Mommy Milk Labor Day

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

What's your BF/pumping goal?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share?

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 7 and a bit

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Bf

Solids? Yup and loving them!

What's your BF/pumping goal? I plan to day wean to cows milk when lo goes to daycare at 1 year. As for morning and night feeding, I don't know, maybe 15 months.

Questions/AW? Na

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I'm not good at small talk but if someone brings up a topic that I can talk about then I don't mind participating.

[michelle142]

I'm mobile and it's a pita to type, but I have a question.

Is anyone dealing with Lo pinching?
Dd pops off and pinches my nipple, hard. She won't stop!

[kartish]

How old is your LO? 7 months today!

Are nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping and grandma had to supplement last night

Solids? Yes, we try to once a day.

What's your BF/pumping goal? Right now, I think we can make a year, but I don't want to pump past a year, so we probably won't extend.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? Sometimes, lately they have been awkward because everyone wants to look and talk about the baby. But once at the doctor this cute little boy started talking to us and he wanted to show us his Minecraft world on his mom's phone. He was adorable.

[kartish]

michelle142 V pinches my boob, not the nipple but it does hurt. I try to redirect his hands to my strap or shirt or something.

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO? 30 weeks. 7 months weds.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping.

Solids? Made our way through them all so now doing a fruit in the morning and a "dinner" one later. Did turkey and rice yesterday for the first time and she ate the whole thing.

What's your BF/pumping goal? If I can survive this month I think we will get close to or to a year. The finish line is in sight! I'm so over it.

Questions/AW? Not really a question but more of my own thing -- I need to get better at figuring out how much to take out of the freezer at a time. I took too many out yesterday and ended up pitching one because it smelled bad after the day defrosted.

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I'm ok with it. Most people lately are talking to or about dd so it's all good.

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? 7 months

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

Solids? She's very "meh" on the whole food thing. She likes the idea of it and wants the food, then as soon as it hits her mouth, she's like "uh, no way". She's had sweet potatoes, carrots, peas, pears, peaches, nectarines, bananas and apples

What's your BF/pumping goal? At least 1 year. DS weaned at 16 months but we were just nursing morning and night for the last couple of months, so I'd like to have a similar transition with DD.

Questions/AW? Anyone else's baby just not so much on the whole food thing? She never eats more than the tablespoon-ish portion that fits in the silicone feeder, and most of the time doesn't even finish that. She's nursing fine, and I know that "food before 1 is just for fun" but I'm a little worried that she doesn't really like it. She shows tremendous interest, until it gets to her mouth, then she wants nothing to do with it. I've tried purees with a spoon, purees in a silicone feeder and BLW style pieces.

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I'm fairly shy and not one for random small talk. Most of the time, people will talk to/about DD and DS, which I'm fine talking about.

[lilyelayne]

michelle142 DS realized that he can interact with my nipple when he's not eating, like just after a feeding, so he went through a phase of wanting to grab it. I basically treated it like him petting the dog - say "easy," model and help him with open hands, take away if he grabs or pulls. I figured it was a better shot than saying he couldn't touch something he has access to so often. After a few days he got bored & now ignores my nipple except to latch.
krispy83 I'm sure your LO will want food eventually! Have you tried giving her food in another setting, like picnic style? I don't have any experience with spoon food, but maybe letting her play with food when she's not strapped in the high chair would help?

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 6 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing

Solids? - yes, BLW

What's your BF/pumping goal? - nurse for at least a year, then however long we both like.

Questions/AW?
Well if I'm gonna AW, might as well do it big.
1) SIX MONTHS! I made it to six months exclusively nursing! Thanks, ladies, for being my support crew
2) DS woke up from a nap the other day & wanted to nurse. We were tummy to tummy & I guess he was still sleepy cause he kept trying to lay his head down. Tried to get a pic but you can't tell that's what he's doing. That latch tho!!

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GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? - I'll pretty much talk to anyone anywhere who isn't giving me creeper vibes.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 6.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping and supplementing on weekdays

Solids? He will eat pretty much anything and lots of it. We and daycare have to be careful not to overdo it. They put him in the chair to feed him and he bangs on the table in excitement. His philosophy is "Food before one is really fun." I've more or less given up on introducing one food at a time out of sheer laziness. Easier just to mix up a couple things or make him what we're having (minus salt).

What's your BF/pumping goal? Looking forward to my additional bonding leave for the 8 weeks before he turns one. More fun with the baby and I can ditch the pump. I'll switch him to cow's milk after a year at daycare and nurse morning and evening. Maybe midday on weekends for a bit. Plan to finish weaning by 18 months if we don't TTC before then.

Questions/AW? Doing good here

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? Conversation in line can be great. Short, sweet, and if they're crazy you can get away. Not so much for randos talking to me at restaurants or on planes. I had a lady on a plane next to me say "Oh you brought a book. I'm going to talk to you anyway." I told her I was going to turn up my music and ignore her anyway.

[lilyelayne]

Sept 7, 2015 14:27:57 GMT -5 seamonster said:

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? Conversation in line can be great. Short, sweet, and if they're crazy you can get away. Not so much for randos talking to me at restaurants or on planes. I had a lady on a plane next to me say "Oh you brought a book. I'm going to talk to you anyway." I told her I was going to turn up my music and ignore her anyway.

That is an awesome response.

[junebugjam]

How old is your LO? 6 months, 3 weeks

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

Solids? Just purees. Doing peaches tomorrow. He is obsessed with squash lol.

What's your BF/pumping goal? I would love to get to a year, mostly because I don't want to pay for formula, but I figure if I've made it this long then why not? I would consider supplementing because I hate pumping at work, but he still wakes up once a night & rejects a bottle when my H tries, so I figure he's not ready yet.

Questions/AW? Nope

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I am shy and introverted, so this is my nightmare.

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 6.5 months-ish

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pumping

Solids? So far we've done green beans, peas, sweet potatoes, and squash. His favorite is sweet potatoes!

What's your BF/pumping goal? My goal is one year of boob juice. It's looking like I can start weaning from the pump in November and have enough stash to last through February.

Questions/AW? How about a solids AW? Here's sweet potato face.

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I'm not a fan of most conversation, let alone strangers!

[lilyelayne]

danitaec his expression is awesome. And I love those eyebrows! My blonde baby looks like he still doesn't have any

[MapleMomma]

How old is your LO? 7 months next week.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, but really struggling with it. J is milk protein intolerant, so I've given up all dairy in my (and her) diet including hidden dairy. She is also exceptionally clingy, so I'm feeling very personal space invaded.

Solids? J LOVES food. We do BLW. She's really gotten quite good at it lately. Messy, but good.

What's your BF/pumping goal? Like I said, I'm struggling, but I'd like to make it to a year. At that point we are going to start TTC and I'll introduce cows milk but also offer BM as she wants. (If I can keep up with the no dairy)

Questions/AW? How do you encourage yourself to keep plugging along?

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I typically really enjoy them and often will start them. But Friday at a garage sale the gal (about 50ish) made a comment about how I looked like someone she knows with one on the hip and one on the way. IM NOT PREGNANT! I was peeved and left quickly. I have a 6 month old baby and yet she thought I was pg enough to comment on. I definitely have 10-15 pounds to lose, but I still fit in my old clothes.

[lilyelayne]

MapleMomma ugh at the woman who assumed you were pregnant. Never assume anyone is pregnant!! Also major congrats on going 7 months BF, ESPECIALLY cutting out all dairy. When I get touched out & exhausted & nursing sounds like the worst, I remind myself it's a relatively short period of time & I never get to go back and do it again. Also DS doesn't take a bottle so I feel a bit stuck, like I don't have another option. That's not good encouragement, but sometimes it's what gets me through. Bedtime is the hardest because DS nurses for an hour+ so I tend to let DH do all the cuddling & playing after supper. DH gets DS ready for bed while I bask in being alone for 10 minutes prior to our most epic nursing session.

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
6 months

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

Solids?
Sigh, not yet. We wanted to start this weekend, but since he was vomiting from his meds we didn't want to throw something new into the mix.

I wanted to wait until the weekend because I'm nervous to start in the evening because what if he had a reaction overnight? Or would it be right away?

What's your BF/pumping goal?
BF - at this point I think we could easily make it a year. I think back on the early days when I was just trying to get through the day and can't believe we made it this far.

Pumping - I'm not sure on this one. I'm really wanting to drop a session at work, but not sure how to go about it. I have a huge freezer stash so I have plenty to supplement on days when 2 sessions won't get me the amount needed. But then I worry about my supply for when we're together. Or is that not how it works? Would I still have plenty in the morning and evenings if I drop my afternoon pumping?

Questions/AW?
See above, haha

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share?
Not at all. I'm painfully socially awkward. I never know what to say.

[wimcgrath]

How old is your LO?
6.5 months

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

Solids?
Veggie and fruit purees mostly, with some puffs here and there. DD loves pretty much everything!

What's your BF/pumping goal?
1 year, and then probably weaning to cow's milk while draining my freezer stash. However, pumping is really annoying, and I only pump once at work! I don't know how you ladies who pump more (at home or at work) do it! I do it 2-3 times a day and that is too much for me!

Questions/AW?
For those of you who give bottles, how many ounces are your LOs doing? DD is at 4 oz (and I know that the content changes so that amount shouldn't vary too much), and I've been feeling lately like every other baby is drinking more! Plus, DD has dropped a feed- only 5/ day+ 2 solid "meals" (2-4oz of purees), and I'm wondering if she's getting enough BM.


GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share?
Sometimes. Lately i feel like I'm always I a rush and never "stop to smell the roses," so these conversations annoy me. Then I get annoyed at myself for being annoyed. Depends on my mood and the random stranger though ?

[wimcgrath]

cougarette I would give your DS time to recover until starting solids. Maybe Friday so you have the weekend, if he's doing better?

[lilyelayne]

cougarette think the consensus on the BF board is wait until 8ish months before dropping a pump at work, unless your baby is nursing 3+x MOTN. The reasoning tends to be done combination of worrying your supply will completely tank and worrying about going into your freezer stash a lot since many stop responding to the pump somewhere between 6-9mo and need all those frozen oz to make it to a year of BM at daycare. I'm not sure when the magic happens that you can just nurse a few times a day together and still make milk, but 6mo is too early for some.

[cloe111479]

Sept 7, 2015 21:36:40 GMT -5 wimcgrath said:

How old is your LO?
6.5 months

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

Solids?
Veggie and fruit purees mostly, with some puffs here and there. DD loves pretty much everything!

What's your BF/pumping goal?
1 year, and then probably weaning to cow's milk while draining my freezer stash. However, pumping is really annoying, and I only pump once at work! I don't know how you ladies who pump more (at home or at work) do it! I do it 2-3 times a day and that is too much for me!

Questions/AW?
For those of you who give bottles, how many ounces are your LOs doing? DD is at 4 oz (and I know that the content changes so that amount shouldn't vary too much), and I've been feeling lately like every other baby is drinking more! Plus, DD has dropped a feed- only 5/ day+ 2 solid "meals" (2-4oz of purees), and I'm wondering if she's getting enough BM.


GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share?
Sometimes. Lately i feel like I'm always I a rush and never "stop to smell the roses," so these conversations annoy me. Then I get annoyed at myself for being annoyed. Depends on my mood and the random stranger though ?

Ep'er here and dd gets 4oz bottles with about 6 a day. She gets a breakfast fruit or cereal and a dinner.

Some drink more but she's been there for a while now.

[lilyelayne]

I really want a science textbook about human lactation. Is that a weird thing to ask DH to get me for Christmas?

[Mom2Ms]

How old is your LO?

6 months.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Nursing.

Solids?

Yep. We have had squash, peaches, avocado, green beans, apples, potatoes

What's your BF/pumping goal?

Probably a year.

Questions/AW?

Nope.

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share?

I HATE taking to strangers. When we went to
Hawaii a few weeks back, I was standing in a magazine store in LAX and some dude walked up to me and said, "Hey there. How are you today." I barley made eye contact and grumbled something in a very annoyed "why are you taking to me voice" and walked away to another part of the store. About two minutes after that I realized it was f#^king Jared Leto. I sheepishly stood there across the store wishing I hadn't been such a bitch.

[cougarette]

Thanks, wimcgrath and lilyelayne!

RE bottle size, we give 3 4oz bottles at daycare. He's still eating about 7 times a day and no solids yet, though.

[seamonster]

Sept 7, 2015 22:07:18 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

I really want a science textbook about human lactation. Is that a weird thing to ask DH to get me for Christmas?

I don't think it's weird. Have you ever considered becoming a IBLC?

[wimcgrath]

Thanks, cloe111479 and cougarette !

[seamonster]

I typed a whole long reply about bottle size and my phone at it.

It seems like they stay at 1-1.5oz per hour away from mom until the end of the year. At 7 months the average is 30oz per day and gradually drops to around 20oz a day at 11months. Formula fed babies definitely get bigger bottles, but it seems they're encouraged to drop or consolidate feeds sooner.

I was giving 5oz of bm and 2 7oz of formula. Now it's 4 or 5 oz of bm, 4oz of bm or 6 of formula, 3 and 3 of formula with the 1st small bottle given at mealtime. If my supply/pump response holds or improves, I will go to 4, 4, 3, 2 of bm when I can. There's 10 hours between nursing sessions, but only 8 or 9 hours between the last nursing session and his last bottle.

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 6 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? Yes. We did beets and applesauce over the weekend. No one prepared me for the purple poop, lol. But he absolutely loves that combination. We bought tofu to try this week as well.

What's your BF/pumping goal? 11 months. I had issues with infertility and they want to retest me in March. Since the hormones that produce breast milk can throw off the results, Little Man has to be completely weaned by then. I've been struggling to deal with this because I wanted to go a full year, but I know my health is important too. So it what it is.

Questions/AW? Nope.

GTKY: do you like random stranger conversations (like in line at a shop)? Have any good stories to share? I do. No good stories I can think of right now.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? 6.5 months

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

Solids? We have tried a bunch but like krispy83 DD is really not into it. There have been a few times she's seemed like she really enjoyed something and then when we give it to her again she seems to hate it. I also feel like when I get home at 6 it is too close to bed time to give her anything, it seems to impact her sleep negatively to eat too late. cougarette I also try not to introduce anything new in the evening because I'm worried about a reaction overnight. I figure at least a 3 hour window between a new food and bed makes me feel more comfortable. We've taken the last week off from solids and we'll try again this week.

What's your BF/pumping goal? Since we're past the 6 month mark now I am thinking we can make it a year, but I think I am setting my goal for 9 months. I am hoping that by then I might be able to drop a pump at work and make it the full year. But I hate the pump.

wimcgrath DD take 4oz bottles at daycare. She usually has 4 and depending when I get home DH might give her a 5th. She is starting to stretch the amount of time between bottles so we may be able to send less.


GTKY - this sums up how I feel about stranger conversations:

[lilyelayne]

seamonster I've been looking into what certifications are available for non-nurses
kaydee0402 sorry you have to wean before you want to. You have a pituitary tumor, if I'm remembering correctly? At least you get potentially 5 more months of BF, and hopefully your tests all come back great.