2/8 Mommy Milk Monday

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?

Solids?

Questions/AW?

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in?

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share?

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How old is your LO? 11 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing?
Nursing.

Solids?
Yep. Suddenly, she's not into egg anymore. Other than that, we keep feeding her and she keeps swallowing, lol

Questions/AW?
I found re-usable baby food pouches and had to buy some, but I haven't tried to fill them with anything yet. Anyone used something like that? Any tips?

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in?
I haven't thought about it, but it seems like there may not be many who stick around after the one year mark?

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share?
We're going skiing with MIL + BIL and his family. So nothing romantic.

[agm04]

How old is your LO? 11 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping

Solids? loving them. 3x a day, and sometimes a snack or two.

Questions/AW? Does anyone know how much milk their LO is taking in a day now? Seems like it's dropped dramatically for DD, but maybe she's just more efficient? Also, I got my period. I forgot what a PITA it is to deal with, although I am grateful that DH and I can maybe think about TTC again in a few months.

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? Can't think of anything!

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? DH and I are going to this fancy movie theater to see Zoolander the day after Vday. I'll probably make some heart shaped breakfast for DD, but nothing big.

[krispy83]

How old is your LO? She turned 1 a couple of weeks ago

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping

Solids? Everything. She LOVES yogurt and fruit. Other stuff can be hit or miss but she will always eat those.

Questions/AW? Has anyone started moving to cows milk yet? I know with DS I did a gradual transition with a mix of whole milk and breast milk, but I can't remember how I did that and also nursed...

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? Maybe talking about challenges and sweet moments BFing an older baby?

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? We don't do anything big for Valentine's day. We get each other candy because it's an excuse to buy candy and we exchange cards. That's about it.

The 15th is the anniversary of the day we closed on our house and we do have a special tradition for that. The day we closed, we were at the house working (cleaning, painting, etc.) and we ordered dinner from a local sandwich place and had sandwiches and Shock Top on the living room floor since we had no furniture yet. So every year on Feb 15 we have that same meal on the living room floor. Cheesy, perhaps, but there you have it.

[krispy83]

@alyllyra I have some of those. I use them more for DS at this point (I put yogurt in them for him to eat in the morning on the way to preschool since he gets there at 7:15 and breakfast isn't until 9) but they're pretty cool. What questions do you have?

[kaydee0402]

How old is your LO? 11 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing, pumping once a day and weaning.

Solids? Anything and everything.

Questions/AW? Anyone else weaning? How's it going?

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? Nope

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? Ugh. I hate Valentine's Day. We just get something to go and watch Netflix.

[kaydee0402]

krispy83, we've introduced cows milk. I just give it to him straight because I don't pump enough to mix. He chugs it like he does breast milk, so I guess the taste doesn't really bother him.

[kaydee0402]

@alyllyra, jealous! We bought those refillable pouches and I think my husbandman threw them away before I ever even got the chance to use them.

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Feb 8, 2016 16:16:52 GMT -5 kaydee0402 said:

@alyllyra, jealous! We bought those refillable pouches and I think my husbandman threw them away before I ever even got the chance to use them.

Noooooooo!!

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Feb 8, 2016 16:01:46 GMT -5 krispy83 said:

@alyllyra I have some of those. I use them more for DS at this point (I put yogurt in them for him to eat in the morning on the way to preschool since he gets there at 7:15 and breakfast isn't until 9) but they're pretty cool. What questions do you have?

Just wondering what you put in them. Do you mix yogurt with anything else or just plain? How long will it keep?

Do you do any other mixes of fruits/veggies that your kiddo likes?

[krispy83]

Feb 8, 2016 16:48:47 GMT -5 @alyllyra said:

Feb 8, 2016 16:01:46 GMT -5 krispy83 said:

@alyllyra I have some of those. I use them more for DS at this point (I put yogurt in them for him to eat in the morning on the way to preschool since he gets there at 7:15 and breakfast isn't until 9) but they're pretty cool. What questions do you have?

Just wondering what you put in them. Do you mix yogurt with anything else or just plain? How long will it keep?

Do you do any other mixes of fruits/veggies that your kiddo likes?

I mix yogurt and fruit, but usually applesauce or something else that well mashed or it won't fit through the spout. Pretty much anything you would give in puree form. Chunkier ones don't tend to work well in my experience, but most fruits are okay. I usually only fill them a day or two before we're going to use them. They'll last as long in the pouch as they would in a container in the fridge, that tends to be the guideline I use.

[mishka29]

How old is your LO? 12 + months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? BFing in the am and pm

Solids? I have to send extra snacks to daycare bc my kiddo is a piggy

Questions/AW? Nah

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? I tell DH not to get me flowers bc they are stupid expensive on v day. I say if you really want to then get them another time. Or get me 'sunflowers' which is code for sunflower seeds lol

[danitaec]

How old is your LO? 11.5 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Just frozen

Solids? Yep! All kinds, minus egg and dairy

Questions/AW?

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? I'm here until my frozen stash is gone, so I don't think I'm very helpful here.

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? No traditions, but it's the last "first" holiday for our little guy so I'd like to commemorate it somehow. Any ideas?

[lilyelayne]

How old is your LO? - 11 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? - nursing

Solids? - 3x a day, trying to be more consistent with adding a snack or two

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? - I like krispy83 's idea about challenges & rewards of nursing an older baby / a toddler. The extended BF check in on the BF board asks about pregnant while nursing & tandem nursing, but that doesn't apply to any of us.

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? - nope. We usually stay in & DH grills steak. We may have my ILs watch DS during the day Saturday, but more cause they want to watch him than we have any plans.

[seamonster]

How old is your LO? 11.75 months. Turns 1 next week

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Mostly nursing and supplementing. I'm not really pumping.

Solids? 3 meals and 1 or 2 snacks. He gets dinner at around 3 or 330 at daycare so we're giving a snack when we get home at 5. The baby room gave dinner at 4 which worked better, but he could probably use the snack.

Questions/AW? For people going to wcm at daycare are you doing bottle or sippy cup? I'll switch DS to wcm once our formula runs out, but unsure about swapping over to the sippy cup with wcm. He'll sip water from it and likes to throw his cup. Was not a fan of formula in the sippy.

Plan to start weaning in May right now. Will night wean if he hasn't done it by the end of 13 months. I'm tired and not liking the cranky mama I'm becoming.

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? Maybe add in frequency of milk (bm or wcm. I'd be interested to compare.

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? No traditions. We'll do dinner at home on Saturday since we're doing birthday stuff Sunday (video chat with grandparents). He got me a cocktail ring and I got him running shoes and a running watch (what he wamted). I'm also making him an ipod Playlist of songs that remind me of our relationship history.

[dmorgendorffer]

How old is your LO? 51 weeks!

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? nursing and pumping

Solids? Can't get enough of them, but she doesn't care for chicken.

Questions/AW? I think my supply is starting to really drop off so I'm getting nervous about being able to continue BFing after I wean from the pump. I plan to continue nursing when we are together and just not pump during the day / use wcm as needed after 1 yr but lately when I get back to work and pump on Monday I am getting very little out. I think she is not nursing as much on the weekend so when the week starts I have to build back up a little. I've been needing to use frozen milk at the beginning of the week for the first time the past 3 weeks.

As we move past the one year mark, is there anything you'd like to change about this check in? I like the idea of challenges / rewards. Lately my older baby is just too busy doing everything else to nurse.

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? We really have no special traditions, and my ILs will be in town this weekend so we probably wont even DTD.

[lilyelayne]

dmorgendorffer maybe it's more of a problem responding to the pump than supply dropping. As baby gets older, milk is made as baby drinks rather than a lot stored up ready to go (the way it was with a younger baby) so the pump being less efficient than LO can become more and more obvious as time goes on.

LO doesn't seem to have problems nursing when you're together, right? Lots of moms successfully change to nursing only when together after one year, even if baby only nurses 1-2x a day (even on weekends.)

[agm04]

lilyelayne didn't know that about supply/response changing as LO grows! Eases my mind a bit too.

Somewhat related: DD is still taking bottles during the day, and I plan to continue that until after a trip I'm taking for work in March (5 nights away from her, cue massive anxiety, and I'm hoping keeping bottles will help her stay with the boobs when I return). After that, am I supposed to start switching to BM in sippy cups with meals instead of BM bottles during the day?

[kartish]

How old is your LO? 1 year and two days

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping once per workday for another week, then hopefully done with the pump.

Solids? Yes all the solids, this kid goes crazy for cuties.

Questions/AW? This whole process has got me doubting myself though. But V refuses all but pre nap nursing for the past couple of weeks, and even the nap nursing he has refused a few times this week also. So is he done? Kelly mom says kids this young really don't self wean, but he hasn't dropped any night sessions so maybe he is just finished with daytime nursing? I'm not ready to quit nursing quite yet, despite not wanting to pump. Any ideas on how to proceed?

GTKY: any Valentine's Day plans or presents or traditions you'd like to share? We may go to the hot springs, that was my idea. DH isn't offering up any ideas so not sure what we'll do. V will be handing out Valentines to his friends though, because we are that cheesy.

[seamonster]

kartish From what I've seen on the extended check in (I'm a lurker who likes to see what may be ahead), a lot of babies seem to start dropping after a year. Maybe he's just extending the time between feeds? I know the jump from every 2 hours to every 3 hours was dramatic and even offering he wasn't into it until he wanted it. Now I offer after 3 or 4 hours if he hasn't demanded. And he still gets up at least once a night to nurse.

Ugh, AF is rearing her ugly head. Between missing 2 weeks of the minipill because I forgot the pack on vacation and having weaned from pumping (did it a week early because lazy), I'm not surprised. Did not miss it at all.

[kartish]

seamonster I have lurked there a few times also in the past, trying to see what's ahead. Guess I need to go back there and join in now.

[dmorgendorffer]

lilyelayne that interesting , I had no idea it changed like that. BFing has certainly been a learning experience.

While its reassuring we can continue nursing I had not planned to start weaning from the pump until we started her on wcm (probably after her birthday in 1.5 weeks). At this point I am just getting so frustrated every time I pump though, just finished for the day and I'm 2 oz short again. I'm really debating if the frustration is worth it or if I just want to try starting wcm now.

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kartish, we have already day weaned since about a month back. It wasn't really DDs choice, but she seems fine with it and doesn't want to nurse during the day at all. We still nurse in the evenings and during the night. I thought I would have some supply issues but it's been very minimal.