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At the end of our stay, I had almost 130 ounces of milk that needed to make it from our Malibu freezer to our Chicago freezer. Could we do it? (Spoiler: Yes, yes we could.) Note: Almost all of the bags of milk were 4 oz. or more (with some falling in the 3-ish oz. range), because we learned from our milk tests that smaller amounts got slushy around the edges.
Thank you for saying that, Sara! During the power outage, my frozen milk was slushy around the edges but frozen in the very middle. A lot of Googling confirmed the same that it was okay to refreeze. Great tip!ReplyCancel
My daughter will be one in 11 days and I have been pumping since she was born, she was a preemie and they often struggle to nurse, so after months of trying, I finally gave in to exclusively pumping! This post is awesome for breastfeeding mommas everywhere! I use the spectra S2 but also have a medela pump in style that I travel with cause it has a car charger and a battery pack, you may want to look into something like that if you travel again! Just think about how great those 130 ounces will be for date nights now! Way to go momma ?ReplyCancel
I LOVED my manual pump. Even hospital pumps never worked for me but the $20 medela was my hero. Used in the middle of Disney Land while waiting at a ride and no one was the wiser! Great for car pumping too (when someone else is driving of course :)).ReplyCancel
Bravo!! Milk is liquid gold. We went on a 3 day trip when our son was 6 months old and left over 150 oz of frozen milk for him. My MIL used it all and I almost cried when I saw the freezer empty. I have no idea how he would have needed so much. He is 8 now and to this day I remember that.
Also- everyone pumping should have this(it allows you to just use AA batteries to power your pump).
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Keep it up!!ReplyCancel
My daughter was sleeping through the night at 12 weeks and I breastfed her for 17 months, when I chose to stop. My supply was plentiful. My mother also did this with four of her children (breastfed until 12-14 months).
Sleeping on your own and through the night is NOT a skill you just pick up. Babies need help learning how to sooth and sleep through the night. Sleep training shaming is ridiculous. If moms want to get up multiple times a night, let them. If moms want to have a full night sleep, let them.ReplyCancel
I started panicking. I began attending all of the workshops at my university and professional conferences on work-life balance and navigating an academic career as a mother, hoping that some light of wisdom would shine onto my dark and already chaotic world.
But I am not here to tell you another story about how difficult having a baby as an untenured female professor is. I am here to say that having a baby actually has been an enhancement to my career and made me a better scholar.
So what are a few manuscript rejections going to do to me? Perhaps they are hiding something worthy of discovery behind that "safety lock," perhaps I am pushing some boundaries, or perhaps the editors and reviewers are just trying to guide me safely through the landmines in the field. Whatever it might be, it's exciting and actually makes me want to resubmit sooner than later.
I am more optimistic about the future. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, right? Before my son was born, I'd laugh if anyone had told me I could become this disciplined, productive and resilient with a baby. Now that I have learned from experience that such a miracle could happen, I've become more hopeful about other challenges down the road. One day I will be tenured. One day I will publish in that prestigious A-plus journal that keeps rejecting my work. One day I will win a grant to carry out my ambitious project. This optimism really helps on the days when things are hard and the world just seems to fall apart. And it certainly makes the rest of my probationary period more enjoyable instead of stressful.
This happens when she is feeding on my breast & is half a sleep. The shake lasts for about 15 to 20 seconds. It happens 2 to 3 times a week and it started when she was about 4 months old. I spoke to the doctor about this & she doesn't think it's something to be concerned about - even though she is not too sure why it's happening (??? but I should tell her when it gets more frequent or becomes very strong).
If your baby has fallen recently, say from his crib or the sofa, I would definitely be concerned but if not, just keep calm when or if it's still happening. Your post is from a few months ago so hopefully everything is ok :-)
Thank you for your feedback. My baby is now 13 months & her shaking / quiver went away on it's own by 8/10 months. I haven't seen her shake in the past couple of months. I guess it was nothing serious. Cheers!
I breathe in his freshly applied baby lotion. I know he is content because he is not fidgeting like he normally does when I try to put him to bed. Usually, I rush through the process of putting him to sleep because I am tired after a long day but tonight I hug him a little closer to feel his warmth and take a moment to enjoy just rocking him back and forth.
It is in this moment that I marvel at how, in a little over a year, this tiny creature has become the most important thing in my life. I wonder how I went from feeling like a stranger to him to becoming his mother.
My husband swooned over me and became extra attentive, people were suddenly concerned if I ate on time and I did not have to worry about having a seat on the train (most of the time). All this attention and care was exciting but somewhere in the back of my mind, I knew something was amiss.
I was excited about the things I would buy for my baby but not the actual baby itself. I loved my newly protruding baby bump but could not, for the life of me, connect to the living being inside it.
My pregnancy was quite uneventful, to the point where the first time I felt our son kick was the most exciting part. Things were pretty boring until I went into premature labor four weeks before my due date. After an excruciating 24-hours of induced labor, I went through an emergency C-section).
When he was finally handed to me that night, I cried. I felt joy like I had never felt upon seeing my husband hold our baby lovingly for the first time. Someone did rightly say: Labor is the only blind date where you will meet the love of your life.
He was sent to the NICU on the night he was born after the pediatrician discovered he had distressed lungs and I nearly collapsed on seeing my frail 5.5 lb baby covered in wires lying in an incubator. I kicked myself for missing the chance to breastfeed him before he was sent off.
I slowly began to feel like this little creature belonged to me and I had to protect him. My tiny baby had more wires going into his body than hours he had been alive. I did not get my milk supply immediately so he was given formula, which he could barely digest so I began the painful journey of pumping every 2.5 to 3 hours to increase my supply as well as his chances of leaving the NICU sooner.
When we finally brought him home, we began to get to know each other. We worked together through the long sleepless nights, brought on by colic, that pushed me towards the brink of my sanity and survived.
I went from feeling terror when he started crying to becoming an expert in calming him down and putting him to sleep. From being clueless about what is upsetting him to being the only one who understands his babble.
In short, while you are asleep, you are unaware of what you or your baby are doing. This is why there are so many guidelines about providing a safe sleeping environment for babies, keeping them safe when there is nobody awake.
If you have had something alcoholic to drink, are a smoker, are on medications that could make you drowsy, or have a medical condition that could impair your ability to be aware of your child at all times, you may wish to reconsider how you are caring for your baby when you are tired.
There are of course some ways that a short nap could be done safely with your baby asleep in your arms or in a carrier. For example, if your partner remains in the room with you and alert while you and baby enjoy a rest together, in a slightly-reclined, well supported position that ensures baby is still upright. You may be in hospital with your premature baby and are encouraged to share skin-to-skin contact inside a simple stretchy wrap or boob tube or under a blanket. You and your baby will be very closely monitored throughout if you do nod off in the chair (which often recline at special angles to make it easy for a baby to rest on their tummies, chest to chest with heads well supported.)
If you feel at the end of your tether with your unhappy sleepless little baby, this link How to calm crying infants and get a little more sleep is an excellent article from Sarah Ockwell-Smith.
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