(2009/09) September 2009 MTBs

i had blocked ducts yesterday morning... squeeze and scratch the white spot on the nipple, and press on breast for half an hour then clear the duct. until now my breast still feels like kena bashed up...
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Pam:
your gal so good, drinks 4-5 hourly interval. unlike mine, every 2-3 hours.

last night my boy drinks 100ml EBM, he was wide awake, then 2.5 hours later gotta latch again. but then cried for milk again 4 hours later. break record!! i nearly want to buy 4D!!!

i only pump once and feed EBM once a day. i really wonder how much he drinks from latching.
 
<font color="ff0000">Sharp pain in Breasts></font>
does anyone encounter this?
it just happen for a split second then disappear..then on and off during the day i've have some sharp pain in the breast...
is that an infection? and how did that happen??
its bearable..but just suddenly a sharp pain then goes off....

<font color="ff0000">Michelle></font>
i already emailed u.. u can transfer le....
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haha..end up u ordered so many non-black tanks. hhehehe.. :p
actually..its the same supplier..i just got her to check out if she can get what i want...
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benefit for all...
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<font color="ff0000">waiwai></font>
hahahaha...i LOL at ur post... ur breast do sound like its been bashed up...with the squeeze and scratch and press for half an hour.. wahahha... :p

<font color="ff0000">Mon Petit Nursing Poncho></font>
this is the one i'm wearing during my baby shower.. (in black) over Glamourmom Nursing Top.. ahhahaha...cant see the tank actually..all covered by the poncho...

And many people have been asking if my supplier can get it at a lower price.. still checking it out... those interested...hold ur fingers first...
once if i get response, i'll post and let u all know..
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Itsy
yes i got mastitis 3 times in a row when i bf my gal. LC also wondered how i could get mastitis when i have been breastfeeding my gal for 5 mths!

had fever up to 39 deg plus then body aching n shivering. boobs v painful to touch, ended up with bruises due to massaging.

have ur blocked ducts cleared already? v important to clear the blockages if not ur fever will not go away and the worst scenario is can end up in breast abscess. that one need surgery to remove.

i still latch my gal on during my course of antibiotics. just make sure the antibiotics is safe for breastfeeding. the normal one like amoxycillin should be safe if im not wrong.

we r all very wei da, dun u think? in some ways or another, we r all striving so hard to breastfeed our babies. even seasoned breastfeeder like me still get challenges during the course. just hang on. i know once i pass the 3 mth mark, things will be much much better.

today just went for baby's 5 week check up. he is now 5.5kg and 57cm. though most of the times i dunno how much he drinks cos 98% of the time he latches on, its figures like this that keeps me motivated and going!
 
brought my son to poly for hepatitis 2nd dose.for hepatitis injection can claim through medisave.per dose is $20,but since i decided to pay for 3rd dose as well so only need to pay $30.So $20 deduct frm medisave.
For mummies info 5in1 $290.40 exclude heb b 3rd dose 6in1 $326.10 include hep b 3rd dose
 
<font color="119911">my girl suppose to go back KKH for hep B 2nd injection, but hor, the medical booklet never write down which part of kkh to go for the jap, anybody know where to go or not ? </font>
 
Hi, I am new to this forum. Anyone knows how to prevent or get rid of wind in baby's stomach? My girl is only 11days old. She cries really badly when that happens and I can feel her stomach bloatedness...
 
my arms, wrists n back r broken! been carrying sam since i fed him 120ml ebm at 215pm. everytime i put him down, he works himself into a screaming rage! out of desperation, i'm popping him onto mt boobs. sigh...
 
Defrost EBM
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Some of you mentioned that thawed ebm must be consumed within 24 hrs from the time we bring it down from the freezer...but it takes almost 24 hrs to thaw the EBM in the fridge right?

Pigeon food warmer
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Shelled, I don't quite understand the heating reference chart. How come it takes 17 mins to heat up milk to 40 degrees and then only 6 mins to heat up to 70 degrees. Shouldn't it take longer to heat up to 70 degrees? If I want to heat up frozen BM, I can just use the warmer instead of thawing the milk first? From your experience, how long does it take to heat up a 100ml cold (not frozen) BM?

I have also been using hot warm to warm cold bm. If use warm water, then I think will take ages. Hot water warming the milk will destroy the nutrients?

Regarding the Ameda pump, I also don't sterilise the silicon thingy. Just sterilise anything that is plastic. So far ok, my boys never lao sai. As for the let down...sorry lar, not blessed enough to encounter that. I did realised sometimes, air gets trapped inside and there is like a farting noise and suddenly, more milk will flow into the bottle. Why not you call your supplier to ask? Or write to Ameda?

Flower4, you can ask husband to deliver the cake to your office and ask one close colleague to distribute. Then don't need go in office liao.

Rach, you have NTUC voucher right? NTUC selling the food warmer. You can check it out. Regarding sharp pain in breasts, I encounter that. Usually around the time when the next pumping session is due.
 
bbq
if u sayg sudden sharp pain in breasts abt the time b4 u due for pump i think its the letdown lah. i also get it few times in a day abt the time baby due for feed
 
Defrost EBM
frozen EBM in glass bottles takes about 12 hours to defrost, frozen EBM in milk bag about 8 hours to defrost... that is based on my fridge lah

Pigeon food warmer
at 40 degrees it takes about 10 min to warm 100ml of cold BM that is stored in plastic bottle. if it is stored in glass bottle, then will take longer

Sharp pain in breast
is it the feeling of letdown?

Sabrina:
on top of what Pamelia advised, u may rub a bit of ru yi oil at the tail bone area.
 
stephanie> actually e buffet ordered by my sis in law i only in charge of eating! but i asked her and she says she find the portion big. My own family likes their cakes then can ask them to customized abit too hehe ordered a majong cake for my mum b4!

Jen &amp; waiwai> thanks for the information on EBM!
Jen.. hope everything's going well with you..

rach> hw u know ur gal lao sai?? BF bb's sai all so watery one ma...

sonnigt3> actually all their staff quite friendly i find so far..i din ask for a specific person

enxuan> my boy this few days also like tt! i cannot take it liao cos i kept carrying him n putting him down till i'm so tired.. just nw he cried.. i gave him pacificer n he slept back! Woohooo! i dun care.. i'm going to use pacifier liao lo.. but i pulled it out awhile later n he din cry! haha been sleeping til nw i so damn happy

Jul> u're not alone! try e pacifier! hehe.. or the pupsil pouch like pamelia?

bbq98> ur fridge very cold? i dun remm mine takes 24 hours to thaw FBM ley.. unless u store alot in a bottle? mine is a glass bottle abt 100ML i think.. dun need 24 hrs to thaw ley

Rach> wat's e diff btw ur nursing poncho n the pupsil pouch?

water from the hot water flask = boiling water??
 
<font color="ff0000">milkyway, enxuan></font>
hehehe.. i'll try to rem you...
but if it is successful, i'll be posting here... then u let me know again hor.. :p

<font color="ff0000">bbq></font>
NTUC SELLS Pigeon Food Warmer????????????
which NTUC???????????????????
wah.. i have $230 NTUC voucher...now looking for 2nd hand also.. dun mind to use cash for $30-$50 warmer..
and i can still keep the vouchers for diapers. hehehe....

what can i buy at Mothercare??????? $100 voucher....

<font color="ff0000">Jul></font>
i also dunno.. but usually when breasts fuller will suddenly have this piercing pain lo...

<font color="ff0000">mama6></font>
let down?? u mean there's a let down when i'm still wearing my nursing bra???

<font color="ff0000">Kat></font>
Lao Sai coz she poo 3 times in 5min..... alot..and very watery...
abit not right ma.... usually change in a few hours.. but we changed and changed and changed....

and she cry and cry.. like very pain like that.. so we all assume she lao sai??and it happend a few hours after the frozen EBM..
so now i decided to get the food warmer loh..
had always wanted it... but waiting to see is anyone will buy... but dun have..so now must buy loh...

POncho is just a wearover..its a long piece of cloth, or rather.. a squarish piece of cloth.. many usage..
can wear is like a shawl kind, like in my FB bb shower.. it was all over me...and can use as blanket to cover bb if we are out and its cold..
can check the website www.monpetitjardin.com for the nursing poncho.. many colors available...

the pouch is to carry bb, and yah...carry bb inside loh.. the nursing poncho cannot put baby inside..
hehe..
i have both.. but now i think if i'm going out alone..maybe can just sling into the pouch..and since i have so many glamourmom tanks coming in, its easier to BF inside the pouch also..
coz there's a piece of cloth in between us and bb, just pull down the inner cloth, can remove clasp and feed liaoz.. i think la.. seems easier..
when my XL size returns, i'll try then let u know. haha...

Nursing poncho can be used when we go out with stroller or nothing at all...
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i think they say must use warm water.. means about 80degrees?
hot water flask if just put boiling water inside also quite hot?
 
<font color="aa00aa">Fitti diaper Size New Born</font>

Mummies,

I left over 2 packs of Fitti diaper size NB (same as TMC used ones, but big pack 52pc per pack), not opened. Today went for vaccination, and she is weighted 4.8kg! Going to switch to S size liao. I bought at $14+ and let go at $10 per pack.

Interested pls PM me. Thks
 
rach> de sharp pain isit due to milk building up? sometimes i got this pain too. think it's normal. esp when it's almost time for feeding, de pain feeling will come

haha. cos shelled was saying so worth it, de limited stock one. if really not nice, den wear to sleep. anyway when i go back wk, i shiftin to a office which requires me to wear formal ma. so i juz wear the nursing tank inside a jacket or cardigan. so dun need black le =p oo. same supplier as ur nursing slinG?

i trf tonite k? i at my mum's hm now. she on leave, i went out shopping with her n bb, den now i m at her hm =p

sabrinachua> ya. use ru yi oil. can try rubbing on bb's sole oso

jul> lol. my boy was like urs since 430am till 1230pm =p
 
nursing poncho, mim sling> i ask u all huh. i know all dese all can cover us up when we feed. wat abt the part when u need open n latch bb, if we cover, how we see? if we see, how to cover?
 
Let down...hmm...I hope so.

Wai wai, I have never thaw BM before but the 24 hrs was told by someone. I just brought a pkt down and will monitor the time required. Thanks also for the ans on the time req to heat up bm usng the warmer.

Rach, so far, the NTUC I went to sell the warmer. You must go to the bigger ones.

By the way, I want to sell my Glamourous mum nursing tops because they are too big for me. I have 1 in purple and 1 in black lace and both in M size. PM me if you are keen. I bought it during the last spree organised by shelled.
 
rach>prob too far for you but I saw the pigeon warmer at the bedok NTUC. Think you need to go to the bigger NTUCs to look for it. Oso motherhood having sale. 3 bodysuits for $20+ after the discount. Maybe you can consider those?
 
bbq!! haha nursing tops can try not =x LACE some more!! hoho... coz i got L la then think a bit big at tummy area but bust area like just nice @_@ and yeah i got big busts =( can i exchange for cup B anyone? hehe

I just used up johnson's brand 80pc wipes from KKH and opened 100pc pureen wipes. Today DAY5 ONLY! omg... now i know to use cotton balls and water more often >.<
 
<font color="ff0000">Michelle></font>
i dunno issit milk building leh.. how to tell ah??
Mmm...okay.. i shall monitor when the pain happens..

haha..yah.. i also tot the nursing tank can wear inside a jacket or cardigan...easy to pump alos.. hehe...
ermm..my supplier is like sub-contractor la. haha.. she'll source from the main supplier and get wholesaler price.. :p

can can..
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for nursing poncho, u can slide the opening up and pop ur head inside to see loh..when u see that baby is latching well le...then u pop ur head out again.
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<font color="ff0000">bbq></font>
which NTUC u went to???

wah..so u need a S... hehe.. u are really petite...

<font color="ff0000">ivy></font>
ooh okay.. i'll check out AMK Hub soon then.. if i cant get a good one online..
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thanks!
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<font color="ff0000">YL></font>
why are u in sept thread???? wahahahaha..... to follow me huh?? hehhee...
3 bodysuits?? i dun need body suits ah....i got PLENTY... new ones and hand me downs.. my CL was commenting..
so many for what? hahaa...
 
hi mummies, got a qn to ask..

when ur baby slps in the cot, is their back very hot after slping for sometime, even in aircon of 26/27 degree?? my mum is saying should let my gal slps in sarong leh.. so that can "air" her back and more cooling.. how?
 
<font color="ff0099">bbq98</font>
Because 70 degrees means the warmer will be hotter, and therefore take less time to turn cold milk/food into hot milk/food.
Think about it this way: If you put a piece of meat into the oven to cook, it will take longer to cook if you set it at 40 degrees as compared to 70 degrees. Same logic lor. And when you cook it at 70 degrees, the meat will reach (for example) 50 degrees at a much faster speed.

therefore if you use the warmer @ 70 degrees, it actually takes much less time to for the milk/food to reach 70 degrees than if you use the 40 degree setting.

I know its damn confusing and doesn't make sense. My hubs had to explain it to me last time when we first started using the warmer for J.

As for warming up chilled milk, depending on how cold your fridge is, usually no more than 10mins for 100ml (in pigeon storage bottle) on 40 degree setting. If other bottles with thicker material, then maybe will take a bit longer.

Ok, i think i will stop sterilising the silicon diaphragm with steamer. Just plonk into water with sterilising tablet can liao. Thanks!!
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rach>no lah. i lurk in the sept-dec threads mah. cos will have useful info along the way. Now currently in between jobs, so more eng to follow and reply to threads.
 
Rach,
so for the pupsik pouch, the supplier will send email to us huh? coz aldy made payment, but no confirmation email yet. Duno if supplier got receive or not.
Thanks.
 
Rach, I went to the Bedok and Tampines NTUC. The bigger ones will surely have.

Gina, if the bust area is just nice, you wouldn't want to wear M. You wouldn't be able to breathe if you squeeze into M :p

Shelled, Hmm...so I can set it at 70 degrees and then maybe don't heat so long so that it will take a shorter time to heat at a higher temp. Later, I shall try it out. Thanks.
 
<font color="ff0000">milkyway></font>
i dun let my girl sleep on her back straight.
Coz its pretty uncomfortable for her, esp after feeds, and it'll make her head flat..
i let her sleep on her side, so that if there's any vomit, she can puke it out..wont end up going back to her throat.
this is also as advised by the nurses to let them sleep on their sides..
and i also let my girl sleep on her tummy, helps to release wind.. and she is clever enough to turn her head from left to right when she's sick of one side.
when she sleep on her side, i put one pillow behind her back to support. ;)

<font color="ff0000">shelled></font>
is Pigeon Food Warmer good?? or Avent better?? Avent says warm milk in 2 min!!!!!!
if 10min, my house will be torn down laioz...... ur kids are okay to wait 10min for milk??

<font color="ff0000">YL></font>
wah...reading one sept thread i already peng san... u can still follow dept to dec.. wahhaha... winner...
even before i pop, sept is more than enough to keep me busy.. hehe..
but nowadays most mums are busy busy..so this thread seemed to have slowed down a lot liaoz..

<font color="ff0000">Steph></font>
My Supplier has bebe au lait nursing covers........ hehee... means..better price... :p

<font color="ff0000">Starrz></font>
yes yes..once its all confirmed will received her email...
i've already informed her of all payment made...

<font color="ff0000">bbq></font>
but set it at 70 issit gonna destroy the nutrients in the milk??
wah...chimilogy....
 
rach... d*mn, I got mine already
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You lobang queen leh... hahaha

I highly recommend BebeAuLait Nursing cover
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I'm using it to feed baby now... cause my house corridoor unit so when I latch baby on in living room, I will use it
 
rach
i let her slp on her side after feed also, with a bolster behind supporting.. but after some time, she likes to fidget and stretched herself, then end up she will be in the normal lying back position lor. I dare not let her slp on her front leh.. scared she might suffocate?
 
gina> lol. i oso got de glamourmom tops M size. find tat waist area juz nice, but bust area abit tight. now i ordered all L size, but scared waist area too big -_-"

ya. good to use cotton wool/balls to clean bb's btm. clean n cheap n good. cos no chemicals

rach> lol. de nursing poncho sound so chim. anywhere i can c sample? i dunno whether i shuld get this or mim one. cos most of the time i dun wear nursing wear -_-

stephanie> hais. so confused which sling to get!!!

ur this BebeAuLait Nursing cover hor, how to put ur hand in to hold bb's head n breast huh?

this one can use to carry bb with my hands free? say i go shopping n wanna sling him on? how much rach can get for this ah?
 
<font color="aa00aa">mwerkz</font> - BebeAuLait Nursing cover is not a sling... its just a cover to cover baby when he/she is latched on.

You can hang it at your neck as seen on the websie...

For sling, I'm using MIM silk sling. I find it much cooling than other materials
 
<font color="ff0099">bbq98</font>
Actually I play cheat that way also.
I use 70deg to melt the frozen milk, then use eggtimer to set abt 5mins.
Once it's melted (but still cold), I turn back to 40deg.
If really use 40deg all the way for frozen milk, I can wait until sun comes up sia.


<font color="ff0099">rach</font>
I never try avent before, so cannot comment leh. But 2 mins really sound sibei fast.

I hardly ever give K any EBM, so this one must ask his dad if he scream the house down or not.
As for Joshua, he's old enough to wait lah.
If he really crave for milk, he will just go to the fridge and take 1 packet of UHT fresh milk to tahan first.
Cos he know if he irritate me, I'll just not give him BM. Then he'll have to drink FM.


<font color="ff0099">milkyway</font>
Not all kids like sarong. But if your gal don't mind then can try lor.
Personally I feel sarong very bad for back development leh...
 
kiki,
don't think baby detergent powder has low suds kind. Just don't put so much. A quarter scoop is quite a lot for 5 litres of water to soak a big pail of clothes.

milkyway,
don't use sarong until baby is more than 3 months old. My sis-in-law tried sarong for her newborn a few yrs back. End up her kid kept wailing when put in cot and refused to sleep for hours. If hot, just place a thin nappy for baby to lie on in the cot and turn baby to sleep on one side alternating after each feed. It works quite well for my girl so far without aircon, only fan on at low speed.
Anyway, if you don't mind the hassle, just change baby's clothes every time you notice they are wet. Baby cools down faster that way.
 
shelled
yah i didnt want sarong also cos of the back thing.. but my mum argued says head will be rounder and better shaped. -.-' and also my gal slps till her back is hot and head sweating, so my mum also says sarong will be cooler also... sigh... anyway she gonna be botak this sat le..
 
sonnigt3
thanks.... wiyah we changed her top when it's wet lor cos scared she catched a cold.. she very kelian too cos those clothes i bought for her are too big for her now and so she has been rotating the same tops from the bugis shop! day in day out wearing the same designed top.. haha

and super headache over her baby shower clothes lor.. cos none of them can fit her. Tmr i'm going out to get her NB size ones...
 
milkyway,
u're welcome.
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i have one whole clan of grandaunts, grandmas, aunts and my mum all keeping an eye on what i do. so, just giving u the advice they gave me. baby will have round head if she doesn't sleep on one particular side all the time and you massage her head gently every day. been doing tat for my first 3 and their heads all look round.
my gal got a few new outfits fm my relatives so she's gonna wear them for full mth next Mon even if they are a bit big. better to be big than just nice. can last longer mah. :p
sounds like ur lil princess is quite petite compared to mine. she seems to be ballooning like my older kids... sigh. gotta go express now. just taking a 'breather' here after latching her on earlier for almost an hour. Have fun shopping!
 
yo sonnig! LTNS! =p how long your maternity leave ah? can break?

I using Pureen Liquid detergent for my bb's clothes. Now my MIL washes her clothes, empress did tell her about the liquid detergent.. BUT i not sure if she uses it @.@ because i am not allowed to move around too much... i am sick of confinement food... HELP!! already told MIL not to put too much ginger in her soup... bleah.. SO MUCH CHICKEN!!! haiz but better than no one cook for moi >.<

I want to eat this and that! i want to drink this and that!! how u all tahan past the cravings ah? T_T
 
I'm so tired. ): I guessed most of us here are so tired. I am like looking after my baby full shift. Day time my mum able to help me a little cos i have 1 monster in the house who totally mess my place upside down. So end up she's so busy with him. On and off i am able to glance through what all of you type but had no time to reply. Could only glance... ): I miss my beauty sleep..... some of the nights when i am totally so shag and sleepy... and when baby doesn't sleep, i cry together with him... most of the time we are having a battle from midnight till dawn.... how come like that ah.... ): My eyes already closing yet he's still wide awake! Sobz... I feel so tired and exhausted. I don't even feel hungry. I feel thirsty more than hungry.... and i feel soooooo sleepyyy.. really sleepy.. but i cannot sleep yet cos this little baby still open his eyes so BIG!
 
<font color="ff0099">bbq98</font>
Where you put your EBM to thaw? In the fridge?
It takes damn long to thaw in fridge one lor.
I've been putting my milksticks in the fridge to thaw at nite ard 11pm. By morning 9am, it's still in stick form lah!
But it does speed up the warming up process though. Faster than if I just directly heat up immed after taking out from freezer.


<font color="ff0099">princess</font>
If bb never make noise then you just sleep lah! If he wants anything he will let you know by crying.

Me also very stoned now. But the problem isn't with Keegan, it's Joshua!! Silly boy is still awake lor.
He didn't nap enough in the afternoon, then quietly went to my room to nap again when I was cooking dinner. Cos he secretly went to nap so late (7-8pm), now he so energetic lah! *angry*
If I just go and sleep, he will come out into living room and turn on TV to watch and play toys!
Now I'm nursing a throbbing headache on top of my sleepiness.
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<font color="aa00aa">shelled</font>
How to??? Day time ok leh.. its always in the night time he do this to me..... ): my backside really damn pain lor.... sit too long.. never get to rest.... ); he's on and off crying.... i am freaking tired and dying soon. Every night i am cursing and swearing like that... cry with him to bed.... ):
 



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