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Breast Milk Storage and Adiri Bottles When I Go Back to Work
Asked by L.N. from Dallas
on March 27, 2008
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I'm almost 7 months pregnant, and I am planning to breastfeed. When I go back to work after the baby is born, I plan to pump during the day so he can take breastmilk ...
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- If your baby will be using all your pumped milk at daycare, you can just pump into the bottles that he will drink from. But if you have a good supply of milk and want...
- Hi L.! I did not breastfeed thanks to pre-eclampsia causing me to be too big..yes it is possible, don't let them say otherwise, and my second child just was not int...
- I had the Medela In Style and most standard size bottles will fit onto the pump. My baby wouldn't nurse at the breast, so I pumped 100% of the time for seven months. ...
Breastfeeding Mom Going Back to Work, and 4 Month Old Won't Take a Bottle!!
Asked by A.H. from Chicago
on March 29, 2008
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I am going back to work in a week and my 4 month old son won't take a bottle!! I have tried Dr. Brown's, advent, and playtex vent-aire. He used to when he was smaller,...
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- Do you or your spouse try to feed him? My daughter did better at first with someone else giving her a bottle because she expected me to nurse her. she also did better...
- Years ago when my daughter didn't like her bottle, our pediatrician suggested dipping the nipple in a little bit of corn syrup...had to do it frequently, but eventuall...
- Well, he already knows what he likes, good for him! I have a home day care and it usually falls to me when the new baby refuses the bottle. Your day care provider will...
Breast Pump
Asked by T.C. from Detroit
on July 5, 2009
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What breast pump do you recommend? I was thinking about the medela but using avent bottles. The lady at the store said avent bottles have more nipple options than me...
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- some advent bottle leak. the ones I use where from johnson and johnson. I don't know hwats good and not.
- I used the Medela Pump In Style Advanced. I pumped for about a year 3 times a day 5 days a week and it still works great. My advice if you get this or any other pump...
- I have used only Medela - both the single electric & the double electric. Hands down, I love the Medela Pump In Style double electric. It's a time & life saver! ...
How to Pump in Order to Have Some Stored up Breastmilk
Asked by M.C. from Chicago
on May 20, 2009
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Hello,
My baby just turned 2 months and I've been exclusively breastfeeding. However, we've been trying to get her to take the bottle (she seems to have a hard time w...
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- I was an EP-er so my experience is definitely different than yours. I definitely cannot speak to when to pump because my son never 'ate at the tap'. However, I was w...
- I would pump either while hew's nursing (pump the other side) or about 1 hour after you nurse. You'll ger better results if you do it in the morning. Yes, stop pumpi...
- Hello, We are on similar schedules with our kids, I have a 2 year old and a 6 week old. I just went back to work part-time so I am pumping again. What I did was 2...
Breast Pump Recommendations???
Asked by N.H. from Los Angeles
on February 11, 2008
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Purely Yours Breast Pump by Ameda or Pump In Style by Medela? I am expecting my second child in a few months & have to work almost immediately after & have no doubt ab...
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- I'm not speaking from experience here because I'm 9 months pregnant with my first, but I just went to a breastfeeding class last night and the instructor said that the...
- Hi N., I searched high and low when I was pumping with my first baby. I had a hospital grade Medela that I had rented and that thing felt like it was ripping off m...
- I have used both and they are both great pumps! I lean more towards the Medela, it has less parts to deal with and the bottles seem to be bigger and able to hold more ...
Bottles for Breastfeeding Baby
Asked by S.J. from St. Louis
on August 27, 2010
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I am going to be breastfeeding, but I will have to return to work and will need day care to bottle feed my little one with my milk. What bottles do you recommend for ...
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- Born Free worked for us! I will also give them rave reviews, 5 stars, tell you they are the greatest, etc. but your little one may not think so. :) Whatever you do,...
- Just some food for thought so you don't stress this decision too much. Both my girls took regular palin ordinary cheap bottles. Before buying any "breast friendly' o...
- S., I used Breastflow with my daughter and she did great with it. This was a very important subject for me because my son used the playtex VentAire and over time he pr...
Introducing a Bottle or Exclusive Breastfeeding
Asked by J.V. from Chicago
on January 23, 2010
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My little man is almost 7 weeks old and I am trying to decide if I want to introduce a bottle. I had serious latch issues with my daughter so that by the time I tried ...
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- Such a tough question since many people feel very strongly one way or the other. I knew I was going to breast feed, but I had also been told by friends to introduce th...
- Hi J., I would go with what your heart tells you.
- In my opinion, if there is really no need to introduce a bottle, then don't do it. My youngest is 7 months old, and I work part time, so I introduced her to the bott...
Bests Bottles for Breastfeeding
Asked by M.T. from Los Angeles
on August 6, 2010
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Ok, Ok...so everything changes...this I know. I haven't had a baby in 8 years and I am now in my 7th month of pregnancy. I went to register today and was ohhhhh sooo...
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- Hi M., all bottles are same, they said this is good for this, another one for something else,..... i tried almost all of them because my baby had a lots of colic, ...
- The BEST bottle......the one your baby is willing to take. Each child is different, so I'd experiment and get 1 of each different kind and then get a few more of th...
- I BFed for a year. (my son's now 2, so this was just one year ago). Bought the MEDELA nipples and bottles and realized later that EVENFLOW made an almost identical...
Cleaning Wipes for Breast/nipple and for Medela Pump Parts and Storage Bags
Asked by N.B. from New York
on September 30, 2008
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Hi,
I'm stocking up for breastfeeding supplies and wanted to know...
Do I have to use the cleansing pads specifically sold to clean your breast before breastfeeding ...
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- Just wanted to add a note about Lansinoh cream - try to only use it when you really need it e.g. when you first start breastfeeding & when your nipples are very dry. ...
- I breastfed my son for a year, nursing when I could and pumping and leaving bottles for my husband and caregivers when necessary. I really liked the medela storage bag...
- I used the Medela bags for the first few months, and then switched to the Lansinoh because they held more. Both were exactly the same, functionally. Technically, you...
Help!! Breastfeeding Weaning Advice?
Asked by C.L. from Salt Lake City
on June 24, 2009
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I want to thank you all for the great advice you've given! I have one more question I could desperately use some help on.
My DS is 10.5 months old and has been bre...
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- Our son liked Avent cups and our daughter likes Born Free cups. As for weaning, you can do one feeding a week, which usually works really well. Two of my kids decide...
- I too am slowly weaning my 10 month old. I was not planning on weaning him this early, but come to find out, I am pregnant againg and my body has been weaning him on ...
- I am also in the process of weaning my 14 month old. We were trying sippy cups with limited success, but then the Gerber Nuk was recommended to me, and it made all th...
