7/13 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?

[michelle142]

How old is your LO?
4 months, 3 weeks

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

Solids?
Nope

Questions/AW?
AW: I pumped an epic 14oz in one sitting on Sunday morning. It was ridiculous.

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?
The Goonies

[cginge]

How old is your LO?
5 months, 2 days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing--thinking about starting to pump a little to begin building an emergency stash.

Solids?
We gave LO a tiny bit of cold, unsweetened applesauce last week for his gums. He loved it. Otherwise, waiting for 6 months.

Questions/AW?
I got new flanges for my pump and it's making a big difference! Yay! So glad I spoke with the lactation consultant the other week.


GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?
Aaah, I'm going to have to think about this. I don't typically re-watch movies.

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Yay!

How old is your LO? Um, what? 4 mo and a bit? I've lost count again.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing, and just got back on the horse with pumping. Although last time we tried (last weekend) DD refused to take a bottle so it may be in vain. We bought faster flow nipples today so I'm hoping that will help.


Solids?
No. We've tried a few lentil-sized pieces this last week - banana, tomato, aubergine - but they were all either spit out or passed through unprocessed so I'm thinking she isn't really ready yet. No biggie, I don't feel the need to start with solids now anyway.

Questions/AW?
So, last week at our vacation I was asked by a friend of mine to bottle feed his baby boy while he sorted something out with the pool guy. This boy was born in February, just 2 weeks before DD. I did it, but it felt totally weird feeding another baby like that.
I'm totally cool with giving DD a bottle, and don't mind others feeding my kid, but something about the situation just felt too intimate for me. I guess because I associate feeding a baby with the intimacy of BFing or something. I doesn't help that his mom and I kind of have a complicated relationship, I just felt like I had no business feeding her kid. Have any of you ever fed another kid besides your own?

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?
Nightmare before christmas! I already watch it at least twice a year
But if I could pick a movie franchise, I'd pick Star Wars. I'd even mix it up by watching Phantom Menace every once in a while.

[junebugjam]

21 weeks. He'll be 5 months on Thursday!

Nursing mostly. Pumping once a night for stash and to give bottles so that he doesn't forget how to drink from them.

No solids yet but probably soon. Have to get my H to set up the high chair first.

I have a question this week! For ladies who EP or with babies in daycare - how many ounces do you give in each bottle and how often? I'm really bad with nursing on any kind of schedule and pretty much just feed him whenever, but I need to start thinking about this for daycare. I left him with a 5 oz bottle at my in-laws yesterday and he drank the whole thing. Do you give more or is that enough?

I'm not much of a movie person but it would probably be a chick flick. I'm thinking When Harry Met Sally or Dirty Dancing.

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO? 5 months plus a little

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping.

Solids? Not yet. She's been sitting in the high chair and playing with the spoons to get her used to them. But nothing yet.

Questions/AW?

I just rented the medela symphony pump through 10/13/15. It's nice to know I sort of have an end date to my pumping life. I'm sure in September I was be sooooo done. But I can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?

Hmm... I got to go with the above. Star Wars or maybe Indiana jones.

Which side note -- happy birthday Harrison ford! He may be old but I still love him and would ditch DH in a heartbeat. Lol!

[junebugjam]

@alyllyra I'm convinced faster flow nipples helped my baby take a bottle. We use level 2.

[cloe111479]

junebugjam

We do a total of 6-7 bottles a day. Most of them are right in the 4oz range. (With some variation). We send 4 to her sitter but almost always 1 comes back with her. She eats before she leaves in the morning. Then has 3 during the day 9ish, 12ish and 2/3ish. Then the 4th bottle comes back with us and she has that around 5/6ish. Then she eats once more before bed.

(All subject to change if growth spurt etc)

[lilyelayne]

DS is 18.5 weeks (I think). We exclusively nurse.

No solids yet. The pedi said it is fine if we wait til closer to 6 months but that EBF babies who don't start solids by 7 months tend to have a lot of problems refusing to eat them.

Distracted nursing isn't too much of a problem anymore unless DH is in the room. My goodness DS doesn't want to eat if DH is around. Makes me wonder if he'd take a bottle if DH tried again, since he's so dad-obsessed.

GTKY: this is soooooo hard because I love movies. I have several comfort movies. I'm going with The Breakfast Club.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? 20 weeks

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

Solids? Not yet.

Questions/AW? Prompted by @alyllyra's comment above who has switched to using faster flow nipples? I'm not sure when / why to do it. We're still using our level 1 nipples for our Avent bottles.

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?
Based on the movies I'll watch whenever I see them on tv it would probably be Mean Girls (hilarious and so quotable) or one of the movies from the Bourne Trilogy - maybe the last one the Bourne Ultimatum (I don't know why but I love these movies).

[lilyelayne]

cginge glad the new flanges help!
@alyllyra I've bottle fed my best friend's daughter and both my nephews. I fed my nephews a lot, actually, since they were EFF. Since DS was born I haven't fed any other babies. I wonder if it would seem different now.
cloe111479 glad you got your pumping plan figured out!

[lilyelayne]

dmorgendorffer if your baby is happily taking bottles with level 1 nipples, no reason to change. Nursing is a slow flow / work at it eating situation, so slower flow bottle nipples help your LO not prefer bottle to nursing. But if LO is rejecting the bottle, you can try going up a level.

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO?
5 months and some change

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing

Solids?
We've given him some cereal but that's it so far.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?
That's tough. I would have to say Braveheart. It's one of those that no matter where it is in the movie I will always stop and watch it when I see it on.

[michelle142]

junebugjam DD gets 5 - 3oz bottles while I'm at work. The general rule is 1oz per hour of time apart. I'm away for about 12 hours.

[lilyelayne]

badw0lf glad nursing is working for you again yay for the shield!

[dmorgendorffer]

junebugjam, I also do 4 4oz bottles for DD when she is in daycare and that is usually enough to get her through 11hrs.

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dmorgendorffer We noticed that she was sucking sooo hard on the bottle and became more and more frustrated when it didn't give her the response she wanted. But if level 1 is still working for you I see no reason to change it.

[osumegs]

How old is your LO? 5 months today

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping to supplement (pump when she's sleeping)

Solids? Random tastes but nothing real

Questions/AW?

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be? Pitch Perfect. I never watch a movie twice. It bores me. Pitch Perfect I have seen approximately 2450 times and still love it.

[mands1125]

How old is your LO? 5 months yesterday!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping/bottles during the work week (full time)

Solids? Nah other than licks of bananas

Questions/AW?- For those using bottles, do you change out your bottles often? Mine seem gunky both the bottle and the nipple.

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?- I'm honestly not a big movie person so nothing comes to mind.


junebugjam,- We currently do 4 ounces 3 times a day for the most part. If I am having a good pumping day, she will get 1-5 ounce bottle.

[duckker]

How old is your LO?
4.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing at home, pumping at work and after first feed on the weekends.

Solids?
Not yet!

Questions/AW?
Anyone pumping while driving at all? I'm seriously considering getting my first session in on my commute to work. It's about 30 minutes, and I'm no longer self conscious as I was about pumping (plus have a great nursing cover. It would really take the pressure off (haha) to just be able to walk in to the office and get some work done right off the bat...

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be?

I have commitment issues. But I'd be happy wih any of your choices!

We don't send a set amount, instead we send whatever I pumped the day before. Usually this means dad gives her a bottle from the first pump, which tends to be 4-5 oz (the other gets frozen, or now donated). Then she gets one bag from each of the next three sessions. The quantity ranges from 3-4.5 oz, but only once has the caregiver needed to bust out her freezer stash. I think the fat content in the smaller portions must be a lot higher.

[babycfeb2015]

How old is your LO? 5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing and pumping on occasion

Solids? Not until 6 months

Questions/AW? I have a few questions-for anyone who is mainly nursing and not pumping-how do you know if your supply is ever lowering? Sometimes my baby is fussy with his bedtime feed but I cant tell if its because hes not getting enough or if hes just tired.

Is anyones baby whose not on solids sleeping 10-12 hrs? The longest stretch we are getting is 6-8 hrs and he seems genuinely hungry at that point. Im wondering if this will change with solids.

Final ?- anyone whose done lactation cookies-how long after eating them did you notice a supply increase?

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be? Save the last dance

[dmorgendorffer]

mands1125, a couple weeks ago I bought some new bottles and I definitely noticed that our older nipples were a lot cloudier than the new ones. Since then I've started using the nipple brush part of my bottle brush to really clean them and they look a lot better. I usually hand wash them because they just don't look clean coming out of the dishwasher.

[lilyelayne]

babycfeb2015 sometimes in the evening (not bedtime but the session prior) I have to do breast compressions/massage while DS nurses because supply is low, flow is slow, etc. but I think it's just a combination of slower flow & tired baby doesn't want to work so hard. I figure if he gets inconsolable I would know I'm not making enough milk. If he gets really frustrated I'll switch to the other side.
No solids & DS sleeps 9.5-10.5 hours. For a couple weeks he was consistently sleeping 11 hours but he's waking a little earlier now. Bedtime is the only time he takes both breasts - a daytime feed is about 7min on one side, bedtime tends to be 15min on each side! He fills the tank haha!
I made lactation cookies in the morning, ate some batter while I was making them, snacked on some cookies in the afternoon, and had noticeably more milk by bedtime. So half a day?

[duckker]

Babygirl is EBM and consistently sleeps 10-11 hours at night. She often wakes up for what DH has dubbed her "fart break" around 3 am, but falls back asleep the instant she's cleared the gas. Of course, now that I've posted this, I'm sure she will go back to waking up every 2 hours...

[duckker]

Jul 13, 2015 12:35:39 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

mands1125, a couple weeks ago I bought some new bottles and I definitely noticed that our older nipples were a lot cloudier than the new ones. Since then I've started using the nipple brush part of my bottle brush to really clean them and they look a lot better. I usually hand wash them because they just don't look clean coming out of the dishwasher.

I notIced the same thing! They always looked cloudy/filmy out of the dishwasher. I soak them in hot water and natural soap now and then scrub them real good before rinsing w RO water (the water in Phoenix is hard as a brick). Time consuming, but it works.

[michelle142]

mands1125 I've never had gunky bottles or nipples. I've noticed that when I let the nipples air dry (I hand wash everything), that they get cloudy. I just dry them right away and that problem goes away.

[michelle142]

duckker I pump and drive at least once a week. Hands free pumping bra!
I hook up, turn everything on, and go. When I'm done, I find a place to park and unhook.

I have tinted windows, so I don't even bother to cover up.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 5 months next week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping

Solids? Not yet, but I've been reading up on things, and he sits in his booster at the table with us

Questions/AW? Nothing I can think of.

GTKY: if you could only watch one movie for the rest of your life, what would that movie be? My first thought was Hook. Then I thought Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Then someone said Pitch Perfect. I can't choose!

[cougarette]

4.5ish months

Nursing and pumping at work

No solids here yet. I did put together his high chair last week so he can start sitting with us at the table during dinner.

AW: I found a manual medela pump on clearance at target for $20 something this weekend. I used it as we were coming back from date night and it was awesome!

How can I choose just one movie? Maybe Princess Bride.

[osumegs]

Jul 13, 2015 11:02:37 GMT -5 junebugjam said:

@alyllyra I'm convinced faster flow nipples helped my baby take a bottle. We use level 2.

When we ordered our comotomo bottles, we got the 8 oz with level 2. I think it helped in our case, too, to have faster flow.