Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping/bottles during workday
Solids? Nope
Questions/AW? Abby has been doing this chomping mouth motion thing lately. I don't know if it is her way of saying give me food Ma! or not but she is also doing it when she is nursing. OUCH!
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Date night with DH! I had too much to drink (oops!) but then Abby STTN so all was good
Post by cloe111479 on Jul 20, 2015 10:54:38 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 5 month or 23 weeks (thanks emails that tell me that).
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping.
Solids? Not quite yet, but dd was a champ sitting in her high chair eating her bottle while we ate lunch with my parents yesterday.
Questions/AW? See post in spam re broken pump bag.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend?
Probably just not having to do anything. It was a low key one and I am happy with that. Now... If dd wouldn't wake up at 6 am on the dot that would be nice. Lol!
Post by lilyelayne on Jul 20, 2015 11:16:35 GMT -5
How old is your LO? - 19.5 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing
Solids? - nope. He's starting to get interested in food so I think we'll start after our trip to California next month.
Questions/AW? - during DS's nursing strike I made up a song about him eating to help us get through all the screaming/crying/etc. Now if he's too distracted to eat, I'll sing it and he seems to focus back on me & nurse. Yay for focus but now I feel like dinner AND a show
GTKY: DH has an extended family member who shows up to every family event, holiday and birthday, and who you can always count on to babysit, yet DH and I were the only family members to show up to her kid's birthday party this weekend. I was so glad I made DH go.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping
Solids? Not yet, but I think we are going to start this week on cereal.
Questions/AW? So LO now had two teeth! Both on the bottom.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Went over to BIL's new house for a birthday dinner for DH's grandma. If wad nice to see everyone and BIL had a lovely new place, perfect for him and his son.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing mostly, pumping before bed and after first AM feed
Solids? DD tried her first solids (sweet potato) last night! She was a fan!
Questions/AW? I need to do some reading, but at what point will solids begin to take over milk in consumption? About a year?
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Yesterday was just super productive (especially from DH's end), and then we all go into our little kiddie pool in the backyard to cool off! (It felt very "Roseanne," but it was still fun!)
Solids? We'll start on the 30 (my bday) which is just past 6 months
Questions/AW? Spit up. LO has been spitting up more lately. Sometimes it's awhile after a feed and it comes out as a really thick white paste almost. I'm nit used to this. I'm guessing this is normal right?
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Our cottage week came to an end and it was nice to be home.
Post by cougarette on Jul 20, 2015 11:40:30 GMT -5
Almost 5 months
Nursing and pumping at work
No solids here yet
My last pump session at work is at 3 and I see DS at 6. I usually feed him around 6 or 6:30. The last week or so he's been getting very frustrated and screaming because it's taking me forever to let down. I have no problems with let down when pumping. I also feel so empty, though I know I'm not.
His daycare does do paced feeding (as far as I know) and the nipple size is 1.
What are your tricks when let down seems to be taking forever? I try deep breathing and just focusing on him. I'll sometimes have to stop completely and let him use the paci to calm down.
Maybe I should start right when I get home instead of waiting until he seems hungry. That way he isn't getting too frantic.
GTKY: Hanging out with my sisters and their kids for my dad's birthday.
Questions/AW? Spit up. LO has been spitting up more lately. Sometimes it's awhile after a feed and it comes out as a really thick white paste almost. I'm nit used to this. I'm guessing this is normal right?
I don't even blink at spit up anymore, haha. But he's been spitting up since day 1 basically.
Is lo otherwise happy and ok? I'd think as long as everything else is normal then it's nothing to worry about.
Thanks for the input, ladies. I know BM will be primary nutrition until about a year... It's just getting the schedule/ transition down seems a little confusing in theory. Then again, I felt that way about bedtime and nap transitions and it's going well... Just gotta do it! mishka29 my DD has been the spit up queen since day 1, so I'm not a good reference on this, but- I'd say as long as LO is content and doesn't seem to be in pain (and still gaining well), you're good. This can fluctuate a lot. cougarette - how weird. Maybe your LO needs to practice how to trigger letdown after doing bottles at daycare and not having to work as hard? I would start a feed a little earlier to reduce the frantic hangry behavior and see if that helps.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jul 20, 2015 13:21:10 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 5 Months yesterday.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping at work.
Solids? No, I thought we would start sometime between 5 and 6 months but now that we are at 5 months I'm leaning towards waiting until she is 6 months. Too big too fast!
Questions/AW? Nothing this week
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Right before my due date I made a bunch of freezer meals which combined with food from friends and family got us through the first month and half with minimal cooking. This weekend I made a double batch of these stuffed shells and have some freezer food again for when we don't feel like cooking.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Jul 20, 2015 13:24:43 GMT -5
lilyelayne haha to dinner and a show. DD has also started getting very distracted, she basically wont eat at all in the morning until dad leaves the room.
wimcgrath no shame in the kiddie pool - sounds like fun!
Post by hollydfromtn on Jul 20, 2015 13:28:45 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 5 months and 3 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing
Solids? We've had carrots so far and will be trying squash tomorrow. So far he doesn't really care for the carrots except for the frozen cube I put in his mesh teether. He went to town on that.
Questions/AW? Have you been told by your pedi any foods that LO should not have? We were told no honey or dairy until 1yr but I'm wondering if there is anything else we should avoid. There are no known food allergies on either side.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? 2 hrs of mommy time when DH took S to his parent's house. I was able to stay in the shower until I ran out of hot water. It was fabulous!
Post by lilyelayne on Jul 20, 2015 13:40:57 GMT -5
mishka29 as long as LO is still having plenty of wet diapers & doesn't seem bothered by the spit up, I wouldn't worry. Remember the longer the milk is in the stomach, the more curdled & digested it'll be when it come back up. cougarette I'd offer to nurse a little earlier and see if that helps. If you're both too frustrated, taking a short break to regroup would be my go to.
Post by misshart00 on Jul 20, 2015 15:17:05 GMT -5
I ordered the mimijumi bottle and I've been tracking it for several days. Early, early this morning, it said it arrived at a post office in my city. Then it said "out for delivery." Yay right? But then it updated to "delivered" at the same post office as before. I just want the bottle!!
Post by lilyelayne on Jul 20, 2015 15:24:27 GMT -5
badw0lf I'm so happy & excited for you. He may be getting less milk when he nurses than from a bottle, or he may be more eager to nurse than he is to take a bottle so he wants to do it for more than just being hungry. Nursing uses different sucking motions & muscles than eating from a bottle, so it may take time & practice for LO to build up the strength to nurse & get a 4oz (or whatever he wants) meal. Yeah my baby can eat for 7 minutes and be satisfied for 3 hours, but he's got over 220 hours of nursing practice! (Per my baby tracking app)
badw0lf I'm so happy & excited for you. He may be getting less milk when he nurses than from a bottle, or he may be more eager to nurse than he is to take a bottle so he wants to do it for more than just being hungry. Nursing uses different sucking motions & muscles than eating from a bottle, so it may take time & practice for LO to build up the strength to nurse & get a 4oz (or whatever he wants) meal. Yeah my baby can eat for 7 minutes and be satisfied for 3 hours, but he's got over 220 hours of nursing practice! (Per my baby tracking app)
Speaking of tracking... do you track every session? Do you recommend any particular app? I tracked every pump, but the app I used doesn't have a section for nursing.
Girl, I track everything. Haha. I use BabyConnect. It actually can track more than I do, but I use it for nursing, sleep, diaper, meds, dr visits including height / weight / head circumference/ vax, pumping. It'll also do bottles, cups, solids, milestones, moods, uhh probably more that I'm missing. Oh I also track baths cause I'm so sporadic about giving them, oops! I like it cause DH has the app too & they sync so either one of us can make entries. Also it has a great visual chart of DS's day. Unfortunately it's not free and more unfortunately I do not own it - just love it!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? EPer 4l lyfe!
Solids? Not yet, but doing some serious studying on it
Questions/AW? I was able to donate 230 oz to a friend from my stash, and still have enough to hopefully wean from the pump around Christmas
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? We tried a new-to-us Greek place yesterday and were pleasantly surprised. Hope the baby enjoys Greek-flavored boob juice!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? EPer 4l lyfe!
Solids? Not yet, but doing some serious studying on it
Questions/AW? I was able to donate 230 oz to a friend from my stash, and still have enough to hopefully wean from the pump around Christmas
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? We tried a new-to-us Greek place yesterday and were pleasantly surprised. Hope the baby enjoys Greek-flavored boob juice!
Solids? Per his (new) pediatrician, we've introduced a small amount of rice cereal mixed with breast milk. He loves it. I think it's making him gassy/constipated though so I'm not sure if we should march on with it or hold off...
Questions/AW? I either have a milk blister or a plugged nipple pore and corresponding plugged duct. It sounds so gross and it feels worse, and LO is favoring the other side. It really sucks. I think I'm going to have H try to open the lil bugger tonight. Has anyone else dealt with this issue?
GTKY: Beating H at Scattergories twice! And beer! And sleeping in (until 8) on Sunday.
cougarette I have the exact same problem. DD gets frustrated because let down takes too long and pops off, and then I get frustrated because she needs to keep sucking to stimulate let down. Le sigh. The other night I got angry at her and DH told me to "calm down". I don't think he gets that it's frustrating for me too when my body doesn't do what it's supposed to do. We hardly ever bottle feed so I don't know why she gets so impatient. But I have a hard time stimulating let down when I pump, too.
@hollyfromtn I've heard a lot of stuff; honey and dairy, but also no sugar, no salt and no green leaves like spinach (something about nitrates? - same goes for red beets).
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? A day out with friends: Nordic Food Truck Championship (yum!), picking mushrooms and blueberries, cooking and eating said mushrooms and blueberries, playing a board game.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping occasionally
Solids? Not yet
Questions/AW? I'm super modest and never really got comfortable NIP without a cover when nursing DS. This weekend, it was grossly hot and humid (thank you, tropical storm Dolores) and I just couldn't stand it, so I nursed DD without it twice. I know for a lot of moms, that's NBD, but I'm really proud of myself for it.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? We took a little road trip a few hours south for a concert that DH really wanted to go to. It was extremely chaotic but a lot of fun. The highlight was DH and me kicking back in our hotel room after we got both kids to sleep enjoying a couple of beers and some quiet, which is a rarity with two little ones!
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