Mommy Milk Monday 5/18

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you

[michelle142]

How old is your LO?
12 weeks 2 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing, pumping at work.

Questions/AW?
This is more of a random - when I got home from work on Friday, my Mom was giving DD a bottle. As soon as she heard my voice, she fussed and refused to take the bottle. She wanted milk from Mama

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I'm double jointed.
I've never been to Canada.
I've never dyed my hair.

[lilyelayne]

10w4d

Nursing. Though this reminds me it's probably been 2 weeks since his last bottle. I should drag out the pump.

Is anyone having to change nursing positions as LO grows? I love the ease of football hold with a nursing pillow, but I think DS may get too long soon. He's been kicking the back of my chair if I don't have him super tucked against me.

GTKY:
I have no desire to ever visit New York City.
I have a tongue piercing.
I don't know how to ride a bike.

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
 12 weeks


Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
 Nursing and pumping now


Questions/AW? When I unlatched my bra yesterday, DS got the biggest grin. I told DH that he is definitely his son, haha.



GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you I didn't cut my first tooth until I was a year old, I taught myself the alphabet in sign language when I was 2, I graduated college Summa Cum Laude

[michelle142]

May 18, 2015 10:01:24 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

10w4d

Nursing. Though this reminds me it's probably been 2 weeks since his last bottle. I should drag out the pump.

Is anyone having to change nursing positions as LO grows? I love the ease of football hold with a nursing pillow, but I think DS may get too long soon. He's been kicking the back of my chair if I don't have him super tucked against me.

GTKY:
I have no desire to ever visit New York City.
I have a tongue piercing.
I don't know how to ride a bike.

I switch position as LO gets bigger. I started with the football hold in the hospital, but now we're on to the cross-cradle or cradle hold. Those allow me to walk around while nursing, since having a 3 year old in the house rarely allows me to actually sit while feeding baby.

Once LO is mobile, that's a whole different ballgame. I once nursed DS while laying down on the couch, and his feet were up over my head. You do what works

[cougarette]

lilyelayne I had to abandon the football hold, DS is too long for it and would kick off the back of the couch or chair too. Although sometimes I can do it, depending on the type of chair. In fact I was doing it at one of the support groups and another mom said, "that's impressive, especially without an arm rest!". But it was surprisingly not too bad.

I pretty much just do cradle/cross cradle anymore. Occasionally I'll do side-lying. Sometimes I'll do laid-back too, but he tends to clamp down.

[cougarette]

May 18, 2015 10:15:03 GMT -5 michelle142 said:

May 18, 2015 10:01:24 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

10w4d

Nursing. Though this reminds me it's probably been 2 weeks since his last bottle. I should drag out the pump.

Is anyone having to change nursing positions as LO grows? I love the ease of football hold with a nursing pillow, but I think DS may get too long soon. He's been kicking the back of my chair if I don't have him super tucked against me.

GTKY:
I have no desire to ever visit New York City.
I have a tongue piercing.
I don't know how to ride a bike.

I switch position as LO gets bigger. I started with the football hold in the hospital, but now we're on to the cross-cradle or cradle hold. Those allow me to walk around while nursing, since having a 3 year old in the house rarely allows me to actually sit while feeding baby.

Once LO is mobile, that's a whole different ballgame. I once nursed DS while laying down on the couch, and his feet were up over my head. You do what works

I thought I was getting a clog in my armpit and I started wondering how in the world would I get DS positioned so that his chin was pointed up there. I massaged a lot and it went away. I think it was more of a muscle ache though, since I didn't feel a lump or anything.

[mamabisme]

How old is your LO?
11 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing and pumping

Questions/AW?
If you're pumping what flow nipple are you using? DS is on low flow but has recently started refusing to finish bottles. I'm wondering if he is wanting a quicker flow or if he is just being difficult. I am a SAHM so he mostly nurses. DH gives a bottle a couple times per week so I can go to the gym early in the morning an my mom gives him a bottle rarely for date nights. We have not increased the amount in his bottle but he has suddenly started taking only 1-2oz before refusing the rest.

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you. I am an only child. I am left handed. I am fluent in English, Spanish and German.

[mands1125]

mamabisme, I'm still on Level 0 Avent nipples with DD. I hope she doesn't revolt anytime soon! lol


How old is your LO? 13ish weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping at work/bottles at daycare

Questions/AW? I NIP on Saturdat Maggianos. They had a nice little chair outside of the bathrooms and I used my nursing cover. DD didn't completely hate the nursing cover this time around. It was funny how many people asked me if I was waiting for the bathroom. One little old lady asked me then she was like, ooooo I see those little feetsies underneath the cover. haha.

Also, we send frozen milk on Mondays (I freeze Friday's pumped milk to rotate my stash) Does anyone else do that? I feel like she might be annoyed by not having fresh milk on Mondays. She fought DH a little last Monday. Hopefully daycare fares better.

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you.
I am an only child
I converted to Judaism
I have a degree in Sports Management but do nothing with it.

[mands1125]

May 18, 2015 10:01:24 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Is anyone having to change nursing positions as LO grows? I love the ease of football hold with a nursing pillow, but I think DS may get too long soon. He's been kicking the back of my chair if I don't have him super tucked against me. 

I abandoned football hold after like 2 weeks. We mostly just do cradle now. I stopped cross cradle and packed away her My Brest Friend a few weeks ago too. I also do lying down when I am feeling tired and/or lazy.

[mamabisme]

May 18, 2015 10:01:24 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

10w4d

Nursing. Though this reminds me it's probably been 2 weeks since his last bottle. I should drag out the pump.

Is anyone having to change nursing positions as LO grows? I love the ease of football hold with a nursing pillow, but I think DS may get too long soon. He's been kicking the back of my chair if I don't have him super tucked against me.

GTKY:
I have no desire to ever visit New York City.
I have a tongue piercing.
I don't know how to ride a bike.

Football hold is still my favorite and at home I'll sit in bed/on the floor just so I can make it work but we usually do cross-cradle in public because DS is just too big.

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO? 15.5 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Questions/AW? Those of you that are BF, how often do you feed LO a bottle to make sure you can leave them with someone else if you need to. DH and I went out for a date the other night and left DS and a bottle of pumped milk with the in-laws. Well DS refused the bottle and was very hangry by the time we got home. He used to take a bottle fine but it had probably been about 3 weeks since he'd had one.

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I have been to 36 states.
I've been skydiving.
I have 7 siblings ranging from ages 31-3.

[hollydfromtn]

May 18, 2015 10:15:00 GMT -5 cougarette said:

How old is your LO?
 12 weeks


Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
 Nursing and pumping now


Questions/AW? When I unlatched my bra yesterday, DS got the biggest grin. I told DH that he is definitely his son, haha.



GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you I didn't cut my first tooth until I was a year old, I taught myself the alphabet in sign language when I was 2, I graduated college Summa Cum Laude

DS has started smiling when he sees me unclip my bra too. It is the cutest. Yesterday he got so excited when he saw it he snorted.

[cougarette]

mamabisme We use the newborn nipples for Dr. Browns. I think we should technically use the preemie size, but they don't come in wide. I hope he continues to do well with it.

mands1125 That's what I've heard you should do to rotate and keep your stash fresh. I mentioned earlier that I noticed I have high lipase and it tasted gross to me. DS hasn't minded when we've given him a bottle before, though. I hope he does well today!

I'll start scalding Friday's milk. I may need to mix the frozen with fresh until I get through it though. We'll see.

[greenpony33]

How old is your LO? 14 weeks today

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and then pumping while at work ]Questions/AW? Pumping at work and
is time consuming. I am a nurse so there isn't any work I can get done while I am pumping, so far I have been able to pump 3x per shift (12.5hr shift) but I don't know if I'll be able to keep that up. Any suggestions on how to make the process quicker?
GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you. I have never meet anyone with my same name. I have a pet rat. I can play the cello.


mamabisme we are still using the playtex naturalatch slow flow nipple and it seems to still be working for him, sorry no help there. Is your LO acting frustrated when eating from the bottle?

cougarette DS did that this week too. It totally made me crack up and I told DH and his response was 'yeah DS I use to do that too when mama took her bra off- now I don't see them" - ahhh the joys of BFing (he was trying to be funny)

[michelle142]

mands1125 i send mostly frozen milk on Mondays. I pump in Sunday nights after lo goes to sleep so I have a little fresh to mix in with the frozen. This also helps rotate my stash.

[michelle142]

greenpony33 keep you flanges in a baggie in the fridge or cooler in between pumping sessions, rather than washing each time. If youre not already. That shaves about 5 minutes off my time.

[mamabisme]

May 18, 2015 11:22:48 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

How old is your LO? 15.5 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Questions/AW? Those of you that are BF, how often do you feed LO a bottle to make sure you can leave them with someone else if you need to. DH and I went out for a date the other night and left DS and a bottle of pumped milk with the in-laws. Well DS refused the bottle and was very hangry by the time we got home. He used to take a bottle fine but it had probably been about 3 weeks since he'd had one.

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I have been to 36 states.
I've been skydiving.
I have 7 siblings ranging from ages 31-3.

We do bottles 2-3x per week to keep him used th them. I have one DD who never took a bottle (we waited too long to into one and then weren't consistent enough with offering it). We didn't get a date night until she was over 1 and I want to make sure that never happens again. So, DH gives him a bottle on my early gym days. Yes, I could easily just nurse before I left and he wouldn't need to eat while I was gone but its a good opportunity so I pump before I leave and H gives him a bottle.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? Umm what's my ticker say? 15 weeks? Maybe 16. MOTY right here

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Bf

Questions/AW? I wish this kid would take a bottle.

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I can bend my middle finger back to touch my hand
I've gone sky diving
I've climbed mt Sinai

[Rarity]

It's been sooo long since I have logged on!!

My little Emma is 14weeks (15 weeks on Wednesday)

I am nursing and pumping. I am back at work.

AW: I have sooo much milk! I am so happy. Last night I had to make room in my freezer. We couldn't put anything in there because my milk took up all the space. I moved 2 grocery bags of frozen milk to the deep freezer and I still have about a bag left. My baby is a cute, little, squishy butterball!

[kartish]

LO is 14 weeks? I'm losing track of the weeks.

Nursing and pumping at work.

I only freeze the milk that I get when in the rare occasion I pump more then he will eat in a day. On Monday he just uses the milk I pumped on Thursday. I got lazy about freezing. LO is still on munchkin latch size 0 nipples.

AW: After a stressful nursing day where DS kept refusing the boob even though he was hungry, last night during our bedtime nursing session DS started out with a great latch and then after a bit kept popping off to smile and "talk" to me in such a happy tone. Then he would latch again and go on nursing. It was so sweet.

GTKY: I lost my last baby tooth at 17, my a DH once gave me two black eyes on accident, I can play the piano, flute, clarinet and trombone.

[junebugjam]

We do bottles 2-3x per week to keep him used th them. I have one DD who never took a bottle (we waited too long to into one and then weren't consistent enough with offering it). We didn't get a date night until she was over 1 and I want to make sure that never happens again. So, DH gives him a bottle on my early gym days. Yes, I could easily just nurse before I left and he wouldn't need to eat while I was gone but its a good opportunity so I pump before I leave and H gives him a bottle.

Ugh, this is so my fear about my LO and the bottle. He gets so upset when I try that I know I don't try often enough, but eventually I have to go back to work!

Can you give me more info please? How old was your DD when you introduced? We introduced at 4 weeks but I don't think we were consistent enough and now he fights it. I'm lucky if he drinks an ounce. He's 13 weeks today.

Seriously about to go pump right now so I can try when we wakes up from his nap.

[cougarette]

May 18, 2015 17:04:44 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

How old is your LO? 10 weeks, 2 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping 1x per day

Questions/AW? Not really a question...but I am using a nipple shield due to latch issues the first few days in the hospital. I ended up having a c-section, and it was much easier using the shield. Since then, I have not put forth too much effort to wean him off the shield. I tried this week, and he successfully latched. However, it made my nipples SO SORE. So, I am back to the shield. Trying to decide if the pain is worth ditching the shield.

Did you put anything on your nipple afterward? I still occasionally use lanolin or Earth Mama Nipple Butter. They may need to toughen up a bit.

[cougarette]

May 18, 2015 17:22:51 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

cougarette No, I didn't. That would definitely help. Thanks!

I didn't use anything for the first 9 days, ugh. My bff brought me some lanolin and it made a huge difference right away. Good luck, hang in there!

[mmarie]

How old? 3 1/2 months
nursing, pumping, supplementing? Only pumping at this point. May start to supplement in case I give up pumping so I can use my freezer stash to give her some BM until she's one.
GTKY-I still have my wisdom teeth, I am a natural red head, I have 7 tattoos.

[mmarie]

We still use newborn slow flow nipples. She still drinks really fast (we don't pace feed) So I doubt we will be switching anytime soon.

[mmarie]

May 18, 2015 17:37:35 GMT -5 cougarette said:

May 18, 2015 17:22:51 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

cougarette No, I didn't. That would definitely help. Thanks!

I didn't use anything for the first 9 days, ugh. My bff brought me some lanolin and it made a huge difference right away. Good luck, hang in there!

I still use lanolin! It has been a nipple saver!

[RedGiant]

How old is your LO? 15 weeks 1 day

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing. Only have a few oz pumped in freezer to get DD used to a bottle

Questions/AW? She drank 1.5 oz from a bottle today! First time she has done more than just gnaw on the bottle nipple. Yay!

GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I auditioned to be a Washington Redskins cheerleader.
I have never met my biological grandfathers.
My mom walked me down the aisle at my wedding.

[greenpony33]

Questions for those that do a dream feed. How do you go about doing it; how long do you wait for your LO to be asleep before you attempt a dream feed? Do you think doing a dream feed helps them sleep longer?

I have not attempted to do a dream feed for 2 reasons; 1st I am afraid of waking LO up and him not going back to sleep (which really since I haven't gone to be yet wouldn't be horrible) and 2nd I usually go to sleep an hr or less after him so I didn't really think that was enough time to try since he nurses to sleep so it's an hr or less since he finished eating.

He is starting to go to bed slightly earlier which means a little longer before I go to bed and I am just wondering at what point a dream feed might be helpful.

[kartish]

greenpony33 I have done dream feeds a few times successfully, but they have all been in the early morning before I go to work. I keep the light off and try to gently take him out of the crib and then I brush his cheek to see if he will latch.

Sometimes he doesn't latch so I just cuddle and put him back to bed. Only once has he woken and not wanted to go back to sleep.