8/31 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

Good morning, friends! To any new ladies coming out to play, this check in is for any momma feeding her baby any amount of breast milk in any way.

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids?

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August?

Edit: remembered the gtky I actually meant to use!

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 6 months tomorrow

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? During the week, he gets four solids. Fruit and cereal along with a bottle for breakfast, a vegetable and a bottle for lunch, applesauce and a bottle for his 3 p.m. snack and then a vegetable for dinner. I've noticed that after dinner, he doesn't nurse for as long at bedtime, which is nice. He normally falls asleep after two minutes and has been sleeping longer, so yay! During the weekend, we kind of fly by the seat of our pants and feed on demand and solids if we're home. Tomorrow we have our six month appointment so I'm going to try and get an idea of how much he should be eating and what kind of snacks (such as puffs) that Little Man can have.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? Not yet.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's the worst teacher you ever had or class you ever took? What's the best? Worst? Anything math related. I hate math. Best? Journalism in high school. My teacher was awesome.

[mands1125]

How old is your LO? 6 1/2 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? all 3

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? Yep- all kinds. Milk an hour before all solids

Any teeth? yes one tooth Has this changed nursing / bottle?no

Questions/AW? nope

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? best- football starts worst- summer ends

[aggiebug]

How old is your LO? 7 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? yep we have just moved to 2 meals of solids this week. Both are about an hour after nursing 1 in the morning and one in the afternoon. She is also starting the change her sleep schedule (I think dropping down to 2 naps from 3) so it is hard to say what is currently happening, still just going with the flow

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? no teeth, she is still able to hurt me without those suckers

Questions/AW? how many bottles/ nursing sessions does your LO have? we have 5 every day without fail. It is always after she wakes up and the last at night before bed. With her dropping her 3rd nap and increasing to 2 solid meals it seems like she could drop to 4 sessions. Does that seem crazy?

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Best was DD's baptism and all the family being here, worst was umm I dunno?

[junebugjam]

How old is your LO? 6.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing & pumping. Except I hate pumping so this might be the beginning of the end

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? Yes, about once a day but occasionally I miss a day. Milk feedings are the same. I usually do solids 30-45 minutes before or after a milk feeding.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth.

Questions/AW? What are you all doing for Iran supplement? My baby won't eat cereal. We have our 6 mo visit this afternoon so I plan to see what doc recommends also.

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Best was probably just savoring my last month home with LO. Worst was when I backed my husband's truck into a tree. Whoops.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 6 months, 1 week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pump it up!

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? We just started last week. It seems to be working best when he has them about an hour after a bottle.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth yet.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? The worst thing is having to go back to school after being off since February! The best thing is... that it's over now? I am looking forward to hoodie weather.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 7 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Bf

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? I nurse lo both sides after naps so it's easy to sqeeze in lunch and dinner of solids fo her.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? Working on the bottom two

Questions/AW? Na

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Splash pads! It's almost over!

[michelle142]

How old is your LO? 6 months 1 week and some odd days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Pumping at work, nursing when together

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids?
Yep - once or twice a day. It hasn't changed how often she nurses or the amount in the bottles. Always nurse or bottle first, then solids about 30 minutes later.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle?
Nope.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August?
Worst - summer is coming to an end. Best - I can't think of anything

[mishka29]

junebugjam, I'll assume you meant iron bc I can't solve the problem of the middle east. Lol. Dr said to me that now there is a push to get more iron from meats (blend a chicken breast) rather than from cereal.

I blended some chicken with a sweet potato puree I made. It didn't go over well.

Recently I backed my car into DHs while he were both backing out together. DD1 was in the car so all I heard for the next hour was "mommy, what happened?" Lol.

[aggiebug]

junebugjam I agree with the meat any meat should be a good source, just grind it up. You can blend it with S fruit or veggie they love. Boiled chicken is very very bland, but with apples the love it. You can also find Gerber foods that are a meat and fruit or meat and veggie. The other option is blending the cereal in with something they love. It should hide well.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 6.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?Nursinget, pumping and supplementing work days

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? He gets 2 meals on weekends at home 30 minutes after milk. Not dropping any daytime feeds yet. Still 2 to 3 hours there. He gets fruit or veggies in the morning from us (haven't tried meat yet) and a serving of fruit or veggies at daycare. They feed him 2 hours after his midday bottle and so he's pushing out the last one. They're also pushing to try water in a cup with the meal. I need to push back and see if I can do milk in a container for them to give instead of water.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? 3 now. No chaneed but he learned not to bite.

Questions/AW?Anyone have good resources on how milk intake changes after 6 months? Kelly mom is vague. I'm thinking of starting a Beyond the First 6 Months thread on the bf board to get input from btdt moms

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Had a lovely warm and sunny vacation instead of the rain here. Worst is work. Busy month

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 6 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? She's had avocado, sweet potato, banana, peach, apple, a French fry (thanks dh), cucumber, carrot. I don't really time anything, as I don't think she actually gets much. I just give her food when I think about it - usually when we eat dinner. Hasn't seemed to affect milk consumption.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth.

Questions/AW? A couple weeks ago I asked about drastically reduced pumping output. As a last resort I changed the valves and membranes, which I was sure were pretty new, and I'm pumping like 40%' more. Silly me. I'm gonna credit the lactation cookies so I can make and eat more though. AW: my baby seems to hate nursing less. It gives me the warm fuzzies when she enjoys it.

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Best: some good family time. Worst: pretty bad month of sleep.

[mommadozer]

DS is 7 months 1 week.

Doing all three. We have been primarily pumping into bottles but, we nurse a couple times a week. DS has been indicating that he wants to nurse a lot more of the weekend. I wonder if he is getting more teeth.

Solids have been starting to change feelings. Sometimes I able to give up his supplement formula bottle during dinner and give him one more ounce of BM at bedtime and it seems to work.

Best thing about August is my birthday I guess. I'm not a huge birthday person though. Worst part, I have a huge audit to complete every year in August. Can't wait for it to be over.

Best class: all of my math degree courses during college. I timed it perfectly to have the same well-known professor teach all of the classes.

Worst class: Intro to film. I thought it would a fun class and a lot of people take it as a fun elective class. The teacher taught it like we were all film majors. She failed everyone on our film paper because we didn't write like film majors. I barely pulled off a C- in that class. I know several students went to the department chair regarding the professor's behavior/expectations in an intro class.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? 6 months 2 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and Pumping

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? We tried the oatmeal cereal last week and she seemed to really like it. It hasnt't changed her milk intake at all. We still nurse before giving solids.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth yet.

Questions/AW? An AW: I was feeding DD this weekend at a family party and the folks sitting around me were laughing listening to her going "mmmmmmmm" as she ate under the cover.

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Best thing was getting 2 massages this month! That's my quota for the year. Worst thing is this cold I can't shake.

[lilyelayne]

aggiebug my mom swears she nursed my sister 4x a day pretty much from one month onward. 8, 12, 4, 8 I think. Pretty different from my 7x a day on demand haha. But my sister never took a bottle. Unsure how much solids she was getting how early though.
seamonster you'll probably get good feedback on the BF board. I think it kinda depends on how LO takes to solids but I don't have good resources.
agm04 yay for pumping getting better and nursing getting better too!

[dmorgendorffer]

aggiebug my LO is still doing at least 7 sessions a day (One in the morning, 4 bottles at day care, then an after work and a bed time feed), plus we usually have a wake up over night. I can't wait until we can start dropping some of those feeds (especially the MOTN).

[RedGiant]

How old is your LO? 7 months tomorrow

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
nursing, with occasional pumping for a bottle stash so I can leave DD with a sitter once in a while

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids?
Starting solids (tried oatmeal, green beans, peas, and a rogue bread crust and watermelon piece). I've been bad at making time to get her fed in between DS's activities/schedule. So, no real impact on nursing schedule: she nurses every 2-3 hours. I try to feed her solids an hour after nursing.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle?
She has 6 teeth. But other than trying to clamp down when teeth are cutting (which I stop immediately) no change.

Questions/AW?
DD has awful gas issues after any solids. If I feed her an ounce of puree at 2 pm she still has gas pains at 8 pm and it's messing up bedtime. I'm trying to decide if we should power through the gas and just do morning solids, or postpone solids for a few weeks and see if her GI tract matures enough to handle it. Thoughts?

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August?
Best: all the parties for family birthdays and baby showers, etc. And taking DS to Kings Dominion for the first time, it was awesome. Worst: HEAT! I don't like it when it's hotter than low 80s.

[kaydee0402]

aggiebug, how do you blend meat? I have a food processor but I'm not even sure how to go about it.

[aggiebug]

Aug 31, 2015 15:41:44 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

aggiebug, how do you blend meat? I have a food processor but I'm not even sure how to go about it.

I toss it in my processor with no sodium chicken broth until it's soupy. You can use water or breast milk as well. You can also toss in any fruits or veggies you deem appropriate.

[kaydee0402]

Aug 31, 2015 15:48:20 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Aug 31, 2015 15:41:44 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

aggiebug, how do you blend meat? I have a food processor but I'm not even sure how to go about it.

I toss it in my processor with no sodium chicken broth until it's soupy. You can use water or breast milk as well. You can also toss in any fruits or veggies you deem appropriate.

Thank you!  And does it matter if you use chicken breast or thigh?

[aggiebug]

Aug 31, 2015 15:50:10 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Aug 31, 2015 15:48:20 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

I toss it in my processor with no sodium chicken broth until it's soupy. You can use water or breast milk as well. You can also toss in any fruits or veggies you deem appropriate.

Thank you!  And does it matter if you use chicken breast or thigh?

Haha you act like you think I know what I am doing

I used chicken breast since that is what we were eating, I would have used thigh meat if we were eating thigh meat.

[kaydee0402]

Aug 31, 2015 15:52:23 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Aug 31, 2015 15:50:10 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Thank you!  And does it matter if you use chicken breast or thigh?

Haha you act like you think I know what I am doing

I used chicken breast since that is what we were eating, I would have used thigh meat if we were eating thigh meat.

Haha a few minutes ago I didn't even know I could make my own pureed meat!  Thank you for your help

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO? 29 wks aka 6 months and change.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping.

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids?
She's made her way through all the veggies and we are on our 3rd fruit. She's loving them all. During the week I only see a change to her first bottle. She gets cereal in the morning and I do only about 2-3 oz in a bottle after. On weekends, she actually almost forgets to eat, if that makes sense. She gets wrapped up in what we are doing and I guess has a satisfied tummy, that she doesn't always cry at that 3-4 hour mark like she does in a weekday.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth yet.

Questions/AW? The countdown to the end of pumping can't get here quick enough. I'm done and over it but will keep going.

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August? Just worst from me -- heat

Edit: remembered the gtky I actually meant to use!

[RedGiant]

Ack, now that I put in writing that DD doesn't bite, she chomped down (while being distracted by her brother) and cut my nipple. Boo! Luckily she only nurses on one side at a time, so bedtime will be the other side, so I can give sore side a longer break.

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
6 months

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

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids?
We got the go ahead at his appt last week, but I'm not really in a rush to start. I'm also overwhelmed by it. I'm not sure where to start, how much, etc. I mean, his pedi made suggestions, but still.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle?
No teeth

Questions/AW?
Not this week

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August?
Worst - the heat and humidity
Best - the training I did for my job. I like learning new stuff

[mishka29]

Aug 31, 2015 15:57:32 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Aug 31, 2015 15:52:23 GMT -5 aggiebug said:

Haha you act like you think I know what I am doing

I used chicken breast since that is what we were eating, I would have used thigh meat if we were eating thigh meat.

Haha a few minutes ago I didn't even know I could make my own pureed meat!  Thank you for your help

I made a blend of chicken and sweet potato and LO hated it.  Tonight I tried chicken with watermelon and peaches. It looked like vomit. LO loved it lol. 

The fruit was watery enough that no extra liquid was needed. 

[seamonster]

mumomma13 That's awesome!

RedGiant Ouch! That is my fear about nursing with teeth and why I originally thought I'd switch to EP when he got teeth. Hopefully using mommy as a chew toy will stop now. As far as gas, I've been mixing Udo's choice infant probiotic into his morning solids since it was a pain to get daycare to give it to him in his bottles. He farts up a storm, but he doesn't have gas pains with it. We also do some massage and yoga to help with gas and digestion.

[lilyelayne]

Aug 31, 2015 19:48:09 GMT -5 mumomma13 said:

Oh, and AW. DS TOOK A BOTTLE. It's party time!!!!!!!

WAHOO

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO? 7 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? Has this changed any milk feedings? How do you time milk feedings around solids? S is now getting solids twice a day when I remember to give them to him. I aim for about an hour after he nurses.

Any teeth? Has this changed nursing / bottle? No teeth

Questions/AW? BLWers (yes, I'm 12 and had to add -ers to wean) this question is for you. What all have you been giving your LOs? I've been reading about it, but I think I've overloaded my brain and have no clue where to start.

GTKY: what was the best and worst thing about August?
August is easily my least favorite month. It's so hot and humid here. I'm not sure if I can come up with anything good about it.

[hollydfromtn]

junebugjam the pedi told us to switch to the polivisol vitamin drops with the iron supplement. S HATES it! I had them compound it with grape flavoring and he now just sort of hates it. We've tried puréed meat too, but he's still not a fan of any purees at the moment.