havent' been checkin the forum for days...jus browsed thru and a lot of updates!
anyway just to share a bit
--leaky breasts
xoxolight: for leaky breasts, i realised that it helps to "train" your breasts not to leak by applyin pressure against ur nipples (like squeeze it or use your palm to apply pressure - according to La Leche)whenever it starts leaking...mine are leaking less these days (i was also experiencing the same problem - and not that my milk supply is high)
-- baby studio photos
funzee/PY: yr bb photos are so pretty and cute! it's amazing how yr bbs are willing to stay awake or stay naked. i attempted to take some photos of my boy naked (upper half) and he was already squirming and grimacing. so i never get pretty photos like urs
--breastfeeding
see a lot of pple are havin problems with bfeeding too. but we shld ALL PERSEVERE!! there were also days that i was feeling very down.. esp when baby boy cries all day/night that i am so tired i want to stop.
just to share, i think we shld try to pump whatever we can before/after latching and we can combine that 10-20ml in day to make a small bottle (for spoonfeed or bottle feed) for emergency uses whenever we feel down and dun feel like havin baby to latch on. i find that it takes the pressure away from breastfeeding.
but then again, i am experiencing low milk supply in the afternoons..wondering hard on how to increase supply too
and i also realise the supply is dwindling over the weeks...
i really hope i can continue to persevere!
-- sterilising
agree that washing and sterilising pumps is stressful!! it's so tiring. sigh...
oh..anyway knows how to remove the scales at the metal pan inside pigeon steriliser?
--introducing bottle when TBF:
have also been thinkin of when to introduce the bottle. for the past 4 weeks (my boy is 4 wks old), i have been usin spoon feed for the occasional days when i cant latch him on. yesterday, i tried to bottle feed using Avent bottle/teat, he did take on the bottle quite easily. however, in the evenin, he started farting a lot. i wonder if he was gettin a tummy upset from the wind frm bottle feeding. not to mention he was kickin a huge fuss from 1pm - 9pm refusing to nap properly.. poor boy. (but then again, he has been havin problems takin afternoon naps in the past 2-3 days ..and i can't figure out why
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anyone here on Total BF who is plannin to intro bottle anytime soon? my concern is if i introduce it much later, he may resist it? Eventually i hav to return to work and need to feed him on bottle right?
am now thinkin whether to continue to let him try bottle feed for 1-2 feeds today since there will be a lot of guests around..
--full mth celebration
saw some pics on baby full mth cakes. since am havin my full mth celebration today, just to share with you where i ordered my cakes from. as i needed a "halal" option, i asked my colleague to make these homemade cupcakes sets similar to the ones on the website. in case you guys are interested, you may want to check these out
then i printed my baby photo on 4R and attached a short thank you message - i find that my cake sets are then "personalised" with my own effort
--baby hyperstores/hypermart
just sharing, i realised that the shops at kaki bukit are gd only for bulky items like strollers/cots. for essentials like diapers/liners/clothes/soap/small items, we are better off getting these from dept stores like BHG (20% sale
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-- post natal massage
i lost maybe around 1-2 inch arnd my waist. but i highly suspect that it's due weight loss from breastfeeding or loss of water retention. cos beyond the massage period, after i stop binding my tummy (and i drink loads of water to keep milk supply up), the inches came back!!
moral of story - shld continue to bind our tummies! but i cannot tahan under this hot weather even though i am hidin in aircon room most of the time.
paiseh for ranting so much.. jus to share some of my views
