How old is your LO? 21 weeks - 5 months on Thursday! Tear.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing (mostly through lots of grumbling from DD) and pumping/bottles while I'm at work.
Solids? Not yet, planning on 6 months, but getting excited! We got DD a Tripp Trapp and she's given it a couple test runs while eating breastmilk ice cubes out of a mesh feeder.
Questions/AW? Tonight my baby ate for almost 10 minutes and barely yelled at me at all!
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? A 30 minute nap.
lilyelayne I have to sing to DD to have a prayer at getting her to eat too! Who knew we were such good entertainment? I know this is the first time anyone has cared for my singing.
misshart00 I'm so sorry. You're doing great, and I know how frustrated and alone you must feel. You're really not alone. There are wonderful things about it, but it's really hard and really demoralizing sometimes. I told my sister that the fact that I haven't yet given up breastfeeding and set my boobs on fire is a true miracle.
I posted this in spam but since I've been talking to yall about bottles, I thought I would post here too.
I'm crying. Like seriously bawling. We just tried 4 different bottles and DS isn't having any of them. I know I'm in the monitory, but I don't like breastfeeding. I can't be attached to my baby for another 6 months.
Sorry for my complaints. I'm glad I can feed him somehow but I'm so stressed out now and exhausted.
I'm so sorry you're struggling. We struggled to get my LO to take a bottle too. Even met with the pediatrician for ideas, which didn't work. He would scream. Mimijumi didn't work for us either. After trying daily for weeks I gave up for 2 weeks and didn't bother. When I took it back out he took it no problem. Maybe just give him a little break from trying?
I read you are considering trying comotomo. We bought one while we were buying every bottle imaginable but he ended up finally taking the tommee tippee so it's sitting in my cabinet unused. If you're comfortable PMing me your address I will mail you ours. I know what it's like to go broke buying bottles and he honestly used it for less than 5 minutes. Let me know.
I posted this in spam but since I've been talking to yall about bottles, I thought I would post here too.
I'm crying. Like seriously bawling. We just tried 4 different bottles and DS isn't having any of them. I know I'm in the monitory, but I don't like breastfeeding. I can't be attached to my baby for another 6 months.
Sorry for my complaints. I'm glad I can feed him somehow but I'm so stressed out now and exhausted.
I'm so sorry you're struggling. We struggled to get my LO to take a bottle too. Even met with the pediatrician for ideas, which didn't work. He would scream. Mimijumi didn't work for us either. After trying daily for weeks I gave up for 2 weeks and didn't bother. When I took it back out he took it no problem. Maybe just give him a little break from trying?
I read you are considering trying comotomo. We bought one while we were buying every bottle imaginable but he ended up finally taking the tommee tippee so it's sitting in my cabinet unused. If you're comfortable PMing me your address I will mail you ours. I know what it's like to go broke buying bottles and he honestly used it for less than 5 minutes. Let me know.
I actually have like 10 tommy tippies. That's what DD used. Lol
How old is your LO?5 months and a week (whatever my siggy says. Wonder Weeks tells me it's 21 weeks)
Nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping at work and substituting feeds at daycare
Solids? 3 more weeks. Mesh feeder with frozen breastmilk is a big hit, but I think we may save it for bedtime and the nightly teething meltdown since I don't have much to spare for it.
Questions/AW? Anyone done elimination diet for eczema? LO has a bit and I don't know if something in my diet makes it worse.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? Brunch with my friend and her husband. We had it at our place so the babies could play and we could all relax.
misshart00 don't feel bad! It's hard when you can't get a break and don't have other options. I totally get that. And youre allowed to not love breastfeeding. That doesn't make you a bad mom at all!
How old is your LO? He'll be 5 mo on the 25'th. I've lost track of the weeks.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing. Pumping for some attempted bottles but he's being pretty difficult about those right now. It seems to be something he goes through from time to time. Hoping he gets over it quickly. He always has in the past.
Solids? We started slowly introducing solids shortly after 4 mo and he has done well with them. We had a lot of trouble with our older girls taking solids. So, it's been a huge relief.
GTKY: what was the highlight of your weekend? I love everything about the weekend. We always plan a couple fun, family activities. Plus, we always go out to dinner on Saturday. Also, cocktails with DH after all kids are in bed.
Oh misshart00, my heart aches for you! I really get that you don't want to be reliant solely on breastfeeding. You don't have to love it to be a great mom!
misshart00 I also appreciate you sharing your frustration, because it reminds me that we're all getting through some tough stuff. My baby prefers the bottle and it hurts my heart, but I see that the grass isn't always greener. challenging both ways. I guess that's parenthood! Hang in there.
Post by seamonster on Jul 23, 2015 14:05:20 GMT -5
I need to whine about overfeeding and my husband thinks I'm nuts in light of LO's weight gain issues last month. Granted his biggest weight gain was after spending half a week with me, but I'm still concerned. LO has 3 bottles for being at daycare for 9 hours -- one breastmilk and 2 formula. We also leave a few packaged formula bottles in case of a growth spurt. The formula bottles are 7oz. Every day for the past 2 weeks that DS has been at daycare they've used the backup milk. We have a new teacher so I think she's not pace feeding him and I think she's taking his afternoon boredom as hunger when he had the formula 2 hours before. I also don't doubt LO is acting hungry between teething and being in the habit of eating every 2 to 3 hours when he's with me. Today we picked him up right as the new teacher was prepping a bottle of backup milk and said we'd save it for tomorrow since it's good for 24 hours. LO wasn't hungry and didn't demand food until we got home 45 minutes later.
I think I'm going to talk to the new teacher about pace feeding both breastmilk and formula. Now that I've stepped up the lecithin, my milk has been fatter so I'm going to decrease bottle size. If I get 4 pumps in a day I can get 2 bottles of milk (only 3 means 1 bottle and some to freeze for milk pops for teething).
If that doesn't work I'm going to make his formula bottles smaller and give them 3 instead of 2. I'm so neurotic about this kid's weight.
I'd post a picture of a cookie as a reward, but I don't know how to do that on my phone.
seamonster glad your pumping output is better quality. Hopefully you and the new daycare teacher(& your H) can get on the same page.
Thanks. MH thinks I'm crazy for worrying, but agrees that they probably aren't pace feeding since when he had LO home and pace fed, he was not even finishing his formula bottles. I'm picking up LO early tomorrow to go out of town. It's his old teacher's last day, so I think I'm just going to leave the discussion until Monday when I change up his bottles since the breastmilk ones will be smaller starting then. That way it's her class on her own and the change in bottles might be a good reminder that his feeding is changing too.
For those of you who ep, do you have the hospital grade pumps rented? I'm primarily pumping with some nursing thrown in. I am not feeling like I'm empty at the end of pumping sessions. I was considering renting one.
Also, how do you find time to pump enough for them? Im really struggling when she eats every 2 hours around the clock to be able to pump and actually get like 4 or 5 hours of sleep.
osumegs I have the spectra 2. I believe it is a hospital grade pump because it is a closed system. I EP and for 5, 30 minute sessions a day. 3am 8am 12pm 4pm and 9pm. I try to do the 8 and 12 pump while DD naps but if she is awake, I am sitting on the floor pumping while she plays next to me. It was rough when she was so dependent on me for play but now that she can somewhat entertain herself it has become easier.
I also hacked all my medela parts to the spectra so I didn't have to buy all new supplies. I highly suggest joining the exclusive pumping group on Facebook. Some of them are crazy fanatics but they do have great suggestions
osumegs, I use the PISA, and it seems to get the job done. I currently pump every 4 hours. Sometimes that means propping him up in the boppy and feeding him, or letting him roll around in the floor. Also if I feel like I'm not emptying I use the letdown button again to hopefully jump start the boobs. Hope this helps!
@aprilrose it only comes with 21 mm flanges... Can you use with any flange? Also I use the white duck bill valves (instead of the yellow medela ones). I am having problems with condensation gathering in the spectra white membrane. I have to dry between each use.
For those of you who ep, do you have the hospital grade pumps rented? I'm primarily pumping with some nursing thrown in. I am not feeling like I'm empty at the end of pumping sessions. I was considering renting one.
Also, how do you find time to pump enough for them? Im really struggling when she eats every 2 hours around the clock to be able to pump and actually get like 4 or 5 hours of sleep.
I have a symphony from the hospital for at home. I use it at my wake up pump, then two times at night. I have a hand me down Pisa that is my one for work.
We toyed with not renting the pump anymore but I do feel like it empties me fast and is just more powerful.
Post by cloe111479 on Jul 24, 2015 11:00:36 GMT -5
Also -- I totally suggest the ep Facebook group too. But you will have to wade through some crazy to get good info. (I'm in it but got annoyed with the same questions over and over. I don't check it quite as much)
yeah some EPers don't want to hear nothing about latching or trying to nurse, it's all pump or nothing. Some may be the reason why they chose to ep, like an abuse survivor, others cause they don't want anyone to make them second guess their decision or give them false hope. Of course in the real world, lots of moms fall into exclusively pumping due to latch issues, and those latch issues can often resolve as baby gets older, so it may be something that some Epers DO want to explore as an option.
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