Morning Mummies,
Heavy rain this morning.. feel like continuing my sleep in the bed. Hee.. busy busy at work these few days.
Just to share, my girl had learnt how to flip from lying on her back to her tummy just early this week. Now we are very wary when she goes to bed cause she kept trying to turn herself over when she's lying on her bed. Last night, she slept lying sideways on her own. Quite funny, cause she kept fidgeting on her bed trying to sleep and she finally managed to make herself sleep at that pose. Hee.. we also remove her cot and placed her mattress on the ground with another single mattress beside it so that my mum or anyone of us can sleep just beside her to monitor her. Don't dare to leave her to sleep alone now.
Mummy lian: Im eating those instant oatmeal (the red packaging from quakers), just add boiling water to it. Same as jc_bb, I'll add a package of milo 3-in-1 together. I found it more tasty and convenient, just add the 2 together with hot water and its ready to serve, so easy to prepare at office. Heehee.. [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
littlemay: I can understand how you feel too. Since my girl is out from my tummy, I also have not sleep for more than 4-5hour (non-interrupted). Very tiring, but still got to preserve if we want to continue bf-ing. Several weeks ago, I happened to see a slogan on pigeon breastpad box. Its saying something like 'Breastfeeding is the best gift a mother can give her baby.'. It really spur me to continue despite all the tiredness. I gave myself short-term target also, like try for 3months, supplement with fm if not enough and currently, its try to meet at least 6months which is the recommended period by most pd, nurses, hospital etc.. hee..I still got 2mths more to go..if I can achieve that, then maybe have another target. So far, just try to take it easy and not take it too hard on myself.
Yugal: Yes, these's alot of things to lug to work for us mummies nowsadays. For me, my hb bought me 2 manual pumps for me to bring to work. I like to use them as I find that they can empty my breast much much faster than my electric pump and much lighter also. So this makes my pumping at office more efficient. Hee.. but my first try with the manual pump at home was bad, super tiring on my hands. But slowly, I learnt how to pace myself so now my hands doesn't ache as much. [IMG=http://www.singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/clipart/happy.gif]
Re: Pumping
I think Im the weird one around. I pump like 40mins when Im using my electric pump at home. I know the recommended pump time is 15-20mins but I found that my breasts are still quite full feeling after 20mins. I think my let-downs are quite slow, so I continue my pump time until I feel my breasts are softer. But I usually don't tune the suction power too high so as to save my nipples from soreness.
I also had a pair of manual pump, and I only need to pump 10mins to achieve the same amount from the 40mins electric pump. I think they are more efficient to stimulate the let-downs, and can clear better than my electric one. But I also observed an interesting pattern, sometime after using my electric pump, I can feel abit of hardness, no matter how I massage during the next electric pump, its still there. But when I used my manual pump, somehow they can help to soften my breasts, can really feel that the hardness is gone. But on another occassion after my manual pump session, I found that a certain part of my breast is still slightly hard and its only gone after using my electric pump. Seems to me, the two pumps are complementing on each other.