maryxc1 Sorry to hear that, it must be so frustrating! My supply was helped enormously by brewer's yeast, either powder baked into cookies or bread or in pill form (but remember to hydrate well!).
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Mainly nursing.
Solids? Yes. We offer 3x a day.
What's your goal for nursing/pumping? Plan to end daytime nursing by 10 mo (when I go back to work). I don't mind if she wants to continue nursing a bedtime though *baby snuggles*
Questions/AW? DD has added an early morning (4am) feeding, which has led to her not being hungry for breakfast when we wake for the day. Today I decided to offer solids again an hour later instead of nursing, which led to her taking a little more and falling asleep for her "morning" nap at 11am without having nursed since 4am (!). I'm not sure if this was a good thing (ie she filled up on solids even though it looked like she ate very little) or a bad thing (ie she ate too little during the day and will now wake up multiple times tonight). Only time will tell I guess. Sorry, this wasn't a question as much as a general rambling...
GTKY: what's something you're looking forward to this week? Fancy "Thanksgiving" dinner with friends on Saturday.
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.
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.
We didn't do anything like that. Annoyingly, my pediatrician has opened a Breastfeeding Center where they deal with all lactation support. It is next to the other office location so now the normal office is of very little help unless you want to make another appointment over there.
I was spoiled by DS because he stopped nursing at night at five weeks. I guess this with DD is payback.
seamonstermishka29 I'll have to try to post some pics of the $400 house when I'm done! I put the chimney on last night. kaydee0402 i'm going to google the disney ones - i bet they're amazing!
junebugjam have you seen those num num dips? they work like a spoon, but babies don't have to get the direction right for them to work. we have some, and DD is pretty good at using them. a little expensive if you ask me, but they double as teethers.
This isn't really a bf related question, but I'd still like your thoughts. DD had a dairy intolerance as a newborn, and seemed to react to dairy in my diet as late as 5-6 months. I avoided it completely until 7 months, but seem to have fully re-integrated it into my diet with no issues. I haven't given DD any dairy directly though. Pedi says it's fine to try (she said that a long time ago), but I'm a little nervous. Anyone else dealt with this? When would you try? I'm thinking something like cheese or greek yogurt as first try foods.
Post by kaydee0402 on Nov 18, 2015 10:18:40 GMT -5
How do you get your L.O.'s to drop MOTN feedings? We're being more consistent with keeping Little Man in his crib all night, which he's doing great with. However, every night at 3 a.m., he wakes up screaming and won't stop until he's fed. We've tried laying him back down, but he can pull himself up and can't get back down so he just stands there and cries even more hysterically. Should I try giving him more solids at dinner to maybe keep him full longer? Should I increase the amount of time I nurse before bed? I'm open to ideas and suggestions.
kaydee0402 i don't actually know what i'm talking about, but i would probably try increasing milk and solid intake during the day as a start. and then try getting him back to sleep without feeding him - whatever soothing methods he likes. but this is where i prefer to just feed DD...it's not worth it to me for everyone in the house to fully wake up when i can just stumble in there and feed her and we all go back to sleep. i'm sure i'll regret that at some point. haha. she wakes up around 3:30 or 4, and it seems like that keeps her sleeping a bit longer in the morning (like past 6 instead of waking at 5), so i like the trade off. keep us posted if you find something that works.
agm04 I haven't dealt with dairy intolerance myself, but I think you should try as soon as you feel comfortable. You can just try a little bit and see if she has any reactions and then ramp it up if that seems to be going fine. I think both yoghurt and cheese would be fine to try, or you can add a little bit of butter to some toast or in a puree.
kaydee0402 I'm dealing with the same thing, and I'm mainly trying to increase food intake during the day. My pedi also said to just give her a little water if she wakes up, and that worked for a friend of mine so we're trying that next.
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.
Post by seamonster on Nov 18, 2015 13:24:11 GMT -5
kaydee0402 I'd nurse, but back off the amount of time to night wean LO. TBH I'm struggling with this as well, and would be happy if it were just one feeding. Sleep regression and teeth and bad sleep associations and I'm dealing with up every 2-3 hours again. But slowly getting there.
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