Congratulations on your baby and doing so
well on your breast feeding.
Not exact matches
Rosie, I'm from North Carolina, and I love
good soul food, cooking, eating and
feeding everybody in my Family, my sons and several adopted sons... Collards is one of my specialties I am now living alone for the first time so its hard for me to just cook for myself, I made smothered chicken
breasts, Broccoli, Mashed potatoes and a strawberry cobbler for Dessert, will be eating leftovers tomorrow and the day after lol, I can't wait to try your Collards recipe and several more... I'm following you
on Pinterest now, Have you ever tried putting your collards in fat back grease after you boil them?
Like the rest of you, my mom made a
good decision IMO — she found weaning me around 14 months was difficult (
on both of us with her oversupply & my crying) so she
fed me at the
breast until I was ready to let go
on my own.
While I decided to focus primarily
on older children in this post, many women
on Twitter chimed in that they are nursing their kids to age two as
well, including: Reiza at Stepping Off the Spaceship, Summer at Wired for Noise, Mom Most Traveled, Annie at PhD in Parenting, Sherri at Recovering Sociopath, and Sara (who was
breast -
fed herself until age 4 1/2) at Custom - Made Milk, among others.
Once the
feeding tube was off
on day 7th, baby took
breast like a pro and
on we continue now at 13 months until,
well?
Once your baby is
on cow's milk, it's a
good idea to
feed them iron - rich foods or juices, as cow's milk doesn't have the iron that
breast milk or fortified baby formula has.
depending
on whether you are
breast feeding or bottle
feeding but i found MAM brand bottles to be the
best.
He has only had one
breast feed today and I have expressed my milk into a bottle for him, already and he still has not had it yet, I'm impressed as to how the rice cereal helps fill him up, and keeps him content, and how he has dropped so quick
on his breastfeeds, the weaning onto solids is really working for me, also I'm very proud in how he is doing so
well doing with this change.
There is no need to pump if you are
feeding your baby
on demand and at the
breast as they are, in general, the
best way to keep up your supply.
If he has not reached three months, it is
best for you to keep
on feeding him milk, either from your
breasts or a commercially available formula.
It is generally
best to have baby at the
breast to establish and maintain your milk supply as they trigger the natural reactions to making milk in response to how much they have removed when nursing
Feeding baby
on demand meaning not
on a set schedule but rather watching their hunger cues (sucking
on fingers and hands, rooting) and not timing
feedings is a
good way to maintain your supply.
I came across an image boldly making this statement recently and I've seen others like it and in the infant
feeding support group I run
on Facebook I was accused of not really supporting breastfeeding because we don't permit formula bashing or shaming and discourage the use of the phrase «
breast is
best» (a marketing tool developed by formula manufacturers, no less).
Well, after countless miserable nights, endless soaked sheets, and a truly extraordinary amount of tears and late night googling, I discovered block
feeding, which means that you restrict baby to
feeding on just one
breast for a three - hour (or longer) period before offering another, and in desperation I gave it the old college try.
Granted, lactation pumps aren't
on everyone's mind as they commute to the office, but they're a fact of life for women who have the
good sense to
breast -
feed their infants.
I'm
on track for a really
good weight gain, but
breast -
feeding will also be an issue.
My second child was
on the
breast all the time as
well and I understand the pressure that they put you under to
breast feed and really make you feel inadequate if you don't.
«He cried unless he was
on the
breast, and I began to nurse him continuously,» Johnson wrote in a blog post for the
Fed Is
Best Foundation, which, according to its website, believes that «mothers should be supported in choosing clinically safe
feeding options for their babies,» including
breast milk, formula or both.
I will forever be thankful that our pediatrician recommended supplementing my older son with formula when he was readmitted
on day 4 of life — I'd successfully
breast fed my oldest child without issues, but my milk did not come in
well when he was born.
As
well as the benefits you get from using the finest organic ingredients, HiPP follow -
on milk provides the nutrients babies need to grow strong and healthy when they are not being breastfed and is an ideal complement to the weaning diet from 6 months when moving
on from
breast or infant milk
feeding.
As
well as the benefits you get from using the finest organic ingredients, HiPP follow
on milk provides the nutrients babies need to grow strong and healthy when they are not being breastfed, and is an ideal complement to the weaning diet from 6 months, when moving
on from
breast or infant milk
feeding.
I can't bear for my baby to be uncomfortable so I want to return to
breast feeding because she was doing much
better on my milk and I had a lot at first but it as slacked off.
The secretions coming from the glands
on the areola (that dark circle) smell familiar too and help the baby get to the
breast to get the colostrum which is going to
feed the
good bacteria and keep them protected from infection.
If one
breast is easier for the baby to grasp and the baby nurses
well from this
breast, the mother can continue to
feed on this side while she pumps the other
breast with the deeply inverted nipple until the adhesions loosen and the nipple is drawn out.
Plus, if you wait too long between
feedings, your
breasts can become engorged making it more difficult for your baby to latch
on well.
I didn't perform some sort of magic that I can pass
on, I just had the
good fortune to have it work out with a minimum of fuss... I know a mum who has struggled for weeks and months, expressing, sns - ing, mixed
feeding, and then getting from that point back to exclusive breastfeeding, only to have baby point - blank refuse the
breast a few weeks down the line and having to at last admit defeat.
The
best way to make sure your baby gets the hind milk is to let him
feed until he leaves the
breast on his own.
On the one hand, the mantra «
breast is
best» is repeated over and over in any discussion regarding the
feeding and nurturing of babies; In certain circles, formula shaming is real and it is awful.
• intense nipple or
breast pain that occurs from birth, lasts throughout the
feeding, or is not improved with
better latch -
on and positioning
Another really
good tip is to pump an extra bottle first thing in the morning when you are really full,
feeding the baby exclusively
on one
breast while pumping a bottle from the other
breast could provide you with that extra milk that you might need to leave during the day, so you don't need to pump it while you're at work.
This was early
on, so my husband would I would pump and he would take my pumped
breast milk and finger tube
feed it to the baby that wasn't latching and then I would nurse the other one while he was doing that and then try to bring the baby who finger tube
feeds to my
breast as
well even though he wasn't really latching.
A
good rule of thumb for burping is to try giving your baby a pat
on the back every 2 to 3 ounces (60 to 90 milliliters) if you bottle -
feed or each time you switch
breasts if you breastfeed, KidsHealth noted.
If you are
feeding baby at the
breast try starting baby out
on the right side more frequently than the left so that baby's
feeding and help stimulate your supply as
well.
They do have some videos that talk about latch and kind of show you how to do things
well and perhaps some of the more interesting, what I found at least more interesting about the app was it does use GPS technology to find comfortable places to
breast feed or pump when you are out and about and basically it just uses the tracker
on your to say where you are at and then you can also find lactation consultant s in your area as
well as pediatricians that support
breast feeding.
It is
best if you make them latch
on you like an infant - for about eight times, 20 minutes a day, «dry
breast feed» them.
If you love The Boob Group as much as we do, then please tell your friends about us so we can help them
on their
breast feeding journey as
well.
Keep
feeding baby
on demand and if you want to pump to ease some of the fullness that is ok but ideally having baby at the
breast is the
best way to maintain your supply.
The
best, easiest and fastest way to increase supply is to have baby at the
breast, not limiting
feeding and letting baby nurse as long as she / he wishes and
feed on demand meaning watching baby's
feeding cues as to when they want to nurse.
ROCHELLE MCLEAN: We all have yeast
on our bodies at all times and your body has
good bacteria that kind of keep your yeast in balance and yeast thrived in warm moisture environment so that we might end up with vaginal yeast infections, the
breast feeding nipples are a great little party environment for yeast and the inside of baby's mouths.
In fact, if you have an oversupply, which is a common reason for an overactive letdown, it's
best to let him or her
feed on the same
breast for at least two to three sessions.
Even after breastfeeding is
well established, many mothers of twins like to let each baby have a least one solo
feeding at the
breast per day so that they can enjoy one -
on - one bonding time with each twin.
The
best advice the lactation consultant at the hospital gave me was that the second night was going to be a rough night for
breast feeding as the baby wants to help your milk supply come in and will try to nurse all night long, even if you have nothing there for them to nurse
on.
Other things that worked is to make sure milk is warm enough, put baby in swing with mobile
on as a distraction and she is semi-upright, have baby in a
good mood (
feed her just after she gets up from a
well - rested nap; and wait about 15 min longer than her regular
breast feeding schedule so she's hungry.
I have tried my
best to bite my tongue
on the whole
breast v bottle debate as I do not like arguments and, unfortunately, baby
feeding seems to cause A LOT of arguments.
In many cases, a low
breast milk supply can be increased naturally by making sure your baby is latching
on to your
breast well, breastfeeding more often, and pumping after or in - between
feedings.
It's a long story but despite a natural birth, plus
breast feeding my daughter as soon as she was born and having her constantly
on my
breast for the first few days my milk never came in, it got to the point my baby was becoming very unwell and not thriving, I was transferred to a mother abby ward and given access to the
best location consultants the Melbourne had to offer and a paediatrician.
She went
on to say that the bottle, the flow, and the nipple should be suited for babies that who will be
breast fed as
well.
Speaking as a mother of 4 with a 5th child
on the way, I can say from experience with both bottle and
breast, that the historically and medically preferred
breast -
feeding is
BEST.
If baby has finished the first side you may
well find he gets cross when you put him back to that
breast, so put him
on the other side and
feed him until he won't take any more - until he is tanked right up!
Whether or not you
breast, bottle, formula, or combination
feed your decision should be based
on what is
best for your child and yourself.
Formula has everything my son needs and he sleeps
better anyway so focus
on the positives in life and don't let these
Breast feeding extremists get you down!