One of the questions daycare has is what does a typical day look like. It feels random to me, (except wanting to eat every 2,2.5-3 hours) but I bet if I tracked his activity there probably is more of a pattern.

Oh and lo also has few cues and goes from 0-60 very quickly.

[junebugjam]

toadandbuggie and anyone else having bottle issues: has anyone tried these bottles? mimijumi.com

I just ordered one. They guarantee your baby will drink from it or you can get your money back. Little pricey but worth a shot to me! I'll let you know how it goes when I get mine.

[toadandbuggie]

May 6, 2015 8:37:47 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

toadandbuggie and anyone else having bottle issues: has anyone tried these bottles? mimijumi.com

I just ordered one. They guarantee your baby will drink from it or you can get your money back. Little pricey but worth a shot to me! I'll let you know how it goes when I get mine.

I just ordered that!!! Good luck to you and to me too!!

[lilyelayne]

May 6, 2015 8:19:13 GMT -5 cougarette said:

May 6, 2015 8:13:26 GMT -5 kartish said:

That's good advice. With being back to work I feel like I have no idea about his schedule anymore. I think I should start tracking again.

I feel like I need to start tracking more than just breastfeeding. One of the questions daycare has is what does a typical day look like. It feels random to me, (except wanting to eat every 2,2.5-3 hours) but I bet if I tracked his activity there probably is more of a pattern.

Oh and lo also has few cues and goes from 0-60 very quickly.

Tracking DS sleep + nursing gave me a much better view of his day. I use the BabyConnect app. It can track a ton of things, including activities & moods, but for now I use it for diapers, feeding (and pumping), and sleep. Oh and his bath because we're bad about forgetting to do it, so I like to know how long it's been.
One of my fav things is this view of his days. It really really helps me not get overwhelmed - either I can see what his pattern is & go with that, or see that today is so different from the past few so my crazy day isn't me, it's him, don't get frustrated, just go with his flow.

I could go on about all the things I like about this app, but they're not paying me to advertise

[junebugjam]

I use the babyfeed app for tracking and they just added a similar timeline feature, which I love. I've only been tracking sleep lately but I might start tracking nursing again because I feel
Like we have no schedule, but maybe we do.

[osumegs]

Baby girl is 11 weeks, 6 days

Nursing mainly, trying to pump and get her to take a bottle

My only question was regarding getting her to take a bottle which was already hit on. We are trying the joovy boob next, but I'm going to order that bottle junebugjam and @toadbuggie

Favorite thing about house would be ourfirst floor flow. I like that I can be cooking and see lo playing in living room. Least favorite thing would be a toss up between our master bath (has a huge tub that we don't use and it takes up half the room) and the lack of land (I grew up on a wooded lot with a couple of acres. Here we have 0.34 acres and a house in backyard)

[toadandbuggie]

May 6, 2015 8:19:13 GMT -5 cougarette said:

May 6, 2015 8:13:26 GMT -5 kartish said:

That's good advice. With being back to work I feel like I have no idea about his schedule anymore. I think I should start tracking again.

I feel like I need to start tracking more than just breastfeeding. One of the questions daycare has is what does a typical day look like. It feels random to me, (except wanting to eat every 2,2.5-3 hours) but I bet if I tracked his activity there probably is more of a pattern.

Oh and lo also has few cues and goes from 0-60 very quickly.

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that doesn't have an answer for LO's schedule. I'm nervous to fill it out because I just go by his cues. I mean generally there's a loose schedule like a morning and afternoon nap but It varies in time. The day care says they go by clues anyway though.

[Deleted]

DD has been taking forever to nurse for two days. Last night I nursed her for almost an hour before she was down for the night. I guess it's a growth spurt? Does 8 weeks sound about right for one of those?

[toadandbuggie]

May 6, 2015 8:37:47 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

toadandbuggie and anyone else having bottle issues: has anyone tried these bottles? mimijumi.com

I just ordered one. They guarantee your baby will drink from it or you can get your money back. Little pricey but worth a shot to me! I'll let you know how it goes when I get mine.

Hey! I got mine today and LO took an ounce from me. He still chewed on it a bit but he didn't reject it at all. I think after a few more goes it will be fine!

[toadandbuggie]

May 7, 2015 11:18:53 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

DD has been taking forever to nurse for two days. Last night I nursed her for almost an hour before she was down for the night. I guess it's a growth spurt? Does 8 weeks sound about right for one of those?

Sounds sbout right. But it feels like every week could be !

[junebugjam]

May 7, 2015 16:23:01 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

May 6, 2015 8:37:47 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

toadandbuggie and anyone else having bottle issues: has anyone tried these bottles? mimijumi.com

I just ordered one. They guarantee your baby will drink from it or you can get your money back. Little pricey but worth a shot to me! I'll let you know how it goes when I get mine.

Hey! I got mine today and LO took an ounce from me. He still chewed on it a bit but he didn't reject it at all. I think after a few more goes it will be fine!

Woohoo! Mine won't be here till Monday (I thought I would get it tomorrow - bummer) but this gives me hope!

[seamonster]

I'm dreading the schedule question for daycare. He eats about every 2-3 hours and hates to nap for me. Will totally pass out if we're in the car so not the most helpful.

[Deleted]

May 7, 2015 16:23:33 GMT -5 toadandbuggie said:

May 7, 2015 11:18:53 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

DD has been taking forever to nurse for two days. Last night I nursed her for almost an hour before she was down for the night. I guess it's a growth spurt? Does 8 weeks sound about right for one of those?

Sounds sbout right. But it feels like every week could be !

Very true!