Solids? Yuppers, I made a pork, apple, orange purée which LO loved lol.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Two bottoms coming in!
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Yes damn it. Condoms. Hoping for something more semi-perm...idk
Questions/AW? NA
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I read a lot of historical stuff and love it BUT I think it would be very smelly and dirty. So I guess I'll go with future. Lol
Post by seamonster on Sept 14, 2015 8:38:27 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 7 months tomorrow!
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping at work and only supplementing up to 5 or 6 ounces at daycare
Solids? He's had pretty much everything we eat with the exception of zucchini and tomatoes, but that will be remedied when we make pasta this week. Mostly purees and mashed food, some finger foods which scare MH. And he loves puffs. He tried asparagus and salmon this weekend and enjoyed it.
We're doing fruit or leftovers in the morning before daycare and he gets two meals there. Not sure if and when we should add a snack or another meal. We don't give an evening meal when he comes home and I don't know if I should. His last solids are at 2 at daycare and we basically start bedtime and 5:30 to 6 and he nurses in the evening. We get home around 5.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? 3 bottom are in and 2 top are coming through. Having to break him of biting again. Upper teeth hurt way more since there's no tongue to cover them. But I'm surviving.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Not since 6 weeks. Minipill and condoms.
Questions/AW? How many solid meals are your babies getting and when are you upping the number?
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? Past is cool and all, and I like history and historical fiction, but I'd love to see where things are going.
Post by cloe111479 on Sept 14, 2015 9:28:17 GMT -5
How old is your LO?31 weeks. 7months and some days
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just pumping.
Solids? Yep. She's loved everything so far. We are doing a fruit or cereal with fruit in the morning and another one in the evening. We also added some puffs. She picks them up but doesn't quite make it to her mouth.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Still no teeth.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Yep! just condoms.
Questions/AW? The finish line is in sight. Almost done.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I think future. The disease, lack of comforts would make me choose future.
Post by dmorgendorffer on Sept 14, 2015 9:29:29 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 29 Weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping
Solids? Still working on this. We tried giving her puffs last week and she had 0 interest. At most I can only get a few spoonfuls of the purees into her before she loses interest. I think I am going to have them start trying at daycare soon.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? No teeth yet but she did bite me for the first time this weekend so I guess they are coming.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Not yet. I'm on the minipill but I'm so nervous about getting knocked up again that its really pretty much abstinence.
Questions/AW? When DD has a MOTN wake up I end up nursing her back to sleep about 90% of the time. When it is only 1 or 2 wake ups a night I think that's reasonable but some nights she is up more than that and I know she probably isn't hungry but its such a struggle to get her back to sleep otherwise (I have tried sending DH in my place too but he's not much help MOTN). She doesn't nurse to sleep for naps. How is everyone else handling MOTN wake ups? I don't want to night wean but I am feeling like nursing her every time is too much some nights.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I just googled to see what was happening in the world in 1815 and I'm going to say future. I don't think I'd deal well with the whole lack of women's rights.
Post by hollydfromtn on Sept 14, 2015 10:00:02 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 7.5 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing
Solids? We've been doing purees mostly. Just introduced puffs last week and he loves them. He can even get them to his mouth if I place it in his hand. He can pick them up off the table but gets them in to deep of a grasp to get in his mouth. It's cute to watch him try though. We're starting to add in some BLW this week.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Still no teeth here.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? No period yet and just using condoms.
Questions/AW?
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I'm a sucker for a good historical fiction, so I'm gonna go with the past.
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 14, 2015 10:10:56 GMT -5
How old is your LO? - 6 mo + ~1 week
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing
Solids? - BLW. His new favorite thing is steak.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? - no teeth
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? - no period. Condoms. My libido took another nose dive.
Questions/AW? - DS has started clamping/biting if I try to re-latch and he's done with the nursing session. His new preferred way to tell me he's done nursing is hilarious though: he'll break suction but keep my nip in his mouth, press his face into me, and blow a raspberry. Then we both crack up.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? - I tend to be an optimist but I'm a little afraid of what 200 years in the future will look like re: overpopulation, climate, fossil fuels. But 200 years in the past doesn't interest me so I guess I'd go forward.
Post by kaydee0402 on Sept 14, 2015 10:11:59 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 6 months and two weeks.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping bottles for daycare.
Solids? Yep. Last night we tried Kale, cauliflower and butternut squash.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? No teeth yet.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Nope. Pull and pray/not really preventing.
Questions/AW? My son has started pinching me. I tell him no and move his hand but he thinks it's funny. Any suggestions to get it stop? Who knew someone so little could be so strong!
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? Hm. 200 years in the past. I'm a huge history buff.
Solids? Yep, we've started purees. He's liked everything but carrots, and I think it's because I didn't make them as smooth as the others. Oh, and butternut squash made him soooooo gassy.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? No teeth yet, but they've gotta be coming because he bites/chews on all the things.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? No period yet, and I'm using a great birth control called "I Don't Give a Flying Fart About Sex." Works wonders.
Questions/AW? Matthew is great at holding his bottle, but he does this weird thing where he grabs the nipple while it's in his mouth, and sometimes when it's not, and squeezes it. Makes a mess but it's kinda cute. Obviously not MY nipple, 'cause that would NOT make me smile.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I say past, because I like history stuff.
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 14, 2015 10:33:17 GMT -5
seamonster my goal is to offer DS solids at lunch & dinner. Part of BLW is including baby in the family mealtime, so I rarely give him solids when I'm not also eating, and obviously never unsupervised. Sometimes he gets lunch when I have an afternoon snack, depending on naps. There are plenty of days he only gets solids once. Some days not at all but that's pretty rare. I try to offer at least two foods every meal, but no more than 4.
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 14, 2015 11:19:31 GMT -5
mumomma13 re: TTC & BF goodbyecb.proboards.com/thread/60463 kaydee0402 have you tried not reacting to the pinch other than setting LO down away from you & ignoring for a minute or so? I'm sure it's hard not to react to a painful pinch - DS hurts when he gets his fingers into me! dmorgendorffer DS hasn't been STTN the past 2-3 weeks. If it's before 330am, I just rock him and hum. Sometimes I give a paci. He doesn't use a paci daily. If I get him to fall asleep in my arms and he wakes when I return him to the crib even with patting/shushing, I nurse him. 330-4am is a toss up on what I do. 4am or later I nurse him. Our bedtime nursing session is typically 30-60min starting at 8pm. He puts himself to sleep without nursing for naps, and if he doesn't fall asleep nursing at bedtime I put him in his crib awake. Is nursing at every wake up too much for your comfort/sanity?
Post by seamonster on Sept 14, 2015 12:56:12 GMT -5
dmorgendorffer I nurse all wake ups to sleep if he doesn't pass out on my shoulder after about 2 minutes of shush patting (and burping). MH can get him back to sleep sometimes but I need to be out or at least on the other side of the house with a closed door.
Post by hollydfromtn on Sept 14, 2015 14:44:48 GMT -5
+1 for nursing at all wake ups. S will typically fall back to sleep within 10mins if we nurse. If I try to shush or pat it can take like 30 mins and then he'll just wake up in an hour anyway. We are still on the every 2 hr schedule at night :/.
Post by cougarette on Sept 14, 2015 19:26:51 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 6.5 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping at work
Solids? Yes, finally! So far he's had carrots, which he loves!
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? No teeth, but he does keep biting down while nursing. I keep trying to break that now.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? It did in July, but not another since. Then again, I have been feeling kind of crampy today, boo. We're using condoms.
Questions/AW? Not this time
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? Probably in the past. I'd love to see how things used to be like "back in the day". I also love American history and would like to see things first hand.
Post by junebugjam on Sept 14, 2015 19:57:01 GMT -5
How old is your LO? 2 days away from 7 months.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping at work.
Solids? Purees only. My H is afraid of choking & doesn't even want to give him puffs or anything because he has no teeth yet.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? No teeth.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? No period, woohoo. Condoms.
Questions/AW? Nope.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? I'll go with the future. Pretty sure life was tougher in the 1800s and I'm not cut out for that.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing together, pumping when at work
Solids? Chunky purees. After a couple of genuine choking episodes with BLW, I have taken a step back. I love the idea, but I just can't handle it right now. Once she's got a bit more experience with food, I'll move back in that direction.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Yes! She cut her first tooth last week (bottom left) and this morning I noticed that the bottom right was starting to break through. Other than biting (ouch, forgot how much that hurt when DS used to do it!) it hasn't changed anything.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? No. I'm on the mini-pill. And we have 2 small kids who don't like to sleep at the same time, so there's not a whole lot of action anyway lol
Questions/AW? I know it's normal for one side to produce more than the other. But lately I've noticed that when pumping, I'm getting about half the amount on my right side as I get on my left, to the point that there are times that I'm just barely pumping enough to keep up with what she's having at daycare. DD typically only takes one side per feed when she nurses, but there have been times where she's still hungry after nursing on the right side and I have to switch sides to top her off. I was thinking about making lactation cookies, but I don't want an oversupply on the left side. It's not a huge problem yet, but I know that there is often a supply dip around 8-9 months and I did experience that with DS so I'm trying to be proactive. Anyone have any success increasing supply on one side?
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? Past. I am a major history nerd, I teach history, I love it. And like lilyelayne, I'm a bit scared of what the future is going to look like. Plus a lot of the potential artificial intelligence that may be around then terrifies me.
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Pumping and probably supplementing more soon.
Solids? Yep- all of the things. She loves everything.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Yes two bottom teeth. No changes related to the teeth
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? No, not yet- Minipill
Questions/AW? Our nursing journey may have came to end last week, as I landed in the ER w/ an infection and am on antibiotics. I am pumping and dumping to maintain my supply and feeding her my frozen stash. I have 5 more days of meds and according to my calculation, I probably don't have enough in frozen. I haven't decided yet if I am going to try to put her back to breast or not, as we were only doing AM and PM as of last week and I was trying to wean off the PM. Now that she is falling asleep at night without it, I don't think I am going to go back to breast. I have mixed emotions but plan to continue breast milk with the capacity that I produce pumping 4 times a day until I decide to be done with that too.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? Future
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 15, 2015 9:07:07 GMT -5
mands1125 so sorry you got sick. And sorry they couldn't give you a BF-friendly antibiotic. Such dedication to pump for so long even if you can't use the milk. Did you call/check on the Infant Risk website to be sure the abx requires dumping?
mands1125 you have to pump and dump because of antibiotics?? That's such a bummer. I thought you could still bf. I'm so sorry you're dealing with that.
krispy83, I have one side that doesn't produce as much, but I find that if I pump longer that side catches up some. It's like it takes it longer to really get going or something. Maybe that would help?
Post by mands1125 on Sept 15, 2015 14:32:00 GMT -5
lilyelayne,- I called Infant Risk last week. They ranked one of them an L2 and the other a L3 which is funny because the pharmacist said the one that was a L3 was listed as "generally fine for BFing by the American Academy of Peds" and the L2 one was not to be taken. There is so much contradictory information out there about these two. Truthfully I have only been PnD'ing the two middle pumps and keeping the one in the AM and PM because they are 10+ hours after my last dose and before my next dose. These meds are given to sick infants in higher doses than the amount passing through so they aren't harmful per se. I have been watching for diarrhea and thrush which DD has had no problems. Anyhow, only 4 more days after today!
How old is your LO? 6.5 months. Maybe closer to seven. Who knows? She's in 12 mos clothes, is what I know...
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping at work and mornings on the weekends to donate and give the churchbottle.
Solids? She is working her way through everything. Nothing isn't loved at this point--but I'm still figuring out how to do meat. Pureeing it seems disgusting, so I have been trying shredded chicken. She likes it, but makes weird faces. Also can't figure out if she has a dairy allergy. She got little spots on her chin a day or so after the two times I've tried yogurt and cottage cheese. I refuse to have a kid with a dairy allergy. I'm allergic to gluten--it will just be too complicated.
Any teeth? Has this changed nursing or bottles? Just got her first one--doesn't seem to have affected things yet.
Has your period returned? What birth control are you using? Had it since 6 weeks. Having zero interest in sex seems pretty effective.
Questions/AW? Does anyone else feel like it's just really a secret freeforall with the feeding of solids? Because everything contradicts everything else and my pediatrician is all "Whatever. She's six months now. Feed her." All I know for sure is--no honey. Under any circumstances. At all.
GTKY: would you rather travel 200 years into the future or 200 years into the past? 200 years in the past. I can't even work my iPhone. The future would eff me up.
duckker there is so much in your post I'm nodding enthusiastically about. My pedi has the same attitude about solids, even though my daughter has had a dairy intolerance since very early on (another fist bump...I refused that too but it didn't work for me) and my husband is allergic to shellfish. I plan to wait on those things but my pedi was like eh you won't know until you try.
And, um, no libido as birth control? We've had sex twice since DD was born. TWICE. I have become that woman. But there are about 2,356,523 things I'd rather be doing with any spare time. (Hint: there is no spare time anyway.)
Post by seamonster on Sept 16, 2015 1:39:53 GMT -5
duckker shredding and chopping the shredded meat into little pieces works. Or using ground meat. The only pureed meat I did is pork with pinto beans and chicken with broccoli. The former looks like refried beans and the latter like thick broccoli soup. Otherwise pureed meat is gross.
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 16, 2015 2:12:10 GMT -5
duckker I think solids are a big foggy area. Maybe hard to gather large scale data on? My pedi says research may be changing but currently her re commendation is no eggs, fish, shellfish, peanut products, or cow's milk for 1 year. Honey before 1 is a hard no.
She also told us to do purees (veg & fruit) at our 4 month appointment, but DS wasn't into it so we did BLW at 5.5mo instead. At 6mo appt when I said we're giving finger food & he loves steak, pedi was stoked. Not that I'm mad and it's so obviously the right choice for my baby and my family, thanks for recognizing, but wtf lady you said puréed veggies!
Post by lilyelayne on Sept 16, 2015 2:15:04 GMT -5
Though to be fair, as a pedi I'm not sure I'd recommend BLW to parents I saw for 20 minutes every 2 months. It's definitely for the do your research, be willing & able to intervene if choking, have the right attitude/vigilance/sense crowd. And we didn't bring it up at 4mo cause I was so sure we'd wait til 6 for feeding.
We've had sex twice since DD was born. TWICE. I have become that woman. But there are about 2,356,523 things I'd rather be doing with any spare time. (Hint: there is no spare time anyway.)
Twice for us, too! W00t!!
The other night I caught myself getting indignant when DH made a move. Because hello? I'm clearly happily watching Big Love and eating Rocky Road? Do you not see me?
Fortunately, his stress level is off the charts these days, so he's generally not thinking about making the beast with two backs. Ah, life... Just has a way of working itself out.
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