11/2 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day?

Solids? How often?

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies!

[Deleted]

How old is your LO? Almost 8 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing. Got some new bags so now I can pump a little again.

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day?
5-6 times a day normally, then one MOTN feed.

Solids? How often?
Yes. 3 times a day, but we think we need to cut back because she's really constipated.

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using?
Nope. Still waiting for that glorious day... I plan on using FAM as bcm because I'm sick and tired of hormones.

Questions/AW?
Any tips that work for constipation? Prunes I guess, anything else?

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies!
Oh, so many movies to chose from...! Ok, this is a good one:
"Whoa, lady, I only speak two languages: English and Bad English."

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO? 9 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? About every 3-4 hrs around the clock still. I've accepted the fact that he's never going to sleep through the night.

Solids? How often? 3 times a day now. We tried steamed zucchini and scrambled eggs this week. He was not a fan of either. He did really enjoy smashing the zucchini with his sippy cup, though. :/

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? Yes, last week. As for BC, H said no more sex because I'm fertile now and that's one field he doesn't want to plow yet.
It was unexpected and hilarious! We were both in tears from laughing so hard last night.

Questions/AW? I need to look into charting my cycle as a form of BC. We decided for me not to go on any BC because we're not entirely sure when we want to try again and I didn't want to deal with the hormones. Any advice?

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies!
One of my all time faves.
"Are you crying?! There's no crying in baseball!"

[cloe111479]

How old is your LO? a week away from 9 months.

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just frozen.

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? She takes 6 bottles total in the day.. All are just about 4 oz.

Solids? How often? 3 times a day. Usually paired with a bottle. then a bottle as a morning snack, an afternoon one, and a bed time bottle.

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? Yep, right around the 6 month mark. Just condoms. Don't want the hormones, and dont want long term things.

Questions/AW? DD has gotten better with the Stage 3 ones. She is getting too big.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies!

What's wrong Colonel Sanders... Chicken?

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? ~8.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? EPer, but weaning now!

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? He still has about 5, 5oz bottles of BM

Solids? How often? We shoot for twice a day, with puffs thrown in too

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? No AF, no BC except condoms

Questions/AW? I've dropped down to three pumps a day, now what do I do? Drop another? Less time for each until it's nothing? Why is there no instruction manual for my boobs?

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! I'll leave this one, because my husband and I were laughing about it last night: "And do you accept this man's resignation?" (in bad character accent, of course!)

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 8 months yesterday!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All of the above.

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? Seven to eight a day.

Solids? How often? Yes. About three times a day.

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? Yes. NTNP.

Questions/AW? We've had looser stools/diarrhea over the past few days. I'm giving oatmeal to firm it up, but any other suggestions/foods to avoid? I've cut out yogurt until this clears up.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! To me, you are perfect

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@hollyfromtn Re: charting I suggest reading a TTGP/GKU board classic: Taking Charge of Your Fertility by Toni Weischler (sp?) Works both for trying and for preventing

kaydee0402 Already NTNP? You are a brave woman!

[kaydee0402]

@alyllyra, we struggled with infertility for three years, so we're just kind of like, "Eh. We'll see what happens!"

[cloe111479]

danitaec, When I was down to 3, i took the middle of the day one out and went to two... It sucked the first day or so, but if it was really bad I moved the last one of the day up a little to take care of the pressure. Then I went to two. When I got to two, I backed off time wise with the night one. 20 mins.. then 15... then 10. until i got rid of it completely. Then i did the same with the morning one.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 9 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Bfing

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? 4-5. Wake, after naps, before bed. Sometimes I will throw in an extra before 2 nd nap.

Solids? How often? Snack for breakfast, lunch, dinner

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? Yes...booo. Condoms but I think I will go on the pill once I day wean and go back to work.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! 'Condoms are for sailors'

[mishka29]

hollydfromtn, a league of their own. Bc advice - I'd say condoms, regardless of my movie quote lol

@alyllyra, prunes and maybe some water

cloe111479, is that The Heat?

kaydee0402, love tit for support

[kaydee0402]

mishka29, is that Austin Powers? I know he says that in one of his movies.

And thanks

[agm04]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? When I'm home all day, 8-10. When I'm at work, more like 6-8. She takes more from a bottle than from the breast, because LOOK MOM, SO MANY SHINY THINGS! Focusing is not her jam these days.

Solids? How often? After some serious constipation last week, we cut them out. The last couple of days I've been giving her a little bit once a day. We won't talk about Friday when my MIL gave her a banana, white bread with cheese baked in (she doesn't even eat dairy yet), and a piping hot M&M halloween cookie RIGHT after I said no solids. (Ok apparently we will talk about it. I raged.)

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? No, and I'm totally fine with that.

Questions/AW? Do your LOs seem to have a favorite food? Mine seems to either like or dislike, but doesn't show much preference beyond that.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. "The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times."

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Nov 2, 2015 13:31:30 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

@alyllyra, we struggled with infertility for three years, so we're just kind of like, "Eh. We'll see what happens!"

I did not know that. Sorry for being so insensitive!

[agm04]

@alyllyra we had constipation issues for a couple weeks - too much too fast, I decided. Pulled back to milk only until she cleared out and are starting slowly again. It seemed like it was getting worse no matter what I gave her, or how much water I offered. On the plus side, she pooped massively in the bath tub while DH was bathing her during all this. HA!

hollydfromtn I second @alyllyra on the book recommendation. I used that knowledge + fertility friend app to prevent for about 2 years. Then I ovulated super early one month and got pregnant, and here we are! We were pretty careful for a 10 day window every month, and my cycles were predictable enough that I felt confident doing that (until that one month!). No complaints, just a tale of caution. Of course we knew it was a possibility, and are grateful it happened.

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agm04 Yeah, I think too much too fast is what's causing our problem too. May need to step back a little and see what happens. Thanks!

[kaydee0402]

Nov 2, 2015 14:29:30 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

Nov 2, 2015 13:31:30 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

@alyllyra, we struggled with infertility for three years, so we're just kind of like, "Eh. We'll see what happens!"

I did not know that. Sorry for being so insensitive!

Lol it's fine!  It take much more to offend me than that, promise!

[lindsay]

How old is your LO? 8.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All of the above. I pump 2x/day at work, and sometimes that isn't quite enough milk for the sitter so she gets some formula when that's the case. I used to bust my butt pumping around the clock and was so stressed. This is much better!

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? About every 3-4 hours in the day. Id say she gets 6 feelings a day usually.

Solids? How often? Yep! Probably 2-3 times a day. Whatever we are eating plus we give her little puffs or Cheerios as snacks (especially When I'm getting ready in the morning and she just wants to be held, Cheerios help )

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? Nope. None.

Questions/AW? LO put food in my mouth the other day and thought it was hilarious. Seriously so cute.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! Hmmm idk I'll have to come back to it!

[cloe111479]

Nov 2, 2015 14:17:37 GMT -5 mishka29 said:

hollydfromtn, a league of their own. Bc advice - I'd say condoms, regardless of my movie quote lol

@alyllyra, prunes and maybe some water

cloe111479, is that The Heat?

kaydee0402, love tit for support

ha!  Nope.. 

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - he'll be 8 months on Thursday!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nurse nurse nurse

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? - about 6x a day and 1x MOTN

Solids? How often? - yes, lunch and dinner. I can't keep track of what's new. Pineapple maybe? Chickpea + potato curry. I want to intro scrambled eggs once he's 8 months.

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? - no AF. Condoms for BC

Questions/AW? - a top tooth broke through! Thankfully it's not too bad unless I let his latch get lazy while he falls asleep at bedtime.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! - uhhh I have too many favorite movies.
"I gave her my heart. She gave me a pen."

[lilyelayne]

kaydee0402 Bridget jones diary.
agm04 I would've raged too. LO does not seem to have a favorite food. He also makes a terrible face sometimes and then gobbles that food up (most recently was pineapple) so who knows.

[kaydee0402]

lilyelayne, no but close! Two of the actors in Bridget Jones are also in this movie.

OT, can't wait for the new Bridget Jones movie!

[lilyelayne]

Nov 2, 2015 16:04:39 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

lilyelayne, no but close! Two of the actors in Bridget Jones are also in this movie.

OT, can't wait for the new Bridget Jones movie!

Love, Actually?

[kaydee0402]

Nov 2, 2015 16:05:17 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Nov 2, 2015 16:04:39 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

lilyelayne, no but close! Two of the actors in Bridget Jones are also in this movie.

OT, can't wait for the new Bridget Jones movie!

Love, Actually?

YES.  One of my favorite movies.  I watch it year round even though it's technically a Christmas movie

[lilyelayne]

Nov 2, 2015 16:06:23 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Nov 2, 2015 16:05:17 GMT -5 lilyelayne said:

Love, Actually?

YES.  One of my favorite movies.  I watch it year round even though it's technically a Christmas movie

I love it too. I was thinking of Bridget jones, what's the line, just as you are? I've only seen it once but Love, Actually approximately eleventy billion times haha.

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
8 months

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

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day?
About 6 or so? About every 3-4 hours? He gets 2 or 3 bottles at daycare.

Solids? How often?
Yep, still doing purees twice a day at lunch and dinner

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using?
Yes. We're using condoms for now

Questions/AW?
Not this week

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies!
True love is the greatest thing in the whole world. Except a nice M,L,T - mutton, lettuce, and tomato where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomato is ripe.

[mishka29]

Nov 2, 2015 14:25:47 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

mishka29, is that Austin Powers? I know he says that in one of his movies.

And thanks

Nailed it!

[mishka29]

Nov 2, 2015 14:27:29 GMT -5 agm04 said:

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? When I'm home all day, 8-10. When I'm at work, more like 6-8. She takes more from a bottle than from the breast, because LOOK MOM, SO MANY SHINY THINGS! Focusing is not her jam these days.

Solids? How often? After some serious constipation last week, we cut them out. The last couple of days I've been giving her a little bit once a day. We won't talk about Friday when my MIL gave her a banana, white bread with cheese baked in (she doesn't even eat dairy yet), and a piping hot M&M halloween cookie RIGHT after I said no solids. (Ok apparently we will talk about it. I raged.)

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? No, and I'm totally fine with that.

Questions/AW? Do your LOs seem to have a favorite food? Mine seems to either like or dislike, but doesn't show much preference beyond that.

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. "The point is, how do you know the fairy isn't a crazy glue sniffer? "Building model airplanes" says the little fairy; well, we're not buying it. He sneaks into your house once, that's all it takes. The next thing you know, there's money missing off the dresser, and your daughter's knocked up. I seen it a hundred times."

TOMMY BOY!!!!!

[lilyelayne]

cougarette

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 8.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping at work. Replacing one bottle at daycare with formula because my supply tanked

How often does LO have milk feedings / how many in a day? 2-3 hours at home. Maybe 6-8 times. 2 bottles at daycare

Solids? How often? 3x a day. Adding more finger foods

Has AF returned? What birth control are you using? No AF. Taking the mini pill. And using condoms for those rare times any action is happening. Abstinence is the real bc here because the mood just isn't there. And definitely not when I'm woken up by H.

Questions/AW? God here

GTKY: leave a quote from your favorite movie. We'll see if we can guess the movies! Ohana means family and family means no one gets left behind, or forgotten.