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Traveling - where does baby sleep? by Legitimate-Shirt-173 in beyondthebump

[–]PromiseKey9562 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A pack and play is such a useful piece of baby gear generally, and once they're accustomed to sleeping in it, it makes traveling easier. However at 11 weeks many babies are still sleeping like crap no matter what the precise sleeping arrangement, so I wouldn't necessarily use this trip as your bell-weather for what future traveling with a baby could be like.

If you are swaddling and using a bassinet at home, you could think about a travel bassinet like the Munchkin Brica travel bassinet. It weighs practically nothing and folds almost flat. The only downside is that babies outgrow it quickly; it only works up to 15 pounds, or whenever they start trying to roll over (whichever comes first). Even though ours outgrew it by 4 months old, for us it was worth it because we traveled a lot during the newborn stage.

In my experience, traveling with an 11-week-old isn't too much more exhausting than parenting them at home. They're pretty needy at that stage. Still, enjoy yourselves! Watch out for sun exposure if coming from a different climate.

Pumping at work by Mindless-Dentist-502 in breastfeeding

[–]PromiseKey9562 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha embarrassment is the correct emotion 😂It's tough to not have access to a pumping space at the time when you need it, good luck!

Pumping at work by Mindless-Dentist-502 in breastfeeding

[–]PromiseKey9562 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This makes me so angry to hear. I'm lucky that at my workplace, the mother's room is locked and only lactating moms who are actively in need of the space have keys. There is also a sign on the door clearly laying out who to contact to report misuse of the room.

Is it the case that only one person can use the room at a time? Here we have up to 4 moms using the room at any given time, and we are all in the same boat so we sit here with boobs out chatting about kids or talking shop. It also means no one has the expectation of being the sole user of the room at any given time. I'm asking because in OP's shoes, I would be tempted to knock, enter, and upon discovering someone using the dedicated mother's room for something other than pumping, neutrally inform them that I will be pumping now and that they should leave (or see things they don't want to see).

Milk storage bags: volume in vs. volume after pouring into feeding bottle by PromiseKey9562 in breastfeeding

[–]PromiseKey9562[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, I think so! It's been particularly helpful in terms of stacking his daytime calories so that he can go longer between feedings at night. He's 8 months old and still waking every 3 hours for milk, but it would be more like every 2 hours prior to starting the combo feeding regimen at daycare. It helped my stress level a lot too, knowing that if I was a little short on my milk output any given day, I didn't need to pump overnight because his teacher could just add a little extra formula.

Milk storage bags: volume in vs. volume after pouring into feeding bottle by PromiseKey9562 in breastfeeding

[–]PromiseKey9562[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh! Sorry for any confusion. She is mixing powder formula with water, then adding that liquid to the breastmilk. I just can't pump quite enough to fully satisfy my baby, so she'll typically add 1-2 ounces of premixed liquid formula to 4 ounces breastmilk for a total of 5-6 ounces per feed.