First Year Check In + Chatter 3/1-15

[lily]

Welcome! Please join in!



How old is your LO?

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?

0-3 mo
What positions/props are working for you? What are you struggling with?


4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?

If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going?


9-12mo
What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine?



Questions/AW?


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately?

[vvvvvfee]

How old is your LO?: 8 months tomorrow

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?: BFing at home, pumping at work

Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?: DS3 has 2 bottom teeth and 1 of the top teeth seems like it's getting ready to pop through the gums. he's fine right now but he had a biting phase when the bottom ones were coming in.

If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going?: pumping is ok. still debating whether i should drop down to pumping 2x a day. i guess i should continue 3x a day for now until there are days when he doesn't take all 3 bottles. i only get like 2 oz from that middle-of-the-day pump, but i'm worried about losing the pumping time affecting my overall supply. i have started taking a calcium supplement which seems to be helping a little.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately?: just a minute ago, the national's "i need my girl" bc i saw a snippet of a sentence that reminded me of a lyric

[Speedy]

How old is your LO?
8 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?
Nursing and supplementing. My supply seems to be dropping again, and I don't know if it's worth it to attempt to bring it back up where he's eating more solids and I'm going back to work next month.


4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?
Ugh, his teeth have been so close to breaking through for forever. He's recently taken to gumming my nipple, so I think they're almost through, but I really couldn't say. Good thing about that, though, is that I get to break him of biting before there's teeth involved


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately?
Hate Me by Blue October. When H and I were dating I knew all the words by heart and would randomly blurt them out, but I haven't thought about it for a while until the lyrics randomly popped into my head the other day. I forgot that the video was about a mom and her son who grows up and becomes self destructive and I was sobbing watching it. Ahhh, good old hormones.

[frecklesnbrains]

How old is your LO? 6.5 mo

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? Nursing and pumping at work
How’s it going? Good. I’m having a bit of a supply drop because I’m sick. Hoping it will rebound in another day or two. I added some power pumps yesterday and today. Still a few ounces short though. I thawed a bag from my (minuscule) freezer stash this morning.

4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? No teeth yet, but he LOVES to gum down on my nipple and it hurts. I’m a bit scared of when the teeth actually come through. My DS1 was done BF before his teeth came in so I’m not sure about this.

If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? I’ve been back at work for over 3 months so I think I’ve gotten over the transition, but honestly now what I struggle with is keeping the momentum going to remember to pump. When I first went back it was always on my mind but now that I’m back in the swing of things I worry that I’ll forget to pump.


Questions/AW?


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately?
Um.... Baby Shark do do do do do do do...

[chrisy01]

Hi can I join?

How old is your LO?: 9 months on the 7th

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going?: BFing at home, pumping at work. It’s going well

Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF?: E has her two bottom teeth


If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going?: pumping sucks. I struggled with my first to keep my supply up so I don’t want to stop yet but I’m over it.

GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately.
Don’t hate me “let it go”. My 5yo sings it often.

[lily]

frecklesnbrains I love this kellymom link on biting. It’s got info on preventing and on breaking biting habits. kellymom.com/ages/older-infant/biting/

Remember baby can’t bite when actively nursing because his tongue is in the way. My first started biting to tell me he was done nursing, so the usual “take the breast away” consequence was actually a reward in his case. I just paid extra attention for a few days, slipping a finger in his mouth to break the suction any time he seemed to be slowing down or finishing a feed so I could remove him before the bite. If he was still hungry, he’d go right back. If not, I’d say & sign “all done” and he forgot to bite after a few days of this new routine.

[lily]

How old is your LO? - 8.5mo

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? - nursing, great. Tired of the distracted phase but at least this go around I know it’ll end.


4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? - these teeth are never coming through. His latch felt different two nights in a row last week, so I knew they were gonna really break through, but I was wrong.




GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately? - All on a Mardi Gras Day. well, ‘tis the season 😉

[dorothy]

How old is your LO? 11 months 😭

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Just nursing. Going great.

9-12mo
What’s something BF related that you worried about when pregnant or with a newborn that turned out fine?
Latching. I think I was most worried about just figuring out how to do it. We had a bit of a rough patch with my first son but it resolved pretty quickly.


Questions/AW? He took breastmilk from a sippy cup!!! This kid hated all bottles but he actually didn’t mind the sippy.


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately? Right now it’s the theme from Puppy Dog Pals

[frecklesnbrains]

Thanks for the tips lily!

[potatocakes]

Late to this party, as usual

How old is your LO? 7 months

Are you nursing, pumping, supplementing? How’s it going? Nursing/pumping at work

4-8 mo
Any teeth or signs of teething? Is it affecting BF? Bottom teeth are coming through. I don't particularly love his latch with them, currently, so we're working on that.

If you’ve returned to work, how is that transition going? Work is fine, just trying to keep up my supply. His DCP still (in my opinion) overfeeds him, which is just hard to keep up with.


Questions/AW?


GTKY: what song has been stuck in your head lately? We're alternating between Fancy Nancy and Elena of Avalor in our house lately.