faithfullyyours
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A question: If you feed your LO every 3 hourly and she naps past the feeding time when 3 hourly is up, do you wake her up to feed or just let her nap until she wakes up on her own?
Joy, you mean from the time your baby wakes up in the morning till night before you latch, only takes 2 bottles of ebm of 100 ml to 120 ml?i usually fill abt 100ml to 120ml per bottle.. baby usually tak 2 feed per day, finish everything in the bottle.. i send 3 to 4 bottle, depending on how long i let baby spend at infant care.
for next few weeks, for full day at infant care, i will send 4bottles 1st.. see how much baby takes..
i dun really know how much i can pump.. i jus make sure i hav sufficient for next day @infant care i dun do new pumpin session, unless feel engorged.. sometimes i even mix odd bits left from different day pump session to make up 1 feed. then i label that mix bottle as 1st feed for ifc..
when baby is back at night n weekends i latch.. unless got odd bits left from pump or left over feed from infant care n i happen to go my mum's place, i will let my mum feed. very lor soh.. jus sharing...
Lynn, have u tried changing baby teats?? maybe the flow is too slow.. baby tired of sucking?? or baby juz change his sucking pattern. I started w using medela teats... after 1 mth he suddenly cannot handle, milk kept leaking while drinking... then I switch to nuk.. wow... love it... he drank every single drop of the milk.. then at 5mth... he start to reject nuk i tried pigeon, also rejected. to my surprise, he okie w medela again... lol... so I'm using medela again.I am also facing the same thing as my buddy. My baby will drink like 50 ml then stop got to play play a bit then drink back. I am wondering is it my feeding problem or what.
I think i am the only one on total fm.
as u mentioned, twinne smaller in size at start mah... u r not lousy ok!!! ur supply must be good... as u feeding 2lynhope thanks. ya twinnies, double happiness, double worries too. I taking 5ml coconut oil per day I don't know if it helps thicken my milk but my mum did mention that seems abit more oily. and gosh your bb at 1 mth is 5kg is good too. my girls now at 4mth+ still can wear newborn clothes. feel so lousy as their mummy lol. I always tell myself cause twins so smaller in size so gain slower. haha. u mention u always try to give bb fresh bm so meaning if u store bm u will give bb the one u just store or the one that is in fridge sometime already? some practice 1st in 1st out or last in 1st out. I thinking to give fresh bm to my girls too but I scare those in fridge will spoil if no faster use as I didn freeze them.
Lyn, yes I'm the skinny type. My pre pregnancy weight has never gone beyond 45 kg.
When my CL was around, the most she had ever drunk from a bottle was 90 ml. After my CL left, she rejected the bottle totally. We are trying to train her to accept the bottle again.
I brought her to KKH Children's Emergency, PD at Mt E and Mrs Wong Boh Boi at Thomson to consult why she isn't drinking as much milk as others. So far we don't have an answer for that. Mrs Wong said babies at this age should be drinking 120 ml to 160 ml per feed 3 to 4 hourly. She said my girl drank 40 ml of BM in 5 minutes when latched on because they weighed her before and after. Then I pumped out. She said my supply is decreasing. Even now we want to supplement her with FM, she also won't take the bottle.
My girl was born with a healthy weight of 3.04 kg. So when she's gaining weight so slowly in her 3rd month. I'm very worried. My target for her is just to gain 1 kg per month. Now she's 4 months old, she's only about 6.3 kg. 3rd month she was 5.94 kg. 1st month she was 4.3 kg.
I'm very stressed actually. Seeing her like this, it hurts. I'm very worried that if this continues, she might lose weight eventually. Her diaper output for pee also not as good as before.
However, she does hit her milestones like 2.5 months old, she can lift her head up when on tummy. 3.5 months old she can flip over but still can't flip back yet.
faithfullyyours, i do wake baby up to drink at first 2mth.. max 4hrs... after tat i juz let baby nap n wakes up on their own, coz i feel sleep is very impt for growth.A question: If you feed your LO every 3 hourly and she naps past the feeding time when 3 hourly is up, do you wake her up to feed or just let her nap until she wakes up on her own?
My baby loves the cereal. I don't have bm to start with haha. So her cereal is mixed with existing milk. She eat until very happy yesterday. We have tired for like 1 week already.Lynn, did your baby like the cereal? You not worried she may reject bm? I haven't start fm coz worried baby may reject bm.
Lynn, how did you mix the cereal with FM? Can advise? What cereal are you feeding her?My baby loves the cereal. I don't have bm to start with haha. So her cereal is mixed with existing milk. She eat until very happy yesterday. We have tired for like 1 week already.
Oh dear, I've sterilised it twice using my Avent steam steriliser.Nuk latex is it the yellow teat? Is yes then cannot. Just put in boiling water. Get the transparent teat can sterilise.
hahaha... can feel your joy... yes.. u can sterilize nuk rubber teats.. but they do wear off faster then normal silicon teats due to the material, thus I change the teats quite often. so long baby drink well... juz bear w the higher cost ;pAnyone knows if Nuk rubber latex teat can be sterilised using steam sterilisation?
My girl finished another 80 ml EBM before she slept. 2 hours after she finished 70 ml.
lynn, y cannot? I juz sterilize lol....Nuk latex is it the yellow teat? Is yes then cannot. Just put in boiling water. Get the transparent teat can sterilise.
kinda weird when I type 'lynn' like talking to myself lol...Nuk latex is it the yellow teat? Is yes then cannot. Just put in boiling water. Get the transparent teat can sterilise.
Lyn, you are also using Nuk rubber teat for your baby?hahaha... can feel your joy... yes.. u can sterilize nuk rubber teats.. but they do wear off faster then normal silicon teats due to the material, thus I change the teats quite often. so long baby drink well... juz bear w the higher cost ;p
faith, I used to for few mths (baby reject nuk teats after sometime and I switch back to medela) and ya.. been sterilizing... the latex teats, yellow color type.Lyn, you are also using Nuk rubber teat for your baby?
So far no issue sterilising it?
Sumiko, thanks for the info! Noted.My boy has been using nuk latex teats all the while. Kkh nurse told me that latex cannot be sterilize, just soak them in hot water. Sterilizing them will alter the material quality. Must change latex teats every month. Yes quite costly.
Silicon teats can be sterilized. Change every 3 months.