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[jensoprano82]

Aug 5, 2015 8:07:18 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

Aug 5, 2015 7:41:14 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Interesting article about breastfeeding in Time magazine....
link

I definitely do not mean to insult or shame any mom who is not breastfeeding, but I don't see why celebrating breastfeeding, which is hard, and which is still not socially acceptable in public spaces, should not be allowed because it celebrating it is offensive to moms who are using formula. Why does acknowledging one automatically detract from the other?  

Moms who are using formula, have you felt offended by World Breastfeeding

I am in no way offended whatsoever. My little boy has a protein allergy and is thriving on formula. I have no shame or feeling of being left out. It just is what it is. But truthfully, the month that DS and I did struggle through breastfeeding was never pleasant or good for either of us and while I admire the hell out of you mamas that are breastfeeding like warrior goddesses, it was simply not for me.

[jensoprano82]

flyster - DS loves avocado! I just mash and spoon feed it to him.

[jensoprano82]

My little guy has his first cold. He is so stuffy and miserable. Guys, I'm scared.

[dmorgendorffer]

Aug 5, 2015 8:28:29 GMT -5 emilyz320 said:

um this is my packing list for the baby. We are going for 2 days.

Ahhh, thanks for this!  I have yet to start packing for our trip next week and was thinking I really need to start a list.  We're going for a week and there is like one tiny store on the island so forgetting something and needing to take the ferry back would be a real PITA.  

[lilyelayne]

Aug 5, 2015 8:39:08 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

My little guy has his first cold. He is so stuffy and miserable. Guys, I'm scared.

Oh no! Hope he feels better soon! Nose frida, lots of saline spray, humidifier, hanging out in a bathroom with hot steam.

[mrsclark731]

Aug 5, 2015 8:07:18 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

Aug 5, 2015 7:41:14 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Interesting article about breastfeeding in Time magazine....
link

I definitely do not mean to insult or shame any mom who is not breastfeeding, but I don't see why celebrating breastfeeding, which is hard, and which is still not socially acceptable in public spaces, should not be allowed because it celebrating it is offensive to moms who are using formula. Why does acknowledging one automatically detract from the other?  

Moms who are using formula, have you felt offended by World Breastfeeding Week?

As others have mentioned, I have still have guilt that I'm not EBFing. I stopped all together when DD was 5 months old because no matter what I tried my supply was inadequate (even after I overcame a NICU stay). I tried really, really really hard. There isn't a worse feeling in the world than thinking you are starving your baby.

That being said I don't mind the celebration of breast feeding--it is wonderful, natural, and hard to do! All of you EBFing deserve a celebration!

However, I don't agree with the hard sell a lot of states are pushing on breast feeding. In the state of Delaware they recently passed some sort of legislation where formula and formula feeding information is no longer handed out at hospitals after birth. I believe how you feed your baby should be a choice not something forced upon you by state workers in a hospital.  

The article had a lot of good points. Like I said, I'm personally not offended as a FF but I can see why she wrote this article:
'It appears that we are celebrating World Breastfeeding Week in the US to extol mothers who breastfeed and to shame those who don’t.'

Edit--Is there a World Formula Feeding Week?

[cougarette]

Aug 5, 2015 8:39:08 GMT -5 jensoprano82 said:

My little guy has his first cold. He is so stuffy and miserable. Guys, I'm scared.

Aw, poor guy! Give him lots of extra snuggles!

[AppropriateChocolate]

All we could do errand wise was groceries, DD screamed the whole time and is screaming now.. she almost 23 weeks. Is this a wonder week.. my hair is already falling out.. I May pull it out

[dreemkin]

Aug 5, 2015 8:07:18 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

Aug 5, 2015 7:41:14 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Interesting article about breastfeeding in Time magazine....
link

I definitely do not mean to insult or shame any mom who is not breastfeeding, but I don't see why celebrating breastfeeding, which is hard, and which is still not socially acceptable in public spaces, should not be allowed because it celebrating it is offensive to moms who are using formula. Why does acknowledging one automatically detract from the other?  

Moms who are using formula, have you felt offended by World Breastfeeding Week?

I just kind of felt like: well there's no get together and formula feed your baby day. I think world breastfeeding week is a little ridiculous. Those who breastfeed don't need it shoved down peoples throats. Feed your baby; I don't care how.

ETA: I didn't read the article and all I know of this was from this board.

[hollydfromtn]

Aug 5, 2015 7:20:34 GMT -5 flyster said:

Has anyone given their LO avacado yet? I want to try that out today and I have a good soft one...do I blend it? or just mush it with my fingers and give it to him on my fingers/his fingers?

FFWC I have no idea how to tell if an avocado is ripe or not. I'm pretty sure that I've never actually had avocado, outside a little bit of guacamole at the Mexican restaurant.

[osumegs]

Aug 5, 2015 9:34:17 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

All we could do errand wise was groceries, DD screamed the whole time and is screaming now.. she almost 23 weeks. Is this a wonder week.. my hair is already falling out.. I May pull it out

I'm not sure (there is a wonder week right now though for sure), but I will say we're at 24 weeks and apparently have the same baby. Up every hr, screamed for all errands yesterday, refusing naps. We're on repeat today it appears. Let's have coffee ivs together today!

[AppropriateChocolate]

Aug 5, 2015 9:55:20 GMT -5 osumegs said:

Aug 5, 2015 9:34:17 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

All we could do errand wise was groceries, DD screamed the whole time and is screaming now.. she almost 23 weeks. Is this a wonder week.. my hair is already falling out.. I May pull it out

I'm not sure (there is a wonder week right now though for sure), but I will say we're at 24 weeks and apparently have the same baby. Up every hr, screamed for all errands yesterday, refusing naps. We're on repeat today it appears. Let's have coffee ivs together today!

I just checked and 23-26 weeks can be a wonder week and it's Relationships, where they refused to nap/sleep without you. Fussy clingy... She just took a 15 min nap. WTF. It's gonna be a long day. I agree we shall let's get hooked up now. When's you DDs bday??

[AppropriateChocolate]

Aug 5, 2015 9:55:20 GMT -5 osumegs said:

Aug 5, 2015 9:34:17 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

All we could do errand wise was groceries, DD screamed the whole time and is screaming now.. she almost 23 weeks. Is this a wonder week.. my hair is already falling out.. I May pull it out

I'm not sure (there is a wonder week right now though for sure), but I will say we're at 24 weeks and apparently have the same baby. Up every hr, screamed for all errands yesterday, refusing naps. We're on repeat today it appears. Let's have coffee ivs together today!

According to the chart this is the best time to sleep train..WTF? So less sleep for the mom I guess.

[dreemkin]

Today my family is gathering at our lake house in WI and we can't go (DH couldn't take the day off). My parents are staying the week but I'm working the weekend so we won't be able to visit. I wish I was there, especially bc it seems like such a nice day out. I'm too wussy to make the two hour trip with the girls by myself for just the day and then two hours back.

[osumegs]

My two cents fwiw on the whole breastfeeding week thing. I have nothing against people formula feeding. I think it's a personal decision (and sometimes a much safer decision) that should be made by the mother. I don't think either decision makes you a better parent as long as the child's needs are put first.

That said, I enjoy the fact that there is a week because it has been such a long struggle for us between the milk protein allergy, supply tanking (and subsequent work to build it back up), refusal to bottle feed for 20 weeks, and weight gain issues. Along the way pretty much everyone but my husband and her pedi was negative and made comments like, "if you formula fed, you would know you were feeding her right." To me, having this week is kinda a boost in saying not everyone feels anti bf. (Hope that made sense)

Eta: and this includes moms that for whatever reason don't get to make the choice whether or not to breastfeed because being a mom is hard enough without judging.

[hollydfromtn]

Trying to finish up laundry and get it out on the line so that we can finally go to town. DS has been such a crabby pants the past two days. I blame it on teething, even though I can't feel or see any teeth. I'm finally going to attempt bra shopping. It shouldn't take long considering I have maybe 2 stores I can go to and neither one of them actually offer someone to size me. I will most likely be expanding my search sometime next week.

I also need to make a packing list for the weekend. We're headed to the "world's longest yard sale." It spans from Michigan to Alabama. The ILs have a cabin close to the highway it follows, so we try and go every year. I'm a little nervous about how DS will do this time, since he barely tolerates the car seat most days.

[hollydfromtn]

Aug 5, 2015 10:01:45 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

Aug 5, 2015 9:52:40 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

FFWC I have no idea how to tell if an avocado is ripe or not. I'm pretty sure that I've never actually had avocado, outside a little bit of guacamole at the Mexican restaurant.

Press the side of your nose, the avocado should feel similar. Also if you take the little bit of stem off it should be green. 

Thanks. I'll have to try this when I go to the grocery store today.

[AppropriateChocolate]

Aug 5, 2015 10:04:38 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

Aug 5, 2015 10:02:00 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

According to the chart this is the best time to sleep train..WTF? So less sleep for the mom I guess.

I'm cheating so bad by letting DS nap in the RnP despite his toes hanging out the bottom, but Mommy's got to work (or... play on the internet all day...).

all the cheats.. I'm currently rocking DD to sleep and once she's sleep we are gonna lay on the couch and sleep together this mom as tired

[jensoprano82]

Aug 5, 2015 10:15:31 GMT -5 hollydfromtn said:

Aug 5, 2015 10:01:45 GMT -5 badw0lf said:

Press the side of your nose, the avocado should feel similar. Also if you take the little bit of stem off it should be green. 

Thanks. I'll have to try this when I go to the grocery store today.

Also looks for very dark skin (especially if it's a Haas avocado). 90% of grocery store avocados are hard as rocks, but if you buy them hard they'll soften and ripen on your kitchen counter, like a banana. So if you want it tonight, dark skin, soft to the touch, if you want it in four days, greener and former.

If you start to mush it for your Lo and it's looking to pasty or chunky, I added water the first two times.

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I feel awful. Sometime in the early hours our monitor died (it was on when I woke up at 4:30). I woke up at 8:30 and was horrified to see a black screen. Turned it on and DD was screaming. I don't know how long she was crying for. She usually wakes up around 6:30. She's usually happy when she wakes, just talks to herself, so hopefully she did that for a long time. She didn't look or sound like she had been crying for two hours but she was definitely unhappy :,(

Now I know for sure that you can't hear her cry from our room. I wish I could keep her in our room forever.

[lilyelayne]

@ellteejay so sorry, mama. Hugs. You can keep her in your room for as long as you want.

[osumegs]

Aug 5, 2015 9:58:43 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

Aug 5, 2015 9:55:20 GMT -5 osumegs said:

I'm not sure (there is a wonder week right now though for sure), but I will say we're at 24 weeks and apparently have the same baby. Up every hr, screamed for all errands yesterday, refusing naps. We're on repeat today it appears. Let's have coffee ivs together today!

I just checked and 23-26 weeks can be a wonder week and it's Relationships, where they refused to nap/sleep without you. Fussy clingy... She just took a 15 min nap. WTF. It's gonna be a long day. I agree we shall let's get hooked up now. When's you DDs bday??

She was born feb 13. We had to come to the children's hospital for blood work today (which is around 30 min from our house). She finally fell asleep on the drive so I'm hanging out in the car waiting for her to wake up. I'll take her sleeping where she can get it! Lol. I did read in the wonder weeks app that these leaps get more draining as they go on. Yuck

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Aug 5, 2015 11:06:03 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

@ellteejay so sorry, mama. Hugs. You can keep her in your room for as long as you want.

Thank you lilyelayne. She pretty much moved herself to her room a few weeks ago (plus her room was cooler at bedtime that week). And there are many benefits to it. But this morning was awful. For me. She's fine. Happy and giggling now that she's nursed.

[mommadozer]

Aug 5, 2015 7:20:34 GMT -5 flyster said:

Has anyone given their LO avacado yet? I want to try that out today and I have a good soft one...do I blend it? or just mush it with my fingers and give it to him on my fingers/his fingers?

DS loves avocado. I just make sure it's really ripe and cut them up into about .25 inch cube pieces. took a couple rounds but DS has now figured out how to chew the avocado.

[cougarette]

@ellteejay aww, it sounds like she's just fine and has long forgotten about it. Try not to feel too bad (I know, I know).

[ace226]

Aug 5, 2015 8:28:29 GMT -5 emilyz320 said:

um this is my packing list for the baby. We are going for 2 days.

Haha!! I'm glad this isn't just me. I feel like he takes up more room in my suitcase than I do.

Driving into the city tonight for a friend's wedding tomorrow. Eek! DH normally drives but he's had a procedure and he'll be taking over bottle/play/etc duties in the backseat instead. Should be interesting.

[AppropriateChocolate]

Aug 5, 2015 11:07:41 GMT -5 osumegs said:

Aug 5, 2015 9:58:43 GMT -5 AppropriateChocolate said:

I just checked and 23-26 weeks can be a wonder week and it's Relationships, where they refused to nap/sleep without you. Fussy clingy... She just took a 15 min nap. WTF. It's gonna be a long day. I agree we shall let's get hooked up now. When's you DDs bday??

She was born feb 13. We had to come to the children's hospital for blood work today (which is around 30 min from our house). She finally fell asleep on the drive so I'm hanging out in the car waiting for her to wake up. I'll take her sleeping where she can get it! Lol. I did read in the wonder weeks app that these leaps get more draining as they go on. Yuck

DD is Feb 19, that's awesome. DD and I just woke up from a nap. She slept on me but like you said I'll take her sleeping where she can get it. Yeah.. they do... It's like between teething and wonder weeks there's no break

[miniwheat]

Aug 5, 2015 8:07:18 GMT -5 dmorgendorffer said:

Aug 5, 2015 7:41:14 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

Interesting article about breastfeeding in Time magazine....
link

I definitely do not mean to insult or shame any mom who is not breastfeeding, but I don't see why celebrating breastfeeding, which is hard, and which is still not socially acceptable in public spaces, should not be allowed because it celebrating it is offensive to moms who are using formula. Why does acknowledging one automatically detract from the other?  

Moms who are using formula, have you felt offended by World Breastfeeding Week?

I don't feel offended at all. But it does bring up my own feelings of inadequacy and insecurity about not being able to BF my own babies. Breastfeeding was really important to me and when it didn't work I was shocked and it took a long time for me to get over it. Breastfeeding week is great and I fully support it, but I feel jealous that it is something that I am not a part of when I desperately wanted to be. 

[miniwheat]

Aug 5, 2015 9:08:56 GMT -5 mrsclark731 said:

However, I don't agree with the hard sell a lot of states are pushing on breast feeding. In the state of Delaware they recently passed some sort of legislation where formula and formula feeding information is no longer handed out at hospitals after birth. I believe how you feed your baby should be a choice not something forced upon you by state workers in a hospital.  

The hospital I gave birth at (which I otherwise love) makes you read and sign a document stating you understand the dangers and risks of formula feeding. It's a scare tactic and completely inappropriate in my opinion. I signed one and the nurses seemed so embarrassed to have to bring it to me. 

I 100% agree, how you feed your baby should never be pushed on you from a hospital/state worker. 

[miniwheat]

I took the babes to visit me grandpa today. He was really happy to see them.
DD starts tennis lessons tonight! I am so nervous... I hope she doesn't hit someone by accident or throw a racket.