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Pumping for Breast Milk
I rented a hospital grade double breast pump which helped tremendously. I fed her only breast milk until she was six months old and started eating solid ...
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- The best advice I can give you is follow your heart,this is only the first of many decisions you will be making for your child in the long years ahead. Bottom line, on...
- First of all, way to go! :) Pumping can be a huge pain... I pump 3-4 times a day because I work full-time and my son is 7 1/2 months old now (have worked since he was ...
- Hi.. First of all, congrats on the new baby and for keeping up the pumping for 3 months. I have an almost 10 mo daughter and have been pumping for her since she was 3 ...
Pumped Breast Milk
It is only temporary and will only last a day or two. I know it is hard to ... The reason is that each time your baby has formula instead of breastmilk that ...
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- I was always told that if it was fresh milk you could leave it out 24 hours. If frozen or had been cooled only 2 hours. In regards to using formula, if you start sup...
- I have read a lot of different time limits for the freshness of breastmilk. I would say that the following is the best/easiest rule of thumb: 5-5-5. 5 hours at room...
- I had the same issue only because I was not pumping enough to fulfill my daughter. My Ped recommended Enfamil which worked great for us I would do half breatmilk half ...
Transitioning Baby from Breastmilk to Whole Milk
For him, the key was to put the milk in a sippy cup and only water in a bottle. We started with breast milk in the sippy (I pumped) and that's what got the ...
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- Sara I agree with Becky. Your milk supply isn't gone, it just becomes less since your son is eating more solid foods. I am a huge advocate of breastfeeding for many ...
- With my second I introduced a small amount by itself around 10 months in a sippy cup and did it here and there without consistency. At 12 months she was pretty much o...
- Hi S., When we switched from breast milk, we also went to soy milk. I tried whole milk, but he did not like it. He still drinks only soy, but I sneak real milk into h...
Ok to Breast Milk Thru Bottlr and Formula Feed?
You can also mix formula and breast milk in one bottle. The only problem with that is that after she eats (from the bottle) breast milk, if she doesn't want ...
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- Congrats on the new baby! Aren't they precious! Yes, you are doing the right thing. If you can't breast feed the regular way that is fine bottles will work just as wel...
- New stuff added to reply: In case I hadn't put everyone to sleep with my original post (yes, I know I can go on a bit!) I thought of something else I wanted to say....
- Hi A., I have an 11 month old little girl. I breast fed her for the first three months. Towards the end of the third month my milk supply wasn't enough to fill her ...
Increasing Breast Milk Supply
I've been limited to nursing on my left side because of a surgery I had on my right breast a few years ago and now only a few drops of milk will come out. ...
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- Hi, Pumping extra long will help. I found that after 11 minutes I wouldn't have another let down until the 16 minute mark. I would have another small let down at 22...
- i struggled with my milk supply in the first 3 months. I tried the Fenugreek supplements but noticed that my son had more gas when I was on the supplements. So i tri...
- The lactation specialist told me to use something called "fenu greek" after I got an infection and lost my milk almost completely. She told me to take 3 capsules 3 tim...
Breastmilk Mixed with Formula?
Read all 12 responses: "Is it OK to mix breastmilk with formula? I am weening off pumping at work during the day, and am only getting about 2-3 oz.
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- It is Ok to mix breastmilk and formula. When my son was being weaned he didn't care for the taste of formula so we mixed it with breast milk for a few weeks till he g...
- you can mix the two, but I wouldn't. EBM is precious stuff, and I always wanted to make sure she got every last drop. I would hate to mix it, then have her not finis...
- When my son was an infant I my breastmilk started drying up so I started mixing the BM with the formula. The only thing that was bad that happened because of that was...
How to Increase Breast Milk
Dec 30, 2009 ... I am trying to store as much milk as possible because I am going back to work soon..." ... Next question: Only One Breast Producing ...
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- As both a nursing mother and a peer counselor with Nursing Mothers Counsel, I can say that it's very normal for one breast to produce more than the other, especially w...
- Hi R., Congratulations on your little one and good luck as you go back to work shortly. It is a transition for you, your body, and the baby, so any preparations yo...
- When my son was just a few weeks old, i was just getting about 3oz of milk from both breasts only for the first two months..So i was supplementing with formula..I kept...
Breast Milk Decreasing--need Suggestions!!
I haven't tried the fenugreek, yet, only b/c I haven't been able to get to an ... I know you would like to keep up with the breast milk because its the best ...
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- nursing is so hard, I had to stop when my son was about 15 months old for this reason plus I think stress in my life at that time didn't help matters. Just make sure ...
- My nurse told me to drink 1 beer a day to help with milk production. The yeast from the beer has some type of affect on increasing milk production.
- My son just turned one and the exact same thing happened at 10 months as well. I was devistated b/c I am anti formula. Many babies begin to self wean at this age and t...
How Long Is Breast Milk Good for at Room Temp?
It is DEFINITELY ok to reheat and reuse that milk! The wonderful thing about your breastmilk is that it's full of antibodies and not only do those ...
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- You can get good, reliable info about breastfeeding from La Leche League. Here's a link to their guidelines for storing breastmilk. It's "liquid gold" and your baby is...
- I believe three hours is the time it's allowed to be at room temp (however, I believe LLL says up to 6 hours is okay). Some tell you not to reuse the milk/bottle becau...
- It's been a while since I've had babies, but I remember my daughter wouldn't drink it all and we'd be out somewhere, but I'd feed her more an hour or two later and it ...
Breast Milk Drying Up
So now my milk is becoming harder and harder to get when I pump I'm only getting .... I also drank a nursing tea and took breast milk production supplements ...
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- Hi. My name is N.. I am a 35 y/o single mother of two. I breast fed both my children for 2.5 years. The best ways to increase your milk is to demand more from your bre...
- Hi D. The more you are asking for (ie feeding, pumping), the more you produce, i fed my daughter for 9 months and son for 16 months. When my son was about 9 mont...
- Drink plenty of water. Have one to two beers per night. Look for a micro brew or import. American beers have yucky perservatives. Darker beers are better. Can ...
