Sentences with phrase «so of nursing a baby»

Instead, I find that for the first week or so of nursing a baby I have to take a deep breath and mentally prepare for the first minute or so of each nursing session because it is quite uncomfortable.

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I was so fortunate — a wonderful nanny who brought the babies so I could nurse, a home close to my office and the freedom to work from home, leave early, or take a chunk of time off when my family needed me.

So I exclusively nursed all of my babies, never even pumping breastmilk for a bottle.

It means that I can nurse at night without having to get out of bed and it also gives me more time to connect with and be close to my baby, who I miss so much during the day.

Thankfully these days doctors not only assume most most will breastfeed, but in my case the OB also instructed the nurse not to give me the shot that was designed to slow my bleeding because my baby was already nursing minutes after birth, so nature would take care of that.

You're nursing your baby every 2 - 3 hours, and trying so hard since you know for a thousand and one reasons it's best for both of you.

I did not have a bad opinion about mothers who nursed for long time, but I thought that I will be done by 12 months... Well our son didn't think so;)... He nursed exclusively and constantly until 8 months old, at this stage he would start accepting some baby food (mind u, he was allways in the 95 % of weight).

It really is sad how nurses who are not experts in this area end up influencing so many of our lives so severely with this - supplementing our babies with formula.

Bub was a big baby who nursed well, so by 10 weeks we had a robust infant on our hands who was slowly developing a sleeping and eating routine (but had lots of growth spurts and early teething that kept us on our toes).

I was brought a hospital pump to try, but wasn't given any assistance with my baby so I didn't have time to pump between his feedings, his glucose checks, visits from doctors / nurses / laboratory (almost hourly) and taking care of my own wounds.

So I started with 30 seconds, while lying in bed nursing a baby, then increased it to one minute, then found a way to get out of bed a few minutes before the babies.

To do this, you could use a Supplemental Nursing System (a silicone tube attached to a reservoir of a supplement which is attached directly to the breast, so that the baby gets the supplement at the breast as he also draws out your milk).

On one occasion, before he was able to feed at the breast, a nurse appeared with a bottle of formula for the baby, ignoring the container of pumped milk that Esmaralda had worked so hard to get.

I'm still breastfeeding for my girls and as far as nursing in public is concerned I mean I had my babies like boom boom boom right, so there wasn't a lot of getting out of the house.

And, if your baby refuses to go to sleep nursing, strolling, riding in car seat, rocking, or walking, and you throw out your back bouncing your baby to sleep several times a day, you might consider putting a nursing pillow under your swaddled baby so that you can support all of their weight on your lap instead of using your back.

Some find they need to nurse after solids, but do keep in mind that at this age, the breastmilk is still the most important part of your baby's meal, so eating more breastmilk and fewer solids is not bad.

Every time I walked into a maternity store, I saw huge sections full of Medela nursing products; rows of nursing bras and fashions; special rooms for «nursing moms»; breastmilk «test kits» in case a modern, socially active mom had one too many cocktails and still wanted to give her baby the best nutrition; baby and pregnancy magazines that consistently had cover stories on how breast is even better than we thought before, and so on.

Heather was embarrassed to be embarrassed about nursing and she had a distractible baby so these sort of quickie cover - ups were extremely -LSB-...]

At first you may not get a lot of milk, but this will increase your milk supply so that you can meet the needs of your baby while nursing, and then have leftover milk to pump and store.

You can continue nursing or pumping so that your baby gets all of the antibodies and nutritional benefits that come from any amount of breast milk.

Most apron - style nursing covers have a firm neckline — sort of like the underwire on a bra — that holds the fabric out enough so that you can see your baby or your pump parts, which really helps with latching on or getting your pumping stuff hooked up.

Gourley also notes that your baby may be nursing differently so their gums rub on your breast to help relieve teething pains, or one of you may be breaking suction at the end of a feed by just pulling your nipple out, which causes friction, instead of releasing suction first.

I was sitting in my living cheering at the TV... that woman will nurse her baby anywhere and I think we need to see more of that on TV and in the media so everyone pulls their heads out and realizes babies need to eat too!

This is one of the many reasons I am hoping to be able to return to school for my Family Nurse Practitioner degree — we at Believe are so excited for the day when we can offer the same level and kind of holistic, evidence - based, informed - choice type of care to the whole family, not just mamas and babies up to six weeks.

I had my first baby in a hospital and knew of some practices that could be debated (immediate bath for baby, etc) so I had the epidural but wasn't induced even though I was overdue, we did skin to skin, I nursed him within the first hour..

It is important you rest, and the hospital that is supportive of breastfeeding will arrange it so that you can rest while you stay in the hospital to nurse your baby.

This represented a stark change from the colonial era, when mothers normally breastfed at least through infants» second summer.3 The move to early weaning was so relentless that doctors complained bitterly in a 1912 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association that breastfeeding duration rates had been declining steadily since the mid-19th century «and now it is largely a question as to whether the mother will nurse her baby at all.»»

Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your Nursing, changing diaper, changing spit - up clothes (baby's and yours), made a cup of tea, spent an hour trying to get in 10 minutes of Tummy Time so the baby won't be a dolt, spent 40 minutes getting the baby down for a nap which ended up lasting 20 minutes, made lunch and spilled half of it on the baby's head, clothing changes all around, nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your nursing, found now - cold cup of untouched tea and drank it anyway, more nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your nursing, baby falls asleep on you but wakes up if you try to move him so you just stay slumped on the couch with one leg forward and the other bent uncomfortably under you because this kid needs to sleep or we'll all diiieeee, nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your nursing, realize you forgot about the weekly mothers» meeting which was your only adult outing dammit and now who will be your friend?

So only pump if you are going to miss a couple of nursings and want to keep up your supply, or to relieve any engorgement you might have while you're away from your baby.

I had talked to many women during my time nursing him, and so many of them had told me that when their babies weaned before they (the mothers) were ready, they were heartbroken and disappointed.

The way I looked at it (keeping in mind I didn't encounter the common problems of pain / latch / supply issues with my second and third child) the few weeks where the baby wants to nurse «constantly» pass pretty quick, so I chose to deal with that for a few weeks, rather than deal with the «cons» of ffing for at least a year.

The main premise, however, is similar to other versions of sleep training: get your baby to fall asleep independently, without relying on sleep associations like nursing, pacifiers, or rocking — and do so with little to no crying through the process.

I'd searched and found a cover - up that had just the right amount of stickiness that it wouldn't slip off my shoulders (while being grateful that my baby was too tiny to pull it off), I'd grilled every experienced mother I knew on how to nurse discreetly, and I'd practiced at home in front of the mirror so often that my milk would let down when I walked past the bathroom mirror.

Nothing is «just so» at iRobot, even the bathroom impressed me with a separate dedicated room for nursing moms — complete with a wash sink, armchairs, fridge and pictures of babies on the wall.

Breastfeeding and travel go together so well — after all, if your baby is exclusively nursing, you really don't need most of the items on this list!

The Lansinoh mOmma Feeding Bottle is also a winner of the PTPA (Parent Tested, Parent Approved) awards program so nursing moms can be absolute sure that they are getting the very best - in - class bottle for their breastfed baby.

What I would do, is always have a mug filled with water on the bedside table, so while baby would nurse (or I would pump for when she no longer woke up at night) I would make it my goal to drink at least half of the mug of water.

Nurses and lactation specialists will visit you during this time to help you and baby latch properly so you can get the hang of breastfeeding.

I am so grateful that there were awesome doctors, nurses, even lactation specialists there to help me with both of my babies.

It's important for all nursing mothers to take care of themselves so they can provide the best care to their babies.

It's relatively simple to use, you can use it to carry your baby in several different positions, it's not bulky so you can shove it under the stroller or in your bag, you can use it as an emergency diaper pad or pillow, in some positions you can nurse in it, and (most importantly if you have a toddler) it's super-easy to get the baby in and out of it (and in and out and in and out...).

So far I have freaked out about doubling the amount of children in our house, where the babies are going to sleep, cloth diapering, starting completely over with baby clothes instead of trying to sort through what would be usable, nursing two babies at the same time, buying a bigger house, how I'm going to drive four kids around (thank God we just replaced my husband's car in January with a full size SUV with a usable third row), traveling with four kids, what happens if my husband has to start traveling for work, getting the big kids to and from school with two babies in tow, how the big kids are going to feel once there are two new babies in the house, how I»M going to feel with two more babies in the house, and so on and so fortSo far I have freaked out about doubling the amount of children in our house, where the babies are going to sleep, cloth diapering, starting completely over with baby clothes instead of trying to sort through what would be usable, nursing two babies at the same time, buying a bigger house, how I'm going to drive four kids around (thank God we just replaced my husband's car in January with a full size SUV with a usable third row), traveling with four kids, what happens if my husband has to start traveling for work, getting the big kids to and from school with two babies in tow, how the big kids are going to feel once there are two new babies in the house, how I»M going to feel with two more babies in the house, and so on and so fortso on and so fortso forth.

What really surprised me was how much we'd become nursing elitists, my husband and I. I didn't realize how proud I was of having nursed my baby successfully and for so long.

Mothers have coordinated their nursing and pumping schedule so that they can continue providing milk for their baby in the care of a sitter or another family member.

Make it part of your morning ritual, so that you remember to do it — as you brush your teeth, nurse the baby, drink your coffee, drive the kids to school, whatever.

So, if your baby nurses every two to three hours and you've only had a single glass of wine or beer since their last feeding, you can probably nurse the next time your little one is hungry.

So, if a mom has a glass of wine at 8 p.m., by the time she nurses her baby at midnight that alcohol is almost certainly long gone.

This is why waiting an hour or so after you nurse will allow your baby to regain some of his / her appetite while still ingesting all of the milk that is so important for them at this stage.

If you are a nursing mom that is giving a bottle of expressed milk, it's key to pace the feeding so that the baby doesn't chug it down quickly and think they are still hungry.

Paint the inside of your baby's mouth to cover as much as possible and then nurse, so your nipples are also treated.