DD has started to get really fussy if I don't catch right away when she's hungry. She'll start screaming as soon as I lie her down on her side and then she'll continue to scream fo a while with the nipple in her mouth. And she clamps down her gums on it, which HURTS! I'm hoping it's a fase and that I'll get my happy eater back soon.
GTKY: So far I have not bought a single piece of new baby clothes. I danced the ballet until I was 14. I work in the mining industry.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping at work.
Questions/AW? I think we are doing pretty well but LO decided to up how much he is eating at day care, so I need to see if I can get a bit more from either my pumping times, or add a pumping time before I go to bed. I'm hoping not adding a time, because the evenings feel a little rushed/frazzled already, trying to get LO fed, wash his bottles from the previous day and get the next ones ready, try to relax a tad, and manage to feed myself. Plus 2 days a week my husband is going to be in class and not home to help until after LO is in bed, so that will add some pressure.
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.
Thats what I do too, with the milk rotation. Except I forgot to defrost milk this past Sunday night. I was able to pump enough over the weekend for 4 bottles (2 had only 3 oz though instead of my normal 4) so daycare had to defrost a frozen bag I had there.
How old is your LO? 11 weeks, 5 days. Or 10 weeks, 5 days. Who can count anymore?
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing. Pumping at office on Mondays and during the mornings when babe is at daycare while I work from home. Also "panic pumping" which is what my DH calls when I pump after random feedings and at 10 pm for no real reason.
Questions/AW? She was hysterical the other day and her brother was trying to give her a bottle (he's learning how to help take care of her, which is AW in itself). I sat down in the rocker with her and got her calm. She attacked the bottle, then looked at me, shove the bottle away and pulled my shirt down. Girl knows what's up.
Also, had a moment of staring into the void yesterday. I was pumping (third session that day) in the storage closet and my PISA just stopped working. The motor was still going, but there was zero suction. I spent twenty minutes frantically doing everything I could think of/Google. It finally started working again for no real reason, but now it sounds like it's crushing tin cans. I'm calling Medela today. But in the meantime, I started wondering what people do when they are in a bind like this. I need to learn how to use a manual pump--hand expressing was not cutting it, and I couldn't bear the thought of telling my boss I had to go home from my one day in the office, or my tits would explode...
GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you
I've never seen Rocky, Gremlins or Ghostbusters. I have a German passport. I don't know how to ride a bike.
The cord quit working to my PISA like a week ago. While I waited the few days to get my new one from amazon, I had to use the battery pack. I probably would have rather used a manual pump.
My lie: my mom walked me down the aisle at my wedding. I walked by myself, my mom was standing in the front row, haven't seen my dad since parents divorce when I was 12.
I told my very traditional grandma that if Maria could walk by herself in a giant church wedding in the Sound of Music, I could do it in a small country club.
Post by misshart00 on May 19, 2015 15:18:28 GMT -5
If your PISA stops auctioning, it could be that there is fluid in the line or a hole. I have a few sets of them just in case. They're super cheap on Amazon.
duckker I have the Philips Avent manual pump and love it! It's easy to use but it does take some time and can be a strain on your hand of you do it often. But as a backup I'd say it'd be great.
My lie: I was never a ballet dancer. I have two left feet!
Post by seamonster on May 19, 2015 16:41:22 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 13 weeks 2 days
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and some pumping. I'll need to pump at work all the time starting next week. I had to request a laptop stand for the mothers rom so I can work and pump.
Questions/AW? LO is about 18 lbs and on track to double his birth weight at 6 months. BF babies can be super chunky.
1) Any experience with the Medela freestyle? I finally have the correct flange size but still low output for the same time I put into the manual pump. The tubing makes a hissing noise. Don't know if that's normal. I'm going to call their support line. I'm kind of wishing I'd bought the Phillips advent electric pump as their manual is awesome.
2) Any tips for not getting your baby to need to nurse to sleep at night? I try putting him down sleepy but he then decides its playtime and then starts screaming. I think it's too early to sleep train but I want to get him to soothe without eating.
GTKY: tell me two truths and a lie about you I've been to 30 countries. I've never been to Canada. I'm fluent in 3 languages.
duckker I have the Philips Avent manual pump and love it! It's easy to use but it does take some time and can be a strain on your hand of you do it often. But as a backup I'd say it'd be great.
My lie: I was never a ballet dancer. I have two left feet!
Best manual pump on the market. It is squeaky and assemble wet for best results.
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.
I don't do one because unless he's sick or in s growth spurt he's down for 5 hours. We do a sort of dream feed because MH picks him up when he's squirming an hour after the MOTN feed but it's no help.
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.
We've only ever really done cradle and sidelay. Tried football a few times but it's awkward with his heavy head. Same thing with cross cradle. At this point he's probably too long for football.
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.
Mama earth angel baby cream or coconut oil are great after each feeding. I use them even when out of the house. I didn't like lanolin since it's sticky, but other people like it.
Post by lilyelayne on May 19, 2015 17:49:51 GMT -5
seamonster can you nurse then give to your H to rock/bounce/sing/sway/soothe to sleep before putting in bed? Will he take a paci? Tho bedtime paci is sometimes a mistake for me cause when it falls out it can wake LO up.
DS rarely nurses to sleep, but I do rock him to sleep before I put him in his crib at night. Drowsy but awake has worked for us a few times but I don't really try at night unless he won't rock to sleep. I nurse first side with him in just a diaper, then put him in his sleep sack swaddle (I don't get up to do this - the sleep sack is on the ottoman in front of my chair), then offer second side. It's about 50/50 for whether he'll take second side or not. He doesn't usually fall asleep eating, so when he's done I put him on my chest and read Goodnight Moon and rock and sing his lullaby. When he's asleep, I put him in his crib and turn on white noise. I'm not quite sure where in the bedtime routine I want the book. Still working on that.
Post by lilyelayne on May 19, 2015 18:01:02 GMT -5
seamonster I know naps can be completely different beasts than bedtime, but we pretty much stick to eat-activity-sleep during the day. So our Naptime routine looks like white noise, read Goodnight Moon, swaddle in muslin blanket (I get up & walk to the crib to do this), then rock & sing lullaby. Paci if needed. Standing to bounce/sway/shush if needed. My hope is that having pieces of the same routine, like book & lullaby, will help signal sleep time regardless of nursing. I had one magical day of drowsy but awake & unswaddled working for naps. Then a week of screaming so I gave up and tried soothing to sleep first. Still screaming when laid down asleep. So I added the swaddle. I'll try drowsy but awake again when I can handle him not napping. I don't know when I'll try drowsy but asleep at night - I'm a big fan of his 8 hour sleep stretch. I don't want to mess up that magic.
Probably none of this was helpful. But maybe there's something in our routine that appeals to you. Good luck! Babies this young aren't good at self soothing, and I'm not sure when they learn.
Post by cougarette on May 19, 2015 18:13:53 GMT -5
lilyelayne I've heard they learn around 4-6 months
seamonster Oftentimes DS nurses to sleep at night. If he didn't I'll rock him while reading a couple of books. Sometimes he'll have a paci. If he's still up, I'll turn on some music and continue rocking.
Still using Tommie tippee newborn nipples. Boy can chug even with pace feeding. I'm lucky to get 3 oz to last 5 minutes.
DS can empty my breast in about 5 minutes. He rarely eats longer than that. The pedi said that's where most of the nutrients are so its's not a problem.
Post by seamonster on May 19, 2015 21:19:47 GMT -5
cougarette, lilyelayne, I'll give more rocking a try. Our current routine takes between 1-2 hours on a good night and 3 on a bad night. He fights sleep so hard. There's so much playing to do and daddy is home and mommy is a sucker for baby demands. Currently it's bath or face wipedown., new clothes, read, sleep sack, eat, rock and sing, scream and eat some more, fall asleep, crib, wake up 5-10 minutes later, play in crib, start screaming, rock and furiously suck hands, scream some more, eat, fall asleep, hopefully stay asleep but may wake up to play again and scream. Some nights he'll fall asleep rocking without being fed again, but those are rare. I'm pushing the pacifier hard to cut down on comfort nursing and hand/thumb sucking (drooly baby has a badly chapped face), but he has such issues with it because he likes to lick it rather than sick. I think he may be comfort nursing because of gas and because he just likes it. I would like to get us all more sleep.
Post by cougarette on May 19, 2015 21:25:22 GMT -5
Hugs, seamonster. Sometimes it'll take us about an hour, too. Then you have a night like tonight where it was more like 20 minutes.
I really like the white noise station on Pandora. Well, except when a commercial startles him. It doesn't always happen, though. Anyway, maybe you can try some tunes or other white noise too?
Post by seamonster on May 19, 2015 21:38:09 GMT -5
I'll try the white noise. It becomes all on me if I use white noise because MH complains loudly about it (needs to sick it up already) no matter the noise I use. But nursing is all on me so there's not really a difference there.
I'll try the white noise. It becomes all on me if I use white noise because MH complains loudly about it (needs to sick it up already) no matter the noise I use. But nursing is all on me so there's not really a difference there.
White noise is less irritating than baby screams. The more upset DS is, the louder I have to turn the white noise for it to make a difference, but it really does. I think of it as a swaddle for his hearing.
We have a big exercise/yoga ball. Holding DS and bouncing on it can calm him & put him to sleep. On total meltdown nights I have nursed him while bouncing on it. It's harder on my body than rocking but if rocking doesn't do the trick, it's something to consider.
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