Breastfeeding Chatter #18

[jellybean88]

HotI I think milk and broccoli upsets her a bit too but not as bad as chocolate, I did consider d-mer but I think its settling a tiny bit so hoping it just keeps getting less and less, I really like the idea of the pendant.

[chody47]

Wow Joeve, what a great aim!

I'm still aiming for 6 months. I've now been feeding DD2 exclusively for longer than I fed DD1. It's amazing how much easier it seems this time and also how much easier it gets as time goes on.

[Beatrix]

what d-mer?

Cause I am in the process of trying to cut out all dairy and OMG its going to be hard. Have swapped to soy, but alot of meals i cook have small amounts in it. How far do i go?

DD is a very grumbly/rumbly tummy girl and pretty unsettled. She is though only waking once a night. I didnt think I ate alot but looking into it , its in most meals without even thinking.

[~TT40~]

there is a link in my sig re DMER =)

[dusty]

Way to go Joeve, Chody and Jellybean! JB well done for identifying the cause. I hope things improve.

Beatrix congrats on DD! My SIL did elimination then reintroduction to see how much she could have of almost everything. That is great she is only waking once in the night.

Jennifer is it your pregnancy that is causing the discomfort? I found BFing my toddler while pregnant to be very full on and painful. But like you I knew she loved it so much. Things did improve a bit after 1st trimester although I ended up restricting her to just one side for the rest of my pregnancy as one side was more painful than the other. It became our little BFing story every time we sat down for a feed. One 'buboo' was for mummy and one was for DD

TT - wow I had no idea about D-MER. Do you have a thread about your experiences with it?

Congrats HotI what a fantastic run.

[Charlotte91]

As we rapidly approach DS's birthday (omg), I've been trying to get him to take a bottle or drinker or milk or formula. It's a no-go. He either spits it out or chucks a tanty.

He's a constant feeder and now he's over his cold I'd like to start weaning him. I'm exhausted by it, I've enjoyed it while we had no issues, but he's such a biter. I get worried every time he wants a feed because he bites. Sometimes bites and throws his head around without letting go of my nipple. It's murder. It's usually at the end of a feed.

Anyway. Any ideas how to drop some feeds?

[jellybean88]

Is it possible to mix feed (mayby one or 2 bottles a week) without expressing but not have your supply drop?

[HotI]

Congratulations Char! You have made it this far, you won't need bottles or formula. Go straight to cups.

Have you checked out any articles on weaning on the ABA site?

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bf-...solids/weaning

https://www.breastfeeding.asn.au/bfi...aning-toddlers

Does he like cows milk in food? Some kids just aren't in to dairy, or just not into milk, and you can calcium etc in other foods.

[Charlotte91]

He has milk in puddings, weetbix, etc.

[HotI]

Sweet. How do you do feeds now? Are they at set times of the day, or more random? Does he ask for them, or do you just offer when you think he needs/wants them?

One way is to move to set feed times, and then drop one of these feeds every few days or weeks.

Another way is to go with "don't offer, don't refuse", where you wait for him to ask for a feed. Sometimes this works, other times not. It depends on the child.

Keeping busy around the normal feed time, and changing where you sit are ways to encourage non-feeding.

[Ladylove]

Heat the milk up a bit if you're not already- that made a huge difference with DD. another thing you could try is popping some milk in a grown up cup and start to drink it yourself- babies tend to want anything an adult is eating / drinking!

[HotI]

Is it possible to mix feed (mayby one or 2 bottles a week) without expressing but not have your supply drop?

Hi Jellybean,

Mix feeding might make your supply dip (if it doesn't you will end up with full sore boobs, so you kinda want it to adjust to the level that you are feeding bub), but many mothers can find that it works for them, and they continue to breastfeed for a long time.

If you don't feed for a longer period, especially in the early days, you may feel you need to express because your boobs get uncomfortable. This can also lead to blocked ducts if the milk doesn't move through.

[Charlotte91]

I had a meeting last night so he stayed home with DH. he had about 100ml out of his drinker and slept better than he has for months. Probably a coincidence.
We don't have set feed times, he just comes up to me, most hours, and slapping my chest and yelling at me hehe.

[Charlotte91]

I had a meeting last night so he stayed home with DH. he had about 100ml out of his drinker and slept better than he has for months. Probably a coincidence.
We don't have set feed times, he just comes up to me, most hours, and slapping my chest and yelling at me hehe.

[~TT40~]

I have been bf for a year!!
the only difference between today and yesterday... today she tried to eat a piece of toast at the same time =p
does any onecelses little one try to smoosh food into your nipple? some hope in combining food and milk?

[jellybean88]

I tried to express some milk for dd to try out a bottle but I was only able to get 30ml out :s so prob take me a few attempts to get enough for one meal I'm not sure why only that much is that normal?

Bf still making me feel nauseous

[Joeve]

I have been expressing since I went back to work 1 day a week when she was 2 weeks old. This last week she refused the bottle so had to be brought to me at work to feed.
We have been trying to get her to take but no way will she! We have tried other people other locations where I am 30 mins away and no go!
Any suggestions?

[HotI]

how old is she now Joeve?

JB88, 30ml is pretty good. over time, expressing amounts often increase as your breasts get used to it. however, i often only got 50ml out of both breasts (total), but i have able to feed 2 kids, including simultaneously so how much you express is not a good indicator of supply.