Re: One Milestone Down (long)

[Jodie]

Congratulations, Phoebe and Caterpillar!! Way to go! (Are you sure
about that rice cereal thing? :-P)

Jodie

[She's A Goddess]

"Phoebe & Allyson" > wrote in message
...
> Well, the Caterpillar and I have made it to 6 weeks. We're
> pleased to report the following accomplishments:

Yay!

> - I've had to toss 4 ounces of refrigerated EBM due to age,
> because giving her a bottle is more troublesome than
> nursing. It's going to be an effort to make sure she
> doesn't forget how bottles work.

Ack, Phoebe, freeze that stuff will ya?!

Rhiannon

[Elana Kehoe]

Phoebe & Allyson > wrote:

> Well, the Caterpillar and I have made it to 6 weeks. We're
> pleased to report the following accomplishments:

And you should be pleased! Nice job, and I'm glad that you've come to
terms with bf (I say it this way, cause I don't particularly *enjoy* bf,
it's just become part of our life. Comfortable, I guess...)

I raise my glass of nice fruity fizzy stuff to you :-).

E

[JoelnCaryn]

>Well, the Caterpillar and I have made it to 6 weeks.

Yay!

>- Caterpillar has not expressed an insatiable desire for
>rice cereal. She has expressed an insatiable desire for
>mamma milk, though.

Hee hee. FWIW, Oscar has only just started to be interested in about a
tablespoon of rice cereal twice a day...

--
Caryn
mama to Oscar, 10/20/02

[Plissken]

"Phoebe & Allyson" > wrote in message
...
<snip>

Way to go Phoebe! It sure is a struggle at first isn't it? I'm still
struggling somewhat and my DD is 9 weeks old. She was bottle fed for the
first two weeks and I didn't get her latched on to my right breast until she
was 5 weeks old so I still have issues with that breast and not the other.

> - I've weaned myself off of Lansinoh, although the little
> greasy stains will probably be with me forever.

I HATE this stuff! I bought brand new shirts and a pair of jeans for summer
and after wearing them a couple of times I have grease stains all over them.
Waaaahhhhhh!

Nadene

[Phoebe & Allyson]

She's A Goddess wrote:

> Ack, Phoebe, freeze that stuff will ya?!

Everything now goes straight into the freezer. But by the
time I realized there was going to be an age issue, the
cream had separated (so I'd have to warm it to get it out of
the bottle), and it was several days old. So I wasn't
really happy about warming, then freezing.

Phoebe :)

[Phoebe & Allyson]

Jodie wrote:

> (Are you sure
> about that rice cereal thing? :-P)

At this point, unless she sat up and said "I'd like some
rice cereal, please," I wouldn't interpret it as an
insatiable desire for rice cereal. ;)

Phoebe :)

[Dawn Lawson]

Phoebe & Allyson wrote:

> She's A Goddess wrote:
>
> > Ack, Phoebe, freeze that stuff will ya?!
>
> Everything now goes straight into the freezer. But by the
> time I realized there was going to be an age issue, the
> cream had separated (so I'd have to warm it to get it out of
> the bottle), and it was several days old. So I wasn't
> really happy about warming, then freezing.

ook.
You should be able to swirl the bottles to remix the cream in, and
then freeze it.
Breast milk is fine for 8 days in teh fridge, so if you didn't warm
it, surely you could put it into freezer??
My milk separates in a few hours at room temp, slightly longer in the
fridge. Quick swirl or two and it's remixed.

Dawn

[Phoebe & Allyson]

Dawn Lawson wrote:

> You should be able to swirl the bottles to remix the cream in, and
> then freeze it.

I suspect it wouldn't have worked, as it took a second
hot-water rinse to get the last bits clinging to the sides
of the bottle to melt off. If the milk had been fresher, it
probably would have worked, but the cream in the bottles I
had had climbed halfway up the side of the bottle, and
wasn't even touching the milk below at that point.


> Breast milk is fine for 8 days in teh fridge, so if you didn't warm
> it, surely you could put it into freezer??

Well, the bottle at home was already 8 days old by the time
I realized we weren't going to use it. Due to growth spurt,
we didn't go into work for a few days, and that bottle was
10 days old by the time I tossed it. If the bottles had
been fresher, I probably would have just put them into the
freezer in bottles.

If it's any consolation, one of the bottles had 2 ounces and
one had only one ounce, so it's not quite as bad as it could
have been.


Phoebe :)

[Dawn Lawson]

> If it's any consolation, one of the bottles had 2 ounces and
> one had only one ounce, so it's not quite as bad as it could
> have been.
>
> Phoebe :)

Just know that some women find it very frustrating to dump milk, but
sounds like you did right.

Dawn, typing fast, sprog meltdown imminent


--
«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤ »¥«¤»§«¤»

[Laurie]

Phoebe & Allyson wrote in message >...
>Well, the Caterpillar and I have made it to 6 weeks. We're
>pleased to report the following accomplishments:

Those are really great, Phoebe! Sounds like many milestones, not just one.
Congrats!

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 27 months
and Christopher, 12 weeks

*This email address is now valid*


>
>- My milk has not mysteriously dried up. In fact, there
>seems to be more of it than ever.
>
>- Caterpillar has not expressed an insatiable desire for
>rice cereal. She has expressed an insatiable desire for
>mamma milk, though.
>
>- Having started out only able to nurse topless, I've
>graduated to a T-shirt and sports bra. Heck, 5 weeks ago, I
>couldn't stand to walk around except for topless, and now I
>can wear whatever I want.
>
>- I've weaned myself off of Lansinoh, although the little
>greasy stains will probably be with me forever.
>
>- My nipples appear to have reached an undamaged state, with
>the exception of some minor soreness on one side, which
>we're diligently working on. I don't think they'll ever
>return to their original condition, but the same is true of
>so much of my body and life.
>
>- We've NIPped at the local ice cream factory's open house,
>while sitting directly in front of the line for free ice
>cream, without getting so much as a funny look. And also at
>the neighbors' 4th of July picnic and in church during
>services. And less publicly, but still in front of
>strangers, at the pediatrician's office, at her hearing
>test, and in the church nursery.
>
>- We can nurse in an armchair, in an armless chair, with a
>pillow, without a pillow, lying down (although not with a
>good enough latch), and in front of the computer. One day,
>we'll probably be able to add a dozen other ways to the list.
>
>- The 6-week growth spurt has improved my pumping capability
>tremendously. I didn't pump at all during the days she was
>constantly nursing, but once my body caught up and she
>slowed down, I was able to get 2 ounces in 10 minutes.
>
>- I've had to toss 4 ounces of refrigerated EBM due to age,
>because giving her a bottle is more troublesome than
>nursing. It's going to be an effort to make sure she
>doesn't forget how bottles work.
>
>- After a period of diligent effort, Caterpillar will now
>take a pacifier. But only one specific variety, as we
>learned when the "home suckie" accidentally got left at
>work, and Allyson had to make an emergency trip to the
>Babies-R-Us. We now have 4 home suckies and 2 work suckies.
>
>I had about all you could ask for in "things that are more
>likely to make bf successful": a full-term, healthy,
>non-sleepy baby with a normally-good latch, big mouth, and
>insatiable appetite; supportive family; lots of reference
>material (including this group, which has been invaluable);
>and a tremendous amount of stubborn desire to succeed at bf.
>
>And the first two weeks were still horribly hard. I was
>really surprised to find that I didn't like bf, even though
>I'd expected to. I didn't hate it, in part because once I
>got past the initial shock of latch-on, I could feel the
>calm-relaxed-happy hormones flowing, but that wasn't enough
>to make me like it. The next two weeks, while much easier,
>were hard, too. But it's been easier and easier, and now I
>can't imagine not nursing her. And I do like it, at least
>most of the time.
>
>If I had it to do over, I'd have practiced with a doll (even
>if it meant having to go buy a doll so I could pretend to bf
>it, which sounded so silly to me before she was born that I
>didn't). And I'd have practiced not only every bf position
>I could find, but every sling position. I'd have broken out
>my tube of Lansinoh earlier (my first thought when I tried
>it was "Why did I not do this a week ago?"). I'd have had a
>Boppy before she was born, rather than trying to make do
>with a mound of pillows that had to be reconfigured in the
>middle of the night.
>
>Anyhow, I'm really glad we made it this far; it didn't seem
>worth it in the beginning, but it was. Next big milestone
>will probably be 6 months, when I'll have to really start
>working again.
>
>Phoebe :)
>
>Phoebe :)
>

[Melissa]

Just so you feel better Phoebe, we've been dumping about an ounce of milk
every day. DH comes home from work, tries to give DD a bottle (I try to put
a bit less than an ounce in the bottle just in case she does eat) and then
when DD won't take it, we throw it out. I only pump about two ounces in 20
minutes, so it's a bit frustrating. OTOH, if this is what it takes to help
DD take a bottle, then I'm willing to stick with it. (However, when I think
about the amount of milk I've dumped and the number of women who are sure
they're not making enough, it seems tragic.)

--
Melissa (in Los Angeles)
Mum to Elizabeth 4/13/03

"Dawn Lawson" > wrote in message
...
> > If it's any consolation, one of the bottles had 2 ounces and
> > one had only one ounce, so it's not quite as bad as it could
> > have been.
> >
> > Phoebe :)
>
> Just know that some women find it very frustrating to dump milk, but
> sounds like you did right.
>
> Dawn, typing fast, sprog meltdown imminent
>
>
> --
> «¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤»¥«¤»§«¤ »¥«¤»§«¤»
>
>

[Suellen]

"Phoebe & Allyson" > wrote in message
...
> Well, the Caterpillar and I have made it to 6 weeks. We're
> pleased to report the following accomplishments:
>
(snip)

> - We can nurse in an armchair, in an armless chair, with a
> pillow, without a pillow, lying down (although not with a
> good enough latch), and in front of the computer. One day,
> we'll probably be able to add a dozen other ways to the list.
>
> Phoebe :)

Isn't this from a Dr. Suess book? :)

Congrats, Phoebe! good work!

Suellen