Pumping over here. We finally had our salon holiday party last night. It was the second time spending a couple hours away from DS. Man, I missed him, but it was SO NICE to just have some fun with my girls. The party was catered at my boss's house (which hello amazing house- I think I need to OWN a salon some day) Since we all love food, there were little appetizers (crab cakes, steak on little crostini, bacon wrapped chicken and veggie egg rolls), a pasta station with different seafood and proteins and veggies and three different sauces to choose from. And then... And THEN fried Oreos. I ate three. Maybe more. I'm admitting to 3. Omg, I'm rambling, lol. How's this for random. Thankfully DS is still sleeping and I think I may get another 2 hours out of him.
Post by ninergirl52 on Jan 25, 2015 7:44:56 GMT -5
I wish I knew how to adjust the time stamp as well. I'm up nursing & am ready to crawl back into bed. Lo woke up earlier than usual. That's about as random as I get at 4:45 am. ?
I feel so bad for DH. It seems like LO hates him. Every time he holds him lately, he screams like crazy. Little guy needs to get used to people other than me holding him before I go back to work in just over a week.
Post by wildflower810 on Jan 25, 2015 9:04:37 GMT -5
Last night was our worst night of sleep in, well, a really long time. I have bags under my eyes. Thank God for makeup for church this morning.
Honest question for those of y'all who pump... how much work is it really? I'm seriously thinking about pumping to donate. At 8 weeks my supply is doing just fine and all it takes for me to start pouring out milk is to eat a bowl of oatmeal. I know that if I were in the position of *not* having BM to feed my baby, I would be heartbroken and would pay in gold for the liquid gold. I'm a SAHM right now, so finding the time isn't as much of of a wory.
wildflower810 - I think pumping to donate is so amazing if your supply can handle that! I think EPing or pumping to increase supply is probably harder than what you really need to do I would assume. I have to pump every 2-3 hours just to make up to 50% of my son's daily intake (10-15 ounces). Since you are nursing and only pumping for other reasons, I would say one or two pumps a day (once after morning feed definitely) wouldn't be too difficult to do, depending on how many ounces you make..
Honest question for those of y'all who pump... how much work is it really? I'm seriously thinking about pumping to donate. At 8 weeks my supply is doing just fine and all it takes for me to start pouring out milk is to eat a bowl of oatmeal. I know that if I were in the position of *not* having BM to feed my baby, I would be heartbroken and would pay in gold for the liquid gold. I'm a SAHM right now, so finding the time isn't as much of of a wory.
I don't find it a lot of work at all. I just make sure everything is set up before I nurse, then I don't even have to move.
My problem is my LO wants to snuggle after nursing, making it difficult to pump
Post by clarkkentismyae on Jan 25, 2015 10:05:00 GMT -5
wildflower810 I think pumping to donate is an incredible thing. I wish I had any helpful advice.
I still haven't moved all of my furniture back around to the easy it should be. The dining room table and chairs are still shoved in the living room corner.
Add me to the timestamp issue. This app in general hasn't been fabulous and I rarely get on my pc as LO is attached most of the day. I'm trying to get on more!
It's craptastic weather today but I may brave it for a walk. I need to get out today after being in the house for 2 days straight.
wildflower810 agree with jjh1119 if you pump once or twice it sounds like you'll be set to donate! I'm in the same boat as @jjj1119 where I'm pumping like crazy to get two good feeds. I think that's where pumping gets rough. Once or twice a day shouldn't be too difficult! That's a great thing you're doing.
Chiming in on the bad sleep club! Super restless baby who needed to be re-paci or soothed hourly. Add in my H's first business trip since she was born today and there have been many tears around here. I'm not doing my best coping. Here's hoping there's a long nap for everyone today.
Post by HutterFlutter on Jan 25, 2015 11:40:27 GMT -5
wildflower810 that's so wonderful of you to want to do that. Like PP said, maybe after the morning feed when you have the most. Maybe @amyg could provide some input, too?
I had my first heart-stopping terrifying moment of motherhood last night- LO's Snuza alarm went off. I don't think DH or I have ever moved that fast from a sound sleep in our lives.
pixie523 - my husband has been on a couple business trips since Liam was born. Totally understand the tears. Hopefully his trip is quick! HutterFlutter - we had a couple false alarms with the snuza. Definitely scary. I heard him breathing when it went off so I knew he was fine, but heart stopping nonetheless
Last night while I was explaining to DH about the gif party thread so we can get rid of the n00b statuses, he suddenly looks at me and says, "you're contributing to my pain at work this week" I was like what are you talking about? He said by doing my "mommy blogging". Apparently there is some "mommy blogger" convention/meeting thing going on at the hotel he manages and he is not looking forward to dealing with a hotel full of just moms.
He didn't know who they are, so if you hear of some event going on for moms in Northern Ohio, DH will be there with them. I hope they drive him nuts for saying that while I'm spending my last day of maternity being a good wife and shoveling the driveway so he can park his car when he gets home later tonight haha.
T minus 2 hours to tip off. I'm going with two Nike compression sports bras. Went and bought new basketball shoes, so at least I'll look good, lol! I'm gonna die.....
We've had QUITE the exciting weekend over here. Last night we took our almost-3-year-old to a monster truck rally. Not something I ever would have thought about in my pre-kid days....he had a great time and did better than I expected with the late night. We also took T and he was amazing. He and I left at intermission, but he didn't fuss at all the whole time. Then today we went to an indoor splash park. So much fun! It's the first time we've been since DS1 potty trained, and it was so nice to not have to worry about the swim diaper, and bringing diaper stuff, and having to change once we got there because we couldn't have DS1 wear his swim diaper in his car seat. And it made me really excited for going to the pool this summer.
Both LOs are sick. But will DD take a nap hell no but instead when I try to put DS down for a nap she tries to be as loud as she can omg and wakes him up! No rest for the weary.
Post by jax1182014 on Jan 25, 2015 16:13:35 GMT -5
Potentially a historical storm hitting us Monday night into tuesday. I'm nervous because my husband may have to travel for work for a few days and if he leaves I know the storm will turn a few nights away into a week. My parents are also going out of town. I'm hoping his flight gets cancelled ?
Tried to take advantage of LO's nap to pump. I had offered to let the dog out but he refused. Of course as soon as I start pumping, the dog wants out and starts barking, which of course wakes her up. Argh.
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