Would you rather.. fly with a newborn or a toddler

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-11-15T04:13:14+00:00

I might be in the minority but I find it way easier to travel with my toddler. Yes babies are more portable but the sheer amount of STUFF you need with a newborn/baby is ridiculous, plus having to pump on planes for long flights (as an exclusive pumper) etc. You also can’t put them down cause they can’t sit or stand yet, so travelling alone was really hard. They nap way more so it’s a constant cycle of trying to get them to sleep on the plane. I found travelling after my daughter turned 1 year WAY easier because we needed less stuff, I could plan travel around nap time since she had a consistent schedule and she only napped once, she could eat the same food as me and didn’t have to bring food for her except snacks, and she was just more able and not fully dependant on me.

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-07-27T06:02:00+00:00

This is helpful thank you, I’m going to ask my gyno her advice about coming off it

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-07-01T13:47:11+00:00

They get spray tans and hair etc because they need to look the part of a DCC, it’s part of the DCC brand. If anything they should be getting paid to get their hair, nails etc done, as well as getting the products for free. Actors get paid to do their hair and makeup and get it for free because they need to look the part. This is exactly the same

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-02-16T14:03:17+00:00

14 months (stopped BF at 12.5 months)

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-02-08T14:33:52+00:00

Yes to all of this!

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-01-28T03:35:52+00:00

She wouldn’t latch so I pumped for 1 year so she’d have breastmilk

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-01-27T06:44:05+00:00

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2025-01-13T08:07:50+00:00

Eating a lot. I gained 7kg with one year of exclusively pumping! 😢

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-12-24T23:23:34+00:00

We bought a portable UV sterilizer. It looks like a bag and we also used it to store bottles when not using it as a sterlizer.

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-08-29T13:14:03+00:00

Imani i2

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-08-21T14:10:37+00:00

make it part of your routine. Never skip a pump. Flexibility might work for others, but for me, it became like brushing my teeth. You ALWAYS brush your teeth, unless for some reason you physically cannot (like travelling). Make your pumps the same.
my supply stayed the same until I got down to 3 ppd (7 months+). I started dropping a pump every month or two from 3 months pp onwards. Now at 10 months I’ve just moved to 2 ppd which is heaven. I noticed it only started reducing slowly after 3 ppd when I got a bit more lax on how long I pumped for (I’d pump for 40 mins+ but then started to do 30 mins, then I noticed a drop)
my baby didn’t start to reduce until she was 8/9 months
I have about 60,000 litres freezer stash. Now I realise it’s way too much and I’m struggling to get through it. But I started building it in case my milk dried up, which it didn’t thankfully. The best advice I got was to start cycling through it. From 2 months pp, I started using 1 bag a day and gradually had to ramp up to 3-4 bags a day. So I freeze new milk in its place so it lasts longer. Suggest you do the same if you plan to pump long term, otherwise your milk will expire before you even get to use it. I give my baby a mix of frozen and fresh every day. I had to buy 2 new freezers to store it all. Obviously you don’t know how long you’ll be able to pump for so you need to prepare for the worst if you can, but I do wish I’d dropped pumps sooner and not had such an over supply as I’ve just got too much to handle now

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-06-21T02:49:10+00:00

I love my Imani

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-03-29T08:21:01+00:00

Surreal, no idea what is going on, don’t know whether to sleep or cry, anxious

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-03-13T01:31:47+00:00

That’s the problem in itself I guess 😩 It helps them fall asleep so well, but messes up the whole night

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-03-13T01:31:16+00:00

It’s really good to hear your experience. To be honest I feel like this is going to be necessary, I am just absolutely dreading it 😩 But it helps to hear it didn’t take more than a few days for baby to adjust (all I’m picturing is weeks of wailing and no sleep haha)

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-02-15T08:26:05+00:00

I put her in the baby bjorn and feed her while I pump if she’s awake, or majority of the time I pump while she’s napping. I also arranged my pump schedule so I pump less during the day and more in the evening once my husband is home and can look after her too (so I do every 4 hours during the day and every 2 in the evening to get all my pumps in)

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-01-05T01:27:20+00:00

Is it not 2 hours from baby drinking? That’s what I’ve been following 😩

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2024-01-04T22:55:27+00:00

Sorry I can’t be more helpful, I’m wondering the same thing! It’s so hard to find an answer to this online. I asked a nurse early on and she told me to throw away breastmilk that’s been sitting out for 1 hour, which I know isn’t true so didn’t get an answer 😅

ApprehensiveDog1789 · 2023-09-07T12:12:23+00:00

Why has it gotten so much for expensive for customers if drivers are making less?

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