Breastfeeding

question about supply again...

feeds@yuku.com (jcvp) — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 11:17:47 PST

Hey - Quick question... I just started ds (6 1/2 months old) on oatmeal cereal about 1 week ago. He LOVES it. But, since then, he is sleeping longer during the night now - so, maybe wakes up only 1 time during the night instead of every 3 hours he was doing before the cereal. So, of course, I have tried to set my alarm to wake up to pump every 3 hours but my body is not waking up and I'm sleeping until the baby wakes up. So, I've noticed a drop in my supply.

How do I keep my supply up when this is going on???? I was pumping around 5-6 oz. every 3 hours and now it's about 4 oz. now. I don't want it to drop any lower. He is taking about 4-5 oz. when he is drinking from a bottle - which is when I work (3 days a week). HELP!

TIA!

DeAnn

Question about milk supply...

feeds@yuku.com (jcvp) — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 05:39:34 PST

Right now, DS is 3 weeks old. He feeds about 2 1/2 - 3 hours at a time. Most of the time, he will get full off of feeding from one side if we go every 3 hours between feedings. If not, then we nurse from both sides. So, I've started pumping the other side while he is nursing. That one side will only get about 1 1/2 oz. When I pump both sides at the same time, I'll get maybe 2 1/2-3oz. I feel like this is a low amount. I had a low supply with my daughter also. I'm currently taking More Milk Plus from Wholefoods and Fenugreek. I was actually thinking about trying the prescription drug Reglan - does anyone have any experience with this? The side effects make me nervous though, and the baby can get them thru breastfeeding... Just wondering if anyone did this?

TIA!

Breastfeeding and pumping

feeds@yuku.com (mrsmurphy03) — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 20:39:05 PST

Tell me all about it. Tips and the how too!

Working on weaning....

feeds@yuku.com (shelmo) — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 15:59:09 PST

I have Anna down to nursing just to go to sleep at night. She does ask for it more often than that, but instead I give her a sippy cup and a snack. Most of the time the sippy and snack is all she needs. At naptime I sometimes have to give her a bottle of bm (using up my freezer stash), and often she is happy with that.

I am ready to be done nursing now, so last night I "cut her off" and didn't nurse her. I gave her a bottle, and he put her hand down my shirt and just "held on" to my breast (that's her "thing" lately - to have her hand down my shirt fondling me). I hope if we stick with it, she'll be weaned completely in a few weeks.

I'm happy that we made it as long as we have, actually, I'm amazed that I made it past a month of nursing her, and here we are at 16 months!
I hope it doesn't take long for her to stop fussing about wanting to nurse though. I feel bad not letting her nurse, but honestly, I think it is time for her to be off the breast. If it were...

Organic Mother's Milk tea

feeds@yuku.com (mrsmurphy03) — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:06:50 PST

It is supposed to promote healthy lactation. Anyone heard of it?

Anyone use an Ameda pump?

feeds@yuku.com (shelmo) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:45:16 PST

I am done pumping, and I sold my pump. I packed it all up and shipped it off....

A month later I found a new, unopened pack of 2 white valves in my cabinet. LOL! If anyone uses an Ameda Purely Yours, I will ship these to you, free of charge. I am not going to use them, and I would like to send them to someone who can use them.

a few questions...

feeds@yuku.com (SouthernBelleMommy) — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:21:19 PST

Still new at pumping and have a few questions. I am just trying to build up a small supply just in case I will be away from him a few hours. This morning I only pumped an ounce and a half and put the pump (Avent Isis manual) in the fridge with the bottle attached. Can I pump later today and add it to that milk?? If I have several bags of frozen milk with an ounce a piece can I combine those for one feeding?
Thanks!

okay ladies I seriously need your help!

feeds@yuku.com (tommymommy) — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:02:22 PST

Help!! Little guy (7 months old) went from not taking a bottle (up until 3 weeks ago) to not breastfeeding:( He only gained /5 lbs and grew 1/2 inch from 4 to 6 months (at that point, he would only nurse, no bottles or solids) well since the ped scared the "you know what" out of us, we made it our mission for him to gain weight. Well, it backfired! He screams and pulls away turns his head when i attempt to nurse:( Is he on a strike or weaning??? I am sad:( I have been pumping but my supply is quickly diminishing:( Please help ladies! Thanks in advance for your advice!
Karen

okay ladies I seriously need your help!

feeds@yuku.com (tommymommy) — Thu, 20 May 2010 10:02:17 PST

Eating on one side!

feeds@yuku.com (nadya25) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 22:04:23 PST

Anyone ever have a baby ONLY eat on one side??? When she was first born I would trick her and do the foot ball hold on my left side to mimick my right. She now knows the difference and doesnt eat on my left side during the day. AT NIGHT SHE WILL ( i GUESS SHE IS TOO tired to be picky, lol) Everything I have read seems to be ok with this unless she had a birth injury (which she didnt). Just curious to see if this has happened to anyone else. My other 3 kids preferred the right side but never rejected the left.

I've stopped pumping.....

feeds@yuku.com (shelmo) — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 12:19:06 PST

YAY!
I have made it a full 3 weeks without pumping at work!

Now I need to work on weaning her off me.... I think that will take a little longer - she still seems pretty attached..... any advice???

Oh - on a side note - I sold my ameda py.... shipped it out to the buyer... then found a sealed bag of 2 white valves. If anyone on here needs them, I'm willing to put them into an envelope and mail them to you.... just pm me!

growth spurt

feeds@yuku.com (beth7919) — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:13:56 PST

abby is in the middle of a growth spurt..SO not fun! she has all the signs of it..and she's driving me nuts..hopefully it's very short lived

weight check today

feeds@yuku.com (beth7919) — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 21:05:41 PST

and she's up to 7lbs 6.6oz!!! this is up from last week at 6lbs 12.7oz ...this baby is growing fast!!!

poop question

feeds@yuku.com (tommymommy) — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:40:31 PST

what does a normal bowel movement look like for a five month old breastfed baby? Thanks ladies:)

i'm back!

feeds@yuku.com (beth7919) — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:17:28 PST

i've been bf'ing for one week now ..and it's going great

and i promise to be more active on this board!!

WOO HOO! We've made it!!!!!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (shelmo) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:45:13 PST

Anna is ONE today, which means I have been nursing her for ONE year! I'm so happy!!!!!!!

Thanks to all you ladies on here that provided me support in that very first, hard month. The links that you provided me showing me how to get her to latch on correctly really helped out in the first days home from the hospital. Then the advice about my plugged ducts and overactive letdown helped me through it without giving up on nursing. Thanks so much!!!!!

I more than surpassed my original goal of making it to one month! But I knew if I set small goals, we'd go longer!

I am weaning off the pump now, and once I've adjusted to that I will start weaning her. My new goal is to have her weaned by 18 months......

Weaning question

feeds@yuku.com (rosali7374) — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 14:05:25 PST

Hello all! I am not very active on the boards now but do come once in a while to read great tips on nursing.

My daughter turned 1 on February 2 (so she is 13 months now). I had originally planned to wean her at 12 months. Throughout her first year I never offered her milk in a bottle or cup (maybe my mistake) but I was producing enough milk so didn't want to buy any formula and I was tired of pumping (my now 3-year-old never latched and pumped exclusively for him for 12 months so I was so done with pumping).

Now the trouble is I have been trying to introduce her to the cup for a month but with no progress at all. She drinks milk from it like she drinks water - a sip here a sip there but not any substantial amount. I have tried all kinds of cups, nothing is working. I know weaning doesn't happen overnight but zero progress is something I was not prepared for. People tell me to force her to sit and drink it but how can you force a 13-month-old to do something...

We made it!!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (missfroggit) — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 08:15:40 PST

We made it to Noah's 1st birthday and still nursing! Although technically I didnt actually nurse him for over a week when he was born due to him being on a ventilator! Still a years a year right!

Oh my god my baby is no longer a baby!

xx Siobhan xx

Is it time to stop?

feeds@yuku.com (missfroggit) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:42:50 PST

I am thinking its time to think about stopping bfing Noah. He is 1 next week and will now take his medicated formula as and when we offer it (he is dairy and soy allergic). I have to have a nuclear x ray next week so have to go a full 24 hours without feeding him and I think its the beginning of the end.

I am feeling kinda bittersweet about it....I always wanted him to self wean and I would have liked it to be later on (his brother self weaned at about 15 months).

xx Siobhan xx

need support/advice

feeds@yuku.com (lilqtpy19) — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:21:21 PST

I'm attempting to try breastfeeding my 7 wk old daughter again after a 4 wk period of her being on formula due to reflux and other feeding issues we are still unsure of. She won't latch on but I try as often as I can only for about 5 min that she will tolerate it. I'm also trying to pump to get the supply back just in case and I figure at the very least I can pump and give her my milk even if she won't nurse. I dried up from pumping more than nursing with my son so I'm not sure how long my body will last. That's why I needed advice on anything we can do to help her re-learn to nurse. I'm using a nipple sheild and I read that it is supposed to help transition but its so different than bottles and pacifiers.