lily
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Post by lily on Oct 1, 2018 21:49:39 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? 0-3 moNursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? 4-8 moIf you’ve introduced solids, how is LO doing? If you haven’t, how do you feel about introducing? If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? 9-12moWhat’s your favorite tip for dealing with a hungry yet distractible baby? Questions/AW? Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen?
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Post by vvvvvfee on Oct 2, 2018 11:10:14 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 3 months today
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping 3x a day at work. I don't love pumping, but I have the routine pretty streamlined by the third time through.
Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I guess I'm semi NIPing at daycare- I'm nursing LO there every morning. I have some DIY nursing shirts so I don't have to mess with any kind of cover but my squishy belly is not exposed.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? my mom made my costumes for many years- i dunno if i could pick a favorite. i think the most hilarious one was the easter bunny. no idea why i wanted to be the easter bunny. 😂 my uncle used to also dress up in a coordinating costume and that year he made a crazy giant egg suit out of plaster of paris. it was totally ridic.
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Post by mirabelle on Oct 2, 2018 11:16:55 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 6w
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing, pumping with my hakaa very minimally. Things go well until evening when everything goes down hill. I want to supplement so bad, but I know that’s not why he’s upset. He’s over tired and I think he gets frustrated with the speed of feeding at night verses during the day. He cries for hours and then passes out. It’s the worst.
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? Closest thing I’ve come to feeding my baby covered while in front of my mother in law in my own home. No big NIP experiences yet.
Questions/AW? Do his crying episodes seem “normal” are some breastfeed babies extra fussy at 6w? Any tricks I should try? He becomes inconsolable from about 9p-2 or 3am 😞
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I had a blue princess costume that my mom made for me one year that was pretty elaborate and memorable to me. I don’t know how she found the time to do that.
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Post by vvvvvfee on Oct 2, 2018 13:14:27 GMT -6
mirabelle, there's a growth spurt at around 6 weeks. there's also a wonder week at 5ish weeks-- they are supposed to be extra fussy as they start to become more aware of/sensitive to the world around them. i have vague memories of all my kids being especially difficult around that time. hang in there!
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Post by PennyCandy on Oct 2, 2018 15:50:20 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 12weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping 3x/day at work
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I've nursed in my car a few times, but that's about it.
Questions/AW? Anyone care to share their Spectra S2 settings? And I'm having a hard time figuring out how long to pump. I still have milk flowing after 20 minutes, but I'm starting to get a little sore by that point.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I was a clown or a witch most years.
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Post by chriskoo on Oct 2, 2018 17:22:58 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Just over 2 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing. It’s going well! I have less anxiety surrounding it than I did with my first.
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I’ve nursed in a restaurant, kind of under a loose shirt, as well as at a baby shower where I used a Aden and Anais swaddle blanket as a cover. I hate nursing under a cover but I’m still not comfortable enough to NIP uncovered in most situations. At home, or in other people’s homes, I never use a cover.
Questions/AW? I’m loving all the TV I get to watch while nursing- no shame! I also love that DH has stepped up and does a lot of the work of parenting our 2 year old.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? My mom made me an elephant costume as a kid that was pretty cute. My all time fave was from when I was dating DH - I went as Bo Peep and he was my sheep lol
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Post by MauLoaM0M on Oct 2, 2018 18:48:29 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 3.5 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing & Pumping a few times per week to build my freezer stash
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I haven’t really NIP. I’ll nurse in the car but that’s about it.
Questions/AW? I’m going back to work Friday and I’m feeling good about the ~145 ounces I have stashed. I just hope it lasts!
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I loved dressing up as a cheerleader and insisted that be my costume for a number of years
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Post by grumpycat on Oct 2, 2018 19:28:22 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 11.5 months! This is my last check in here Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and he gets baby/table food 1-2 times a day. 9-12mo What’s your favorite tip for dealing with a hungry yet distractible baby? I SAH so I only nurse in my glider in my room. And when ds2 started getting super distracted (around 6 months), I closed up my shirt when he pulled off. If I have to NIP, I use a Tula blanket to cover up and make silly faces at him the whole time or play with his fingers. Sometimes that works, sometimes it doesn't 🤷 Questions/AW? Nothing really. My plan is to continue breastfeeding as long as it's working for both of us. But I'm excited to plan a kid free getaway after I wean 😉 Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? My mom made me a poodle skirt for a school play and I wore it for Halloween too. It was awesome. She is helping me make costumes for my boys this year so I'm hoping to do homemade costumes for at least a couple years.
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Post by klw on Oct 3, 2018 11:23:25 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 8 weeks Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing with an occasional pumping session 0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I am still nervous about NIP since I feel awkward and clumsy trying to do it. Although we went away for a weekend and I did what I had to do.. When we were at a restaurant, I went outside to sit on a bench. I just wasn't comfortable yet and we were sitting right in the middle of the place Questions/AW? PennyCandy, do you have spare parts for your spectra? Where did you get them? Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? My mom made me a strawberry shortcake costume on year. I think I wore it until Christmas.
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Post by PennyCandy on Oct 3, 2018 11:51:47 GMT -6
klw, they sent me two sets of flanges with the pump. I had to order a second set of the duckbill membranes though and I bought adapters so I could use my Medela bottles since I have a ton. I got everything on Amazon, but if I remember right they are aftermarket brands, not Spectra brand. It all works fine though.
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Post by bananas22 on Oct 3, 2018 13:20:45 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 4 months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and pumping once a day
4-8 mo If you’ve introduced solids, how is LO doing? If you haven’t, how do you feel about introducing? Since she was born 7 weeks early, she’s closer to 2.5 months developmentally so I’m hoping to delay solids until she’s closer to 7 months old
Questions/AW? Is it normal for nursing sessions to vary quite a bit? Sometimes shs’ll nurse for 20+ minutes, other times around 10.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I was a giant blue M&M one year but my favorite probably was when I was the genie from I Dream of Jeannie.
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Post by bananas22 on Oct 3, 2018 13:23:11 GMT -6
PennyCandy, I only pump after a feeding but I use the 70/04 for a let down (and usually stay there for a minute or two after a let down) and then 50/07 for the first let down and 54/08 or 09 for subsequent let downs. I usually pump for over 20 minutes just because I’ve noticed I usually get a let down after 20 minutes.
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Post by grumpycat on Oct 5, 2018 19:32:14 GMT -6
bananas22 variation in length of nursing session is normal just like us sometimes we want a snack or a three course dinner. As long as baby seems satisfied, pooping/peeing, and gaining along their growth curve, you are good!
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lily
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Post by lily on Oct 5, 2018 20:09:43 GMT -6
How old is your LO? - 3.5mo
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? - nursing, going smoothly
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? - have baby, will feed. I usually just pull my breast out the top of my shirt and throw a burp rag over the exposed skin for the most part. Sometimes I do the two shirt thing. I miss nursing a toddler that covered my whole belly haha. Sometimes if I’m in an awkward place, I’ll nurse walking around because then people just assume I’m carrying a sleeping child.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? - one year my mom made Sailor Scout costumes for my sister, her bff, and me. I was Sailor Chibi Moon. It was epic.
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Post by Speedy on Oct 5, 2018 21:47:39 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 3.75 months? lol
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing and supplementing with stashed milk. I haven't pumped in about a week because of moving, but I need to get doing that again.
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? We've had a lot of workers in and out of our apartment so I've had to nurse in front of them a couple of times. Honestly, I don't think they noticed lol
Questions/AW? DS is having a LOT of very painful gas. We put him on formula for a week to see and his gas was not completely gone, but better, which leads me to believe that it's something I'm eating. I'm not sure where to start with figuring that out though. I already cut brocolli and onions from my diet a while ago.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have cho Oh jeez, my mom was awesome about Halloween costumes. I remember one year I was Cruella De Vil after she found a dalmatian scarf. Another year she repurposed a plastic rocking horse and put it on my bike and I was a cowgirl.
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Post by westiemom on Oct 7, 2018 20:06:19 GMT -6
How old is your LO? 9 weeks
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? We are nursing. It’s going really well. She’s finally stretching out about 2 hours during the day so we can leave the house! Weight gain is spectacular.
0-3 mo Nursing in public: questions, experiences, anecdotes? I’m getting so much more comfortable nursing in public and am doing it a lot this time since I have a toddler and can’t stay home all the time. DD2 is doing well with a cover which helps.
Questions/AW? Nothing I can think of!
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I liked the year I was a troll. My hair was hot pink and for some reason, that sticks out in my mind!
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Post by jessila on Oct 13, 2018 6:47:22 GMT -6
How old is your LO? Almost five months
Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing at home, pumping at work. If she needs to eat more than the 3x/day that I can pump then she'll supplement but we haven't gotten there yet.
4-8 mo If you’ve introduced solids, how is LO doing? If you haven’t, how do you feel about introducing? We'll probably start some BLW around six months which is right at Thanksgiving. She's already interested in watching us eat so I think she'll like it. I'm still not convinced that she doesn't have a mild dairy allergy so maybe that will help make her poops a little more solid.
If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? I'm a teacher and am giving up an hour of planning every day for pumping. I feel like I can't quite catch up on work and certainly can't get ahead. There's only one day a week I can pump at my desk and I usually do some kind of work then. And we're moving next weekend so things are chaotic on every front in my life.
Gtky: what was your favorite Halloween costume as a kid? If you didn’t dress up, what would you have chosen? I remember being a princess when I was four and loving it. Just a vague memory of wearing my costume on the swings at daycare. I'm pretty sure that's the year I fell off someone's porch when ToT and got stuck in a bush.
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