January 2016 Moms
danasphillips
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Breastfeeding check-in
danasphillips
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How is it going with everyone?
We are still going strong EBF at 2 months, but I'm starting to think LO will click while eating no matter what. We've tried everything- different positions, relatching her a billion times, getting her tongue and lip tie removed, suck training- and nothing helps. She's 97th percentile for weight and the only issue is that she's taking in a bit of extra air, making her gassy at times, but it's driving me crazy that I can't figure out what the problem is!
LO was also having really mucousy poop and was rashy on and off, so I've cut the top 8 (wheat, peanut, tree nut, dairy, soy, egg, fish, shellfish), gluten, and corn out of my diet until we can get to the bottom of what's causing the issues.
Congrats to everyone who's made it this far!
We are still going strong EBF at 2 months, but I'm starting to think LO will click while eating no matter what. We've tried everything- different positions, relatching her a billion times, getting her tongue and lip tie removed, suck training- and nothing helps. She's 97th percentile for weight and the only issue is that she's taking in a bit of extra air, making her gassy at times, but it's driving me crazy that I can't figure out what the problem is!
LO was also having really mucousy poop and was rashy on and off, so I've cut the top 8 (wheat, peanut, tree nut, dairy, soy, egg, fish, shellfish), gluten, and corn out of my diet until we can get to the bottom of what's causing the issues.
Congrats to everyone who's made it this far!
Re: Breastfeeding check-in
As for me, we have been EBF for 12 weeks now. LO is gaining weight well and has taken a bottle a few times. I'm going to have to start replacing one feed with expressed breastmilk and pumping while she eats from a bottle though since I will be going back to work soon. I'm hoping that will help her transition to drinking from a bottle all day.
Besides her tongue and lip ties, which don't cause me any pain, our only problem has been oversupply and LO has gas and minor reflux. My lactation consultant actually said my oversupply probably has helped her compensate for the tongue and lip ties and kept her gaining weight. She said we might start block feeding after she gets them fixed because the oversupply and the ties could all be causing her gas and reflux. I hate to mess with my supply too much though because I want to make sure I have enough!
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He wasn't interested in the bottle (of breastmilk) for a while but that too seemed to just click one day and now he'll take it no problem, but where he falls asleep after nursing he won't with a bottle...still figuring out what to do in that situation for night time. We're having our first real date night out next week where I hope to put him down after feeding and he'll stay down until we get home, but if he does wake up quickly like he sometimes does after the first put down of the night, I worry having some more milk in a bottle from grandma won't lead to going right back to sleep like nursing does with me. I guess all we can do is try!
I've done this 3 other times before, and this kid is certainly the easiest. My others would not take a bottle or a pacifier. So I was pretty much the bottle and pacifier. I am more than happy to pump and pass him off to dad.
Side note - I highly recommend Earth Mama Angel Baby Milkmaid Tea. I have tried a lot of teas for supply but this one really works well. Plus it taste the best.
My girl is 9 weeks today and has her two month appointment next week. She was in the 20th percentile for weight and 90th for height at birth. I had some tough weeks but still BFing. I have just enough supply so I only get to pump for a stash once in the middle of the night so I don't deprive her. It is taxing but what needs to be done. Even then. I only get three ounces. She has taken a bottle just fine a few times. The past two days only there has been one poop and loads of pee so I am becoming nervous if she is getting enough. My hope is that she absorbing more as she seems to have slept more also (a growth spurt perhaps?).
to wait, they latch on thier own and ect. I plan to bf until ds self weans like dd. It will be interesting to see how long ds will have a virgin gut compared to dd. He's much bigger and I picture him getting into solids sooner than dd.
I plan to start supplementing when I go back to work but I honestly have no idea how to approach it.
Also, for some reason she gets really angry sometimes when I offer her my breast even when she's obviously hungry. What could that be about?? I've tried changing positions, removing or adding a blanket, rocking, boppy, and more. Any ideas?
What kind of body work are you doing with LO? This is pretty much the only thing I haven't tried for the clicking. I'd like to avoid taking her to the chiro, but if you have any techniques or websites that involve infant massage and whatnot I'd be very interested!
Great to hear you were able to wean off the nipple shield around this time!
For OP: when your baby is latched do you make sure her lips are flayed out? My daughter had a tendency to tuck her lips in and where it wasn't a big enough problem to cause me pain she did make more sounds when she did that- you just skip your finger under her lip and flip them out.
Me and LO are at 9 weeks now! I'm lucky that he has had no problem taking a bottle the whole time. Been pumping when I can, usually just once a day. I only work part time so I won't have to worry about that. I think I might have a little bit of oversupply, since I've gotten plugged ducts twice and even had mastitis last week. Boy was that fun! Hit me hard and fast, like an 18-wheeler! But when I started the antibiotics, my supply dropped like crazy. LO went from feeding 15-20 mins on one side, to going 35-45 mins on both. He would still be crying and hungry, so we started offering him formula after. My supply us back up to normal now though, so that's good.
His pediatrician wants us to keep supplementing with formula 1-2 times a day to keep his weight gain up. He was less than 1% at birth, and is now up to about 1% for two months old. Only gained 7oz in the last 2 weeks. Had to start him on reflux medicine too. That may have been a reason why he stopped gaining so much.
I want to BF til at least 6 months. But I want him to be healthy no matter what. I'm lucky, he's a pretty happy baby overall.