Pumping chit chat 3

[@llli*marley-n-emily]

Oh no, that sucks!! Well, I don't actually give Emily the bottle to sleep with - she wakes, drinks it right down and then tosses it aside and rolls over. I hope she transitions easily once I'm done pumping - maybe I'll try to go straight from breastmilk to water if she'll let me.

[@llli*aprilsmagic]

where does this idea that EPing is easier come from?? I had someone today tell me my life must be easier because I'm not breastfeeding.

I laughed at them. To their face. I know that is rude, but I've had it. I spent a YEAR chained to this pump. My kids and I were stuck at home or in the car so I could pump.

Gav is crying in Daddy's arms because he wants ME to hold him, and he is too big to hold and pump at the same time. And he unplugs my tubes or messes with the pump (ouch).

That is NOT easy.

[@llli*jenna562]

Yay people are clueless. I pump at work and still can't fathom the time and hassle EPing takes

[@llli*aprilsmagic]

It's actually not been too bad pumping twice a day. But still..it takes a hour each time. I have to plan every evening out so I get everything done before I sit down to pump. I messed up tonight and forgot to pack a bag for tomorrow, so instead of going to bed when im done, i have to go stuff diapers, find a wet bag, all that stuff so we can do errands tomorrow. And heaven help me if I wake up late or shut the alarm off and go back to sleep because morning takes an hour too. But I can't go anywhere until I have pumped. There was one epic morning where I woke up late, pumped for 15 minutes to get the worst off, went to work (of course it happened on a weekend!) and then had to stop everything to pump really early because I was dying

[@llli*wiggle.bug]

Jenna, the latest I could move my morning pump would be 11:30 because of office hours and meetings that start at 12:30.

Yesterday, DS had 9.5 oz of milk at daycare (all 8 that I sent, plus 2 oz. left from the day before). So maybe it's not time to even partially pump wean yet. Oh well. Mid-May isn't really that far away.

[@llli*elizabethlarae]

I got to go by DC today to nurse instead of pump! I hope it will continue to work out where I can take my lunch early to go by there.

I have somehow managed to get a day ahead with my pumping. Should I continue using it or freeze the extra? Today Sarah is taking milk I pumped Tues and yesterday's milk is in the fridge for tomorrow. I hate to freeze it though because if my output dips again I will have to get a bag out of the freezer. What would you all do?

[@llli*scienceteachermommy]

I got to go by DC today to nurse instead of pump! I hope it will continue to work out where I can take my lunch early to go by there.

I have somehow managed to get a day ahead with my pumping. Should I continue using it or freeze the extra? Today Sarah is taking milk I pumped Tues and yesterday's milk is in the fridge for tomorrow. I hate to freeze it though because if my output dips again I will have to get a bag out of the freezer. What would you all do?

Do you rotate on the weekends? I used to freeze on Friday and pull out the oldest frozen milk on Monday. If I were you I might leave out an extra bottle's worth. For example, Glowworm usually drank 12 oz a day. So when I got ahead, I tended to freeze up to the point I had about 16 oz in the refrigerator.

[@llli*elizabethlarae]

Do you rotate on the weekends? I used to freeze on Friday and pull out the oldest frozen milk on Monday. If I were you I might leave out an extra bottle's worth. For example, Glowworm usually drank 12 oz a day. So when I got ahead, I tended to freeze up to the point I had about 16 oz in the refrigerator.

I have not been rotating...Actually had not thought about it. I have been wondering what I was going to do about all the milk in the freezer reaching 3 mths. I wil leave an extra bottle out though. Thanks for the advise!

[@llli*jenna562]

that's a lot of milk! Do you want him to have cows milk at all or no?

[@llli*elizabethlarae]

I only have around 100 ounces but it is almost 3 months old. I do not mind for her to have cow's milk eventually, but she is only 3 1/2 mths old. Going to try to to keep BF until 1yr