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i looked at the milk trays, but they only hold 240ml. and then i would have to move the milk-cubes to bags. i am still working out the right way, but the only benefit of the tray i could see was that you could freeze small amounts (30ml). think i will do mix of bottles (easy and convenient) and bags (stackable). day to day i will still mainly be breastfeeding so don't need a massive stash, it does give me a few more options for work though.
BG - that would be awesome, will PM
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I do the trays when freezing ebm then move to ziploc bags and store these in a plastic container/s in the freezer for stack-ability. That way I can constantly freeze ebm if needed.
(this reminds me I need to get my pumps out and wash them and find my crate of bottles & trays so I can start pumping so I've got a good supply ready for when I go back to work)
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Actually I've been using the mini bottles the hospital gave me when Honor was born- they are Medela ones. Not sure where to buy them though.
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I think most chemists should sell them; we were just discussing these above
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Oh you meant the mini bottles? I thought you were talking about the normal ones. Mine are about 90 ml I think.
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Hot1 - just something to think about frozen bottles are handy but they take awhile to defrost. The expressed bags take seconds to defrost in hot water in a sink. (which is what I do)
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Not sure now - I think they're 150ml bottles the ones I use to express into at least.
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Yeah, i have the 150ml bottles.
Leckert, how many trays do you have? Do you use regular (Glad or equivalent) ziplock bags? (apologies if you have answered these questions before)
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I have 3 (?) sensible lines branded ones - stick type things when frozen and 3 qubies (?sp) which were advertised as being great for individual puréed food portions for baby - look like oversized regular ice cubes.
Both freeze in 30ml lots. Positive about the sensible lines is I don't have to have 240mls to freeze. Bad thing:The lids have slightly shifted out of true & so don't stay on straight fairly early on when using them. Downside to the qubies is that I have to have 240mls approx to freeze as the lid makes the portions (dividers on lid) but the lids stay on.
Overall I prefer the qubies to the sensible lines trays.
Bags for storing in freezer - I just use regular mini ziploc bags. I fit about 5 ebm blocks (from either tray) in a bag with date on bags (I usually had to mix pumping sessions so don't record time)
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=) as i am currently bf my little girl as we speak i am joining here!!
one minor question, more a curiosity thing.. does bf make anyone sleepy? doesnt mattrr when or where i do it it makes me so drowsy i cant keep my eyes open whilst doing it. mum said its cause it makes you relax. But just wondering if anyone else was like this?
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Teirea - yup!! BFing releases oxytocin which makes you feel calm and sleepy. Totes normal. I used to love that feeling during BFing! Almost like taking a mild sleeping tablet!! I can't wait to start BFing with new bubs so I can feel that again. It's so lovely!! Enjoy
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Yep me too Teirae. In the first weeks particularly BF made me so sleepy I actually felt like I had vagued out and was off with the fairies. I don't feel it so intensely now.
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Yeh I felt the same it was so draining I was always so tired after breastfeeding!
Wait till u are at home feeding during the night! I use to wake up in such a panic cuz I couldn't find DS in my arms breastfeeding but I was so tired that I had already finished BF and put him back in his bassinet lol I must have started dreaming I was feeding him again! Scary at the time but funny now!
(also prob why we don't co-sleep lol)
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Minivini oddly enough I've just started dreaming that I'm in bed BF DD but that I've dozed off and lost her in the bed. She's three and a half months.
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My fave hormone is CCK (too late at night for me to spell it) but it makes you feel sleepy when the baby feeds - you are meant to relax and go to sleep with your baby on your breast. Thats why research shows that breastfeeding mothers actually get more sleep than bottle feeding mothers (This is a FACT) even though the baby feeds more often - because the hormones of breastfeeding help them relax and get back to sleep quickly.
So your body is doing its thing perfectly!
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The number of times DH has stuck his head into DS's room where I'm feeding in the comfy chair to find me dozing lightly while DS snores with milk dribbling down his chin - it's AWESOME!!
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Teirae, get someone to show you how to bf lying down. I take advantage of those sleepy hormones during the night and we end up cosleeping because we both drift off during a feed. I usually don't even remember any further night feeds!
Ppl are always shocked at how much sleep I get. Who says bfing means you don't sleep?!
And I couldn't tell you how often she bfs during the night either. It's probably a bit different every night because some mornings she isn't very hungry.
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I struggle to get her on lying down cause i need two hands to attach her still. we are getting better (kind of). but any tips for doing it by my self?
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