s/o pumping - where do you find the time? Specifically, where do you find the time if you are nearly exclusively BFing and rarely/never giving bottles.
Maybe I just have an unusually demanding baby, but I read all these posts about pumping 20 minutes one hour after the first morning feeding and I am wondering how you do it. In the mornings, DD wants to be entertained the entire time. I can wear her and get stuff done around the house (sometimes), but there is no time I can pump most days because she is on my person or otherwise wants to be with me. She occasionally will nap an hour. I could pump during this time on weekends when DH is around, I suppose.
Just in general I can't see how those with older babies are pumping so often if they are also nursing. Do your babies nap constantly? Entertain themselves? Or maybe they are just quick nursers - DD normally still takes at least 30 minutes to nurse and she nurses every 2 hours...
I am jealous but I am also curious.
Re: s/o pumping - where do you find the time?
DS woke up about 45 minutes after I pumped and I still had plenty of milk for him. Finding time to pump has gotten easier now that his naps are becoming more consistent
DS is only 9 days old so he's not as awake as your little one but I pump after nursing in the morning because he naps and then again afte he goes down at night. I have a huge supply so I usually get 6 oz at each pumping. Also he only wakes once a night so if I dont pump before bed I'll really regret it in the morning!
I would maybe try and work the night time pump into your routine if you cant in the mornings.
She normally only has one consistent nap each day - but it is in the afternoon when my production is low.
Oh well - I'm trying to focus on the positive that at least I have enough milk to sustain her each day, even if I am not getting "extra."
Yeah she often has a night wake around 4 AM but the thought of getting up at 5 AM to pump when she'll be up for the day at 7-8... not appealing. I guess I want to have my cake (sleep) and eat it too (pump).
I guess if we have to supplement a little when I go back to work it won't be the worst thing ever.
MH gives C a bottle for her first feed (the first feed when we are up for the day) while I pump. Then I offer her the breast to top off
ETA: parenthesis, stupid Bump mobile.
I think I am going to try to build in a pump during her afternoon nap and right before bed until the morning works for us. I just tried this and got 2 ounces, which is good for me. That would allow me to build a modest stash in the next 5.5 weeks.
Thanks for the input.
I would do the swing or bouncer or even just on the couch next to you and make faces etc with her. That and get a pumping bra so you can be hands free. I set that stuff up before bed and I've fallen asleep while pumping before so kinda helps with being tired.