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Does anybody have their LO on a feeding schedule? How do you do it? What is the schedule? Breast fed or bottle? If you are nursing, what is your nursing routine as far as burps, switching sides, length of feedings?
LO has been sleeping a ton and I'm worried about my supply and clogged ducts! I also have a 21 month old and everyone is losing their cool because LO's lack of routine is throwing off everyone else's days. My 21 month old need predictability.
LO has been sleeping a ton and I'm worried about my supply and clogged ducts! I also have a 21 month old and everyone is losing their cool because LO's lack of routine is throwing off everyone else's days. My 21 month old need predictability.
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1. Wake baby up by changing his diaper (he hates this). At night my husband does this while I get the bottle and pumping supplies from the kitchen. This takes about 5 minutes
2. DS latches to one breast for 10-15 minutes. Before offering him the other breast I burp him for a minute or two. I would take longer to burp him, but he rarely ever burps when breast fed. When done with the second breast I burp him again. If I start on the right breast this time, the next time I start on the left breast.
3. DS is fed a bottle (2-3 ounces of formula or previously pumped breast milk). He is then burped again. This takes about 10 -15 minutes. DH mans the bottle feeding at night and when he's free during the day.
4. While DH is bottle feeding I start pumping. I pump for 20-30 minutes depending on how tired I am and if H is able to take care of our son. If DH is not home, and I have to bottle feed along with pump, I bottle feed, burp, and make sure DS is content before I start pumping. DS likes to be held laying his head on my shoulder and this is impossible if I am pumping.
After all that I have to clean the pumping supplies and put away the breast milk and bottle. From start to finish it can take anywhere from 1 hour to 2 hours. It's a long process, and I really haven't figured out how to be super productive in between feedings (I am still so tired), but it's worth it.
Hope this helps.
Oh okay I understand. Lactation cookies always give me instant increase in supply. I have a recipe for gluten and dairy free if you would like it. I hope you can get your supply up, but if not it is not the end of the world! Good work mama!!!
I would love to get the recipe. Thank you!
Maybe you already do this, but one way to increase your supply would be to have him nurse more often than every three hours (at least during the day). That will send signals to increase the amount of milk you're producing. Obviously still use formula if he isn't getting enough, but pumping doesn't stimulate the breast in the same way as your LO can. It won't be as efficient in increasing your supply.
I was thinking about feeding him every two hours during the day. I was told pumping was just as stimulating as nursing. Thank you for letting me know. I will make sure to nurse him every two hours tomorrow. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I let her nurse on one side until she stops or falls asleep. Then I burp her and change her diaper to wake her up. I put her on the other breast, burp again and we're done. Only in the past few days she had become a much more efficient nurser so we are usually done in 45 minutes or even a little less. When she was one week old it took over 1.5 hours sometimes!
At night she will cluster feed a bit so between 9 and 11 she is usually awake the whole time and wanting to nurse every 15-20 minutes with little cat naps in between. I just put my toddler to bed and then get settled in front of the TV with a drink and some snacks and let her eat when she wants, alternating sides each time. If this happened in the middle of the day I'd go nuts but since it gets me two long blocks of sleep I'm ok with it!
I exclusively breastfeed. I nurse every two hours during the day. At night I let her wake up on her own to feed.
I don't change her diaper before a feed because she usually poops while nursing. So I wait until the feed is done, change her and do a quick nurse to calm her and top her off. I also swaddle her (at night only) after her diaper is changed.
I burp her her based on her cues. When she keeps popping off my breast it usually means she needs a burping. I also make sure to burp her at the end if each feed.
I don't time her feeds for switching breasts. She feeds on one breast until it has been emptied. This way i know she got lots of hindmilk. I switch breasts at that point. If she didnt empty the breast, during a feeding, I continue on that same breast for the next feed.
I rock her to sleep with the help of a white noise app, then place her in the bassinet next to our bed.
At night, I also make sure to prep the nursery after I put her down. I make sure I have a tall glass of water and a snack ready and the change table is ready.
Amy I don't really mean a schedule I suppose. I think I just need to work out a family routine that works around baby more. Does that make sense? As in maybe I need to make my mirning routine something like make DS breakfast, nurse, get us all ready and clean a bit, then have our outing afyer the next nursing session. just plan better. Do you have more children or is this your first, just wondering!
I usually always change him then feed him so he goes to sleep after eating.
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