11/16 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

What's your goal for nursing/pumping?

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week?

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 8 months and three weeks

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

Solids? Yep

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? Little Man seems to be self weaning. He wasn't as attached and didn't want to nurse as much over the weekend. If we can make it eleven months, I'll be happy.

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? My sister's baby shower!

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 9 months this coming Saturday!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Trying to stop the EPing, but struggling. Also started giving some frozen this week.

Solids? Yes, but I don't feel like I'm doing a good job. I know we're not supposed to compare, but it seems like everyone else has these finger food champs, and we're plugging away with purees.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? My goal is to QUIT. I almost want to go cold turkey and suffer it out, but that's probably bad.

Questions/AW? I'm down to three short pumps: now what do I do? I don't have a flexible schedule at school; I either pump at the current time or not at all... Halp.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? FRIIIIIIIIDAY! (then no school for a week!)

[kaydee0402]

danitaec, just keep offering! One thing that really worked for us this weekend was the Gerber raviolis. It says toddler on it, but the pieces are big enough for Little Man to pick up and manipulate into his mouth and soft enough for him to easily chew. Kiddo ate three quarters of the package and loved it. Maybe try something like that?

[seamonster]

kaydee0402 You may need to offer on a schedule. I was reading up on supply dips and self weaning. Under a year you shouldn't do "don't offer, don't refuse" but offer regularly because they are so into doing things they may not be seeking you out to nurse.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 9 months yesterday

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? All three. This pumping shortfall is a pain, but 3 weeks until I can ditch the pump and just nurse again.

Solids? He likes everything and we're doing more finger foods. A lot of those end up on the floor. Maybe 50% in his mouth.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? I'd like to get to a year and back down from there. Cold turkey would be too hard since we've got to work on not nursing to sleep

Questions/AW? Just dealing with biting again. Now he thinks it's funny. Pump response is bad , but he seems to get enough nursing if I offer every 2-3 hours

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? Yoga. Nice to get out of the house at night

[agm04]

danitaec those of us who have finger food lovers don't necessarily have the solids thing all figured out - you're doing great. kids just like what they like.

[kaydee0402]

Nov 16, 2015 13:53:04 GMT -5 agm04 said:

danitaec those of us who have finger food lovers don't necessarily have the solids thing all figured out - you're doing great. kids just like what they like.

Ditto to this.

[kaydee0402]

Nov 16, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -5 seamonster said:

kaydee0402 You may need to offer on a schedule. I was reading up on supply dips and self weaning. Under a year you shouldn't do "don't offer, don't refuse" but offer regularly because they are so into doing things they may not be seeking you out to nurse.

I offer consistently but he just wasn't going for it as much as usual.  He would eat for a minute or two and then wanted down so he could go play.  We could have just had an off weekend, but we'll see. 

[seamonster]

Nov 16, 2015 13:56:28 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

Nov 16, 2015 13:39:21 GMT -5 seamonster said:

kaydee0402 You may need to offer on a schedule. I was reading up on supply dips and self weaning. Under a year you shouldn't do "don't offer, don't refuse" but offer regularly because they are so into doing things they may not be seeking you out to nurse.

I offer consistently but he just wasn't going for it as much as usual.  He would eat for a minute or two and then wanted down so he could go play.  We could have just had an off weekend, but we'll see. 

Could be an off weekend. DS was that way yesterday, except wanting me to play with him on the floor.

[agm04]

How old is your LO?  8.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping

Solids? usually twice a day. she loves them all.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? at least a year, and then as long as we both want to continue. but if i'm honest i really hope we can continue longer, even if it's just morning and night. pumping is done at a year though.

Questions/AW? I have a bunch of frozen milk. I've had to dip into it lately with a couple of low pumping weeks (with some high volume days scattered in - i cannot figure out what's going on at all), and my original plan was to stop pumping early and use the frozen stash. Now that I've had to dip in, I'm going to keep pumping just in case I have supply problems I can't solve at some point. But if I don't, and I end up with a bunch left over, can I give it to her in a cup after her first birthday instead of cow's milk (or whatever milk) until I run out? Is that weird? I feel selfish for considering it, and like I should donate it instead, but I'm too afraid to give it up.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? Finishing my gingerbread mansion masterpiece. My office building has a contest and supplied the blank house. I ordered the large one, expecting a cheap kit or whatever. Instead, it's from a local bakery, ENORMOUS, and was $400 (NOT my money...never). Insane, right? But decorating thing this is my happy place.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 9 1/2 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Bfing

Solids? All day every day. We had some beans and zucchini today and idea i stole from lilyelayne,

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? Ill day wean for daycare in jan. Morning and bedtime feeds...undecided

Questions/AW?

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? Teething makes this hard to answer

[mishka29]

danitaec, the awesome thing about purées is that you can hide all kinds of good stuff in them. Just keep offering little bits. Puffs really helped with the picking up and getting used to chunky things.

[mishka29]

agm04, we're going to need a picture of that house when its done! $400 is crazy!

[cougarette]

How old is your LO?
8.5 months

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

Solids?
I just got a few purees with meat, and he liked the first one so far. I was finally able to have him at the dinner table with us while we ate last night. Of course he only played with the green beans instead of eating them. Baby steps though!

What's your goal for nursing/pumping?
Nursing - a year
Pumping - I'm ready to be done. I was just thinking this morning about when I should drop down to 1 pump. Probably not until late December or January, I guess? Then in Feb I think I'll stop entirely at that point.

Questions/AW?
None this week

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week?
Nothing in particular this week, but we're off all next week and it's DH's birthday next Tuesday.

[cougarette]

Nov 16, 2015 13:53:04 GMT -5 agm04 said:

danitaec those of us who have finger food lovers don't necessarily have the solids thing all figured out - you're doing great. kids just like what they like.

I needed this too!

[seamonster]

agm04 It's not selfish at all to keep the your pumped milk for serving after a year. You can even use it to introduce wcm by mixing and slowly decreasing the amount of pumped milk used to disguise the flavor.

That is a pricey house. But decorating it sounds like fun.

[junebugjam]

How old is your LO? 9 months today

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing & pumping

Solids? Trying to introduce more finger foods. He also loves the baby food pouches because he feels more independent. I can't for the life of me get him to eat baby food off a spoon. Also he's obsessed with puffs and I'm convinced he'd eat an entire canister in one sitting if I let him.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping?

I'm proud that I made it this long, but I think I'm about done. Planning to ask the doc at his well visit tomorrow about transitioning to formula. I think my supply is tanking, I'm sick of pumping at work, and unless it's bedtime or MOTN he can't even be bothered to nurse anyway. Plus I'm hoping it helps his nighttime sleep because he's been back to FOUR wake ups a few times this week and I just can't.

Questions/AW?

I need advice/tips on making the switch to formula but this probably isn't the right place to ask.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? Umm, it being over? Friday? I've got nothing.

[kaydee0402]

agm04, $400?! Can you live in the house?

I want to see pictures of this when it's done. Also, on the subject of gingerbread houses, you should see the ones they do at Disney. They are amazing.

[hollydfromtn]

How old is your LO? 9 months 3 weeks

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? We been slowly introducing more solids, but baby boy is like his momma and is having trouble with the different textures. So far I haven't really found a solid he likes besides puffs, but I'm continuing to try them over and over.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? My original goal was 6 months, the rest is just a bonus. I would really like to make it a year and then slowly start dropping daytime sessions and continue with our bedtime and wake up ones until we want to stop. I love my bedtime session too much to give it up anytime soon.

Questions/AW? Not this week.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? I'm looking forward to DH finally feeling better and getting to go home. I miss my husband but more importantly my bed lol.

[seamonster]

junebugjam You can calculate the amount LO needs for the day and divide that by the number of feedings. Replace one nursing session with a bottle of formula every few days to step LO up on formula and you down from nursing and pumping. Unless you want to go cold turkey and will just deal with engorement and leaking, in which case you can just replace all feeds with formula and figure out what works best for you and LO in terms of getting the right amount of milk consumed.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and Pumping

Solids? 2x a day. Trying to introduce more finger foods but the steamed veggies we tried on Sunday did not go over well. It seemed like maybe the texture of the peas having skin on them bothered her? She is loving cheerios, puffs, mum mums, all the carbs! She has also really warmed up to yogurt.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? To get to a year. I have been terrible about using my frozen milk so I think I need to go through it and start using some of the older stuff. agm04,
I've been planning to continue freezing milk and offering her the freezer stash after we wean.

Questions/AW? Nada.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? I'm staying home on Thursday to take DD to her 9 month appt. Looking forward to hanging out with her all day.

[maryxc1]

How old is your LO? 9 months last week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing

Solids? 3 meals/day, probably 2/3 finger foods and the rest purée

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? 12 months, although she is a comfort nurser so I think weaning will be hard

Questions/AW? We just got back from her well visit and she has lost weight since her 6 month visit. That plus her still wanting to nurse twice at night makes the doctor think my supply is dropping. So instead of the discussion I planned to have about when I can start dropping feelings (7-8 per day) we talked about how I have to start pumping after nursing and trying to get her to take it (she's not a fan of bottle or cup). I'm also supposed to start on Fenegreet (or however you spell that) and increase to 4 meals per day. I thankfully have never had a supply issue through DS and so far with DD, so having these conversations when I can see the nursing finish line so close is kindof frustrating.

[seamonster]

Annoyed with my GP for telling me that my 9 month old should only be needing to nurse twice a day now that he's established on solids and anything beyond that is comfort nursing. Because I'm magically going to start being able to give him more than 10oz at a feeding? I know he's eating less, but not that much less.

I brought up the WHO recommendation to nurse to 2 years (even though I'll start weaning at a year) and she told me that breastmilk doesn't have that many benefits beyond 6 months.

So annoyed.

[cougarette]

WTF, seamonster

This is one of those times when you just nod and then keep doin yo thang

[lilyelayne]

danitaec +1 to what pp have said about kids moving at their own pace re: food.
Also you can try dropping a pump altogether. If you want to go cold turkey and find yourself dealing with too much engorgement that a little hand expressing won't take care of, I'd try Sudafed, ice packs, cabbage leaves in bra. Watch for clogs 'cause you don't want mastitis.

seamonster bonding leave is in sight! woo!

cougarette every meal at the table is a learning experience, even if he doesn't eat anything.

junebugjam I think Piko was the last person on the board I know of who switched from BF to formula? Seamonster gave good advice too. She's our supplementing guru

maryxc1 sorry LO lost weight. Did you do a weighted feed at the pedi to see how much she got in a session? If not, could you? Might help you figure out what's going on with your supply. Also still nursing at night at 9 months isn't abnormal.

[lilyelayne]

seamonster
frustrating to hear from anyone but ugh ugh ugh from your healthcare provider. Would she give you the same 2x a day recommendation for formula, since LO eats solids now?
Also I get angry

at the general attitude that comfort nursing is a bad thing.

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 8 months + ~1 week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing

Solids? - lunch & dinner. He eats what we eat.

What's your goal for nursing/pumping? - I would love to nurse for at least two years, provided DS wants to.

Questions/AW? - this is my new favorite picture.

GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? - Mockingjay on Thursday! Going to the 10pm showing.

[seamonster]

Thanks ladies! The recommendation here for formula is 16-21oz once solids are well established and that's still 2 or 3 large bottles a day. My friend's 1 year old is still taking in 28-32oz of formula because she doesn't like to eat solids and is being picky about wcm.

The other doctors in the practice have been really supportive of me continuing so I don't know what is up with this one.

[lilyelayne]

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