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**BF & Pre-BF Check In**
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1. How old are your LOs:
2. Short term/ Long term goals:
3. Accomplishments / Struggles:
4. EBF, EPing, Supplementing?:
5. Any questions this week?:
6. GTKY: What is your favorite Disney movie and why?
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Very Quick and Easy Peanut Butter Lactation Cookies
1 package (snack size {Just cut recipe in half if using snack size} or regular) Betty Crocker Peanut butter Dry Cookie mix
1-2 Tablespoons Brewers Yeast --Start off with one because its very bitter
1 Tablespoon Chia Seeds (optional but adds addition protein and omega 3)
1-2 Tablespoons Flaxseed or Ground flaxseed meal
1/2 Tablespoon Fenugreeek. (I just opened up some of my capsules).
Prepare mix according to the back of the package. Add in the above listed additional ingredients and mix well if mix seems too dry add in 1 teaspoon of water at a time until back to original consistency. Roll into balls then roll in sugar. Place on a baking sheet and press down with fork. Bake according to package directions.
Mommy tip of the week: Toss the lotion bottle in the tub while bathing LOs. It will warm the lotion up so its not cold going on after they have a nice warm bath!
Resource links (feel free to post them in your comments so we can add them as we go along)
Together 6 wonderful years.
TTC #1 18 months 1 loss DX unexplained IF-- BFP July 2009-- ITS A BOY
TTC #2 3 years and 3 losses DX PCOS -- BFP April 2013-- TWIN BOYS!
~DS1-Feb 2010~
~DS2&3- Nov 2013 {7 weeks early}~ TTC #4~
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Re: **BF & Pre-BF Check In**
2. Short term/ Long term goals: transition her to exclusively nursing/ 1 year
3. Accomplishments / Struggles:
I'm so glad both are able to latch on and had gained weight at their 1 week check up (not back to birth weight yet though)
He wants to eat constantly right now but only for 5 minutes. It can be exhausting. Also I found out I have a uti this morning and even though I told them over and over I was 10 days postpartum and breast feeding , one of the meds they prescribed is not recommended when breast feeding babies under 1 month. Good thing I asked the pharmacist too!
4. EBF, EPing, Supplementing?:
He- EBF
She - mostly BF but takes a few ounces of BM in a bottle throughout day
5. Any questions this week?:
How long does the 10 day feeding frenzy last?
6. GTKY: What is your favorite Disney movie and why?
These are our first so I feel like I've been out of the Disney loop for awhile now. Aladdin maybe bc I love the music?
@karah4816 mine were 34 weekers .. Well 33&6 that's exactly what I was wondering too. The early intervention people except the BF nurse keeps telling me to start but I never did baby food with my first and feel like a FTM with this. I don't know if they are ready or not. They seem like newborns to me still haha! Do yours seem ready or are you more likely to go by adjusted age to start?
2. Short term/ Long term goals: 1 year as I'm pretty confident we'll make it to the end of the week (6 month goal)
3. Accomplishments / Struggles: weight gain still isn't that great.
4. EBF, EPing, Supplementing?: H is EBF and I EP for E.
5. Any questions this week?: We're starting solids this week. How did you guys do this? Breastfeed/bottle first and then try right after? Or add solid food in between breastmilk feedings?
6. GTKY: What is your favorite Disney movie and why? I do not like animated movies (or kids movies in general - I'm not looking forward to when the twins want to go to movies. I'll have to send them with their dad because he will actually enjoy them too).
@SV917 have you checked your LOs on the 'WHO' growth chart? Most doctors use CDC and that one is made for formula fed the WHO is for breastfed babies and it was so shocking to me when my pedi showed me the difference and my preemies actually fell in the 50% range but weren't even on the CDC. I was upset because I had been stressing about the weight gain only to find out they are right on track and the other DRs had been pushing the formula needs on me.
2. Short term/ Long term goals: 6 months/ 1 year
3. Accomplishments / Struggles: I am always worried that my babies aren't getting enough because we are EBF. They eat for only about 10 mins each feeding and when we tandem it's usually only 5-10 mins and they don't want anymore. They are growing perfectly fine and they aren't starving so I'm guessing they are just really fast eaters and my milk comes out fast? Anyone else's babies eat this fast?
4. EBF, EPing, Supplementing?: EBF and some solids. (My ped told me to start between 4-6 months, whenever we were ready. I started about a week ago because they seemed interested in my food and would open their mouths when the spoon came close. They are doing pretty well so far on rice cereal. My ped said he wanted them to have been on solids by the time we went in for the 6 month visit! My babies were 38 weekers so I don't think it was too early for us.)
5. Any questions this week?: I am also struggling with the no sleep, up every hour with my babies. They STTN around 2 months so I thought they were really good sleepers but around 3 1/2 they have been awful sleepers! Tried different swaddling, different pj, I don't want to put them in my bed with me so I don't know how else to help them sleep longer stretches! My ped said solids before bed might help because they will be a little fuller but nope! Is it just the 4 month sleep regression I have read about? Hopefully all our little ones start sleeping better so we can all get some sleep!
6. GTKY: What is your favorite Disney movie and why? I've always loved the little mermaid and beauty and the beast, but my favorites now are tangled and frozen! Don't know why, but I can watch them over and over again!
2. Short term/ Long term goals: short term - figure out how manage pumping, breast feeding and supplementing with neosure.
Long term - transition from pumping to breast feeding
3. Accomplishments / Struggles: Mainly struggles at this point. The girls spent 12 and 13 days in the NICU and are used to bottles. J is a decent nurser and then I usually offer a bottle of pumped milk with less than an ounce. A does not nurse at all. I offer the boob several times a day but she doesn't know what to do with it. She gets pumped milk mainly. Both girls get two bottles of neosure daily as well. Fitting in pumping and giving them opputunities to nurse has me exhausted and overwhelmed.
4. EBF, EPing, Supplementing?: A combo of all three and I don't expect it to change
5. Any questions this week?:
6. GTKY: What is your favorite Disney movie and why? Little mermaid.