8/17 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

Questions/AW?

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?

[michelle142]

How old is your LO?
5 months, 3 weeks and some odd days - 6 months on Friday!!

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

Solids?
Some at random. Usually she gets something at dinner time. A mix of BLW and purees.

Questions/AW?


Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?
I do, nursing. Mostly just for myself, but they'll be in the baby photo album as well. No pumping photos though.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?
There is carpet in my kitchen. I don't think that needs an explanation as to why I want to change it

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? She'll be 6 months in 2 days!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and Pumping

Solids? We've tried out some rice cereal and banana puree, also tried giving her a piece of banana in the mesh feeder and she was not impressed. Now that she is 6 months we'll get more serious about it.

Questions/AW? I don't know if it is normal distracted nursing or DD is on a bit of a nursing strike. Lately DD has not wanted to nurse at all in the morning and when we were on our drive back home this weekend I ended up having to give her 2 bottles after we had stopped to nurse because she had started fussing again after we got back on the road. She definitely seems to be developing a preference for eating from the bottle.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I took a great shot of DH feeding DD a bottle this past week. There have been a few taken of us nursing but I think I've deleted them. Definitely do not want pictures of pumping.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? We've done so much work on our house already, the kitchen is our next big project, but if I could change anything I would want a nicer lot. Less traffic in front and a bigger back yard that doesn't look out at our neighbors house.

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? 5.5ish months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? We offer him BLW-style solids at dinner, and lunch if we're eating together though often during the week I just scarf down something while he naps. His favorite thus far has been asparagus, followed by broccoli. I don't know that he's swallowed any. Probably going to do some cereal this week or so since the pedi will ask and I'd rather do that than the iron vitamins since a few of y'all have had bad experiences.

Questions/AW?

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? - yes nursing. I've never really given him a bottle, though I have a pic of DH and the first bottle. I don't even know what I look like pumping. I've got one pic of DS nursing that I looooove and AW'd here when we took it, months ago. Sometimes I want to AW but I know BF is a struggle for lots of mommas so I don't.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? - our AC unit keeps freezing so that's high on my list right now.

[osumegs]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing overnight, pumping during day

Solids? Squash, green beans, peas

Questions/AW?

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? Yes. I've taken a few or had dh take some. All of nursing. None of pumping. Also, a local photographer did free bf mini sessions during world breastfeeding week. I haven't seen that pic yet. It was awesome because she supported all mommy milk. She had girls that tandem nurse, exclusivEly pump, use donor milk, and one that exclusively pumps for her daughter on a feeding tube.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? I grew up with a couple acres, and our current house sits on about 0.35 acres. Unfortunately up here you either have to have a crappy house or be in a crappy school district if you want lots of land (or be prepared to spend a ton).

[junebugjam]

How old is your LO? 6 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping now that I'm back at work (first day, sad face)

Solids? We've done green beans, peas, and carrots. He eats them all but is more interested in the spoon. Sweet potatoes next.

Questions/AW? All my love to the EPers because this sucks. I'm obsessing over pumping enough to make up for what I unfroze this morning. I should be ok but it's just annoying.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I don't think I have any.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? It would be self-cleaning. Oh, is that not a thing?

[FlutterOfYoshis]

How old is your LO?

6 months today!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing. Pumping only to mix with some purees.

Solids?
Purees. So far rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potato, carrots, squash, apples, pears. Likes em all and wants more!

Questions/AW?
We're at the 6 month mark today. Have others felt like their boobs are diminishing either in size or in supply at this mark? DD is back to nursing every 1.5 hours and I'm not so sure it's a growth spurt at the moment. I definitely don't feel or seem to appear as full. I'll be making sure nothing is concerning at DD's appointment Thursday, just in case.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?
I don't have any actually. Thought about asking DH to take one a couple times just for myself, but never did. Might have to before it's done.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?
Its location. We've put a lot into this house already out of necessity, it'd be nice if it were districted for better schools. I'd prefer a single family home, but that may never happen for us in the DC suburbs. So expensive.

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
Almost 6 months!

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

Solids?
Not yet

Questions/AW?
I really like his, "okay I'm done" face he's been doing lately.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?
I have pictures of him nursing from my perspective that I sometimes look at while pumping. That's the only purpose, though. I should ask DH to take some of me nursing.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?
Add a fireplace

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 6.5 ish

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? BFing

Solids? Ugh life as a second child. With DD1 the introduction of soilds was done in a very precise way and well planned out, 5-7 days between new foods. DD2 is getting the shaft again. Last week she got three new things within 5 days. Oops.

Questions/AW?

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? Hmm I do have a few. Mostly of when she was a newborn.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? Less fucking stairs!

[cougarette]

michelle142 My aunt lived in a house with carpet in the bathroom, and I thought that was weird. I think carpet in the kitchen is more weird.

lilyelayne I agree with awing here!

mumomma13 We're still having about 7 feedings a day. 3 are at daycare where he goes about 3 or 4 hours. When we're together it seems he's going 2.5-3 hours.

[mishka29]

FlutterOfYoshis, I would say that my boobs don't feel as full as they did before even when they are full. But I don't think size is indicative of supply. At least I'm pretty sure it's not. That 6 month growth spurt can be a big one!

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? Turned 6 months on Saturday. Mini goal complete! Now onwards to 1 year

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together and pumping and combo-feeding weekdays

Solids?Started 3 Saturdays ago. He loves everything. We've done avocados, peaches, carrots, sweet potato, and strawberries

Questions/AW? A WING having hit 6 months. In the early weeks I was just trying to make it to the end of the week

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? Have someof bottle feeding in the beginning. DH had put one of DS holding the bottle himself in a collage frame, but I had him take it out because it was still too painful to look at. None of me breastfeeding, but now I'd love one. Even if it would totally embarrass DS when he's older.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?[/quote]
I'd make it bigger. We need an extra room so we can store all our stuff and give DS his own room.

[FlutterOfYoshis]

michelle142 Ugh kitchen carpet. My parents chose carpet in the kitchen while I was growing up ("upgraded" from laminate). It was supposed to be "kid proof" but my mom spilled more things than anyone else combined. I'd love to spend their money for them and fix their place more appropriately! :-P

[michelle142]

Aug 17, 2015 11:37:52 GMT -5 cougarette said:

michelle142 My aunt lived in a house with carpet in the bathroom, and I thought that was weird. I think carpet in the kitchen is more weird.

lilyelayne I agree with awing here!

mumomma13 We're still having about 7 feedings a day. 3 are at daycare where he goes about 3 or 4 hours. When we're together it seems he's going 2.5-3 hours.

Oh there's carpet in one of my bathrooms yet too. My house was 2500 sq. feet of wall to wall carpet when we moved in last year. Kitchen and bathroom carpet is just... no. Just no. It's gross.

[FlutterOfYoshis]

mumomma13 We seem to be going the opposite direction with nursing. We were at every 2-2.5 hrs, now we're at every 1-2 for the past few weeks. However, I heard the older babies get they should be stretching their time like yours is. Mine just enjoys being off textbook all. the. time.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 6 months this Friday (whoa!)

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pumping, for SIX MONTHS.

Solids? Pureed and ready; just waiting on his next doctor's appointment to get all the deets.

Questions/AW? My left boob takes way longer to pump than the other one. With that and not being able to pump long midday because of school, is ol' lefty gonna quit producing as much? Sad if it does.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? There are tons of pictures of him taking a bottle. I don't mind sharing them. Is that weird?

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? MOAR SPACE!!!!

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO?6 month and like 2 wks? Or so

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Just pumping.

Solids? Yep. She gets cereal in the morning and a veggie in the evening. She wasn't a fan of squash, but has loved green beans and carrots.

Questions/AW? None really. I'm just well...at the point of caring but not caring anymore. I'm tired of being stuck to the pump and September and weaning from it can't come soon enough.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I have a few of me pumping more for giggles with my friend than anything else. I do take a pic when I it is a massive amount of milk in one sitting. 20oz at once was my record I believe.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? Master bath and closet for dh. I'd rearrange it all dh has the plan in his head and we may do it one day just not now.

[cginge]

How old is your LO?
6 months + 1 week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing.

Solids?
Rice cereal and/or pureed single veggie or fruit, once a day

Questions/AW?
Just a vent. SIA. I think we're going to have to do sleep training after vacation. I'm exhausted. LO used to sleep so much better than he does now; I guess I was just hoping he'd go back to what he was doing before (1-2 wake-ups a night). I can't keep doing every 1.5-2 hours like we have been. We've tried pick up/put down and just using his pacifier but he won't calm down until I put him against my breast and sometimes he doesn't even eat, he just shoves his face into my boob and falls back asleep. I'm a softie and denying him that comfort is going to be hard for me.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?
I don't have any pictures of nursing/pumping. LO rarely takes a bottle so no pictures of that either. I do have cute pictures of him with a sippy cup of pumped milk though!

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be?
Add a bedroom.

[kartish]

How old is your LO? Six months, and ten days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping.

Solids? He has had rice cereal, oatmeal, carrots and bananas. All puree. I am interested in BLW but will have to read up. Our one experience trying it out ended with choking and vomiting, so I think I'm doing it wrong.

Questions/AW? Anyone have any BLW advice?

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I have some of looking down at him after he has popped off and is sleeping that I look at while pumping, but I'd like to get some of me nursing and DH bottle feeding.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? Pick it up and put it in the country somewhere with a few acres of land! Also self cleaning, if that ever becomes a thing!

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 6 1/2 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping when I'm at work

Solids? We took a week break because she was just NOT having it, and that seemed to help a lot. She's now going for purees in a silicone teether or gnawing on BLW-size pieces. I'll start adding a bit more variety now that she's actually eating them.

Questions/AW? None that I can think of

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I have some pictures of me nursing, not pumping. I missed getting a pic of DH giving DD her first bottle, which I'm sad about because I love the pic of him giving DS his first bottle.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? I want junebugjam's self cleaning house. If I can't have that... hardwood floors (we have carpet and once the kids are a bit older we'll probably tear it out and put hardwood in the main parts of the house and maybe just carpet in the bedrooms. Also, I'd love to have a bit more land, but that sort of goes with the territory in LA.

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO? 6months and some change. I gave up on weeks a long time ago.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? He usually eats about half of one of the stage 2 Gerber containers a day now. I wasn't really planning on using those, but we get them with WIC. He's getting better at actually swallowing the food now instead of just spitting it back out.

Questions/AW? Is anyone still dealing with an overactive letdown? I thought for sure mine would have evened out by now.

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them? I have a few of S after he's fallen into a "milk coma" but I don't have any of us actually nursing. I may need to have DH take one just for us.

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? Definitely a bigger closet and bathroom. We are renting off of an old family friend of my FIL. The house sat empty for about 10 years and was vandalized in that time, so it needed to be remodeled. Since FIL is a retired contractor, we worked it out that we would exchange our labor for rent. They gave us a budget and let us make all the design decisions. It was really fun picking out cabinets, flooring, and paint schemes with somebody else's money. We put so much work into the house that we have over a year's worth of free rent built up and there is still a lot to be done outside too.

[lilyelayne]

hollydfromtn I have sporadic episodes of OALD.

[hollydfromtn]

Aug 17, 2015 20:18:32 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

hollydfromtn I have sporadic episodes of OALD.

Mine aren't sporadic. They're every single time

[kartish]

12 ounces of pumped milk down the drain. ..

I feel like bawling.

[michelle142]

Aug 18, 2015 8:40:28 GMT -5 kartish said:

12 ounces of pumped milk down the drain. ..

I feel like bawling.

What why??
I feel like crying for you.

[hollydfromtn]

Aug 18, 2015 8:40:28 GMT -5 kartish said:

12 ounces of pumped milk down the drain. ..

I feel like bawling.

OH NO!!!!! What happened?!?

[lilyelayne]

Aug 18, 2015 8:40:28 GMT -5 kartish said:

12 ounces of pumped milk down the drain. ..

I feel like bawling.

This is tragic. So sorry.

[babycfeb2015]

How old is your LO? 6 month plus 1 week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing. Pumping on occasion

Solids?
Starting today! Our dr was very very unspecific. Pretty much said do whatever you want. I think we will start with purees-any recommendations what to do first? I plan on making them

Questions/AW? Just not sure where to start with food!

Also shoutout to all of us for making it 6 months! Nursing/pumping is hard work! Way to go everyone

Do you have pictures of yourself feeding your baby (nursing/bottle)? What about pumping? Do you have them just for yourself or do you share them?

I have a few selfies of us nursing but Ive never posted them anywhere. One of my hs classmates always posts bfing pictures on instagram and while I totally support it a lot of our other friends make comments about how weird/uncomfortable it is. Our friends are young and unmarried/no kids though

GTKY: if you could change one thing about your house/apartment, what would it be? Bigger! We are in a small 2 bedroom condo and need to move ASAP.

[seamonster]

babycfeb2015 For DS he first had avocado mashed with breastmilk, steamed puréed peaches, steamed puréed carrots, mashed sweet potato with breastmilk, all done as 1 meal each for 3 days. He also got strawberries in his self feeder for his 6th month birthday, but I'd forgotten that you have to be careful with berries and citrus with babies, especially if they have eczema. His eczema had completely cleared and we saw no issues.

Next is probably apples or something else packaged as we're on vacation for the next week.

kartish That's terrible! What happened?

[junebugjam]

Question, ladies. I sent my LO to daycare for the first time today. He was scheduled to be there from 8-4, and I sent him with four 4 oz bottles. My H picked him up early (2 o'clock) because he was coughing this morning, so he went to the doc.

Anyway, when he picked him up they told him they think I should send more milk because LO was drinking frequently. When I got the report they fed him every 90 minutes! He does not eat this often at home.

My concern is that there is no way I'm going to be able to pump enough to send him with another bottle. I have been able to get about 18 oz but I don't see more than that happening. And LO drinks 12 or 16 oz in the same time frame with my in laws and is fine.

In your opinion, is 16 oz enough for 8 hours? Can I just tell them to cool it on the feedings or should I send more? I have a freezer stash but if I have to dip in daily I'll be supplementing sooner than I'd like.

(Also, doc says he has an ear infection, so maybe that's why he was eating more? I don't know. It's his first one.)