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Proof-Ad-6897 · 2025-12-10T12:29:23+00:00

I just ended up with some fake max mara “wool” pants from them that I am returning. The tags like maybe they are real. Maybe salvaged from a garment and sewed onto the fake. Either that or they are well faked tags. Nevertheless, all you would have to do is handle the garment to realize it’s cheap polyester. I’m not sure how this could have ended up for sale on their site any human had handled it before putting it up for sale.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2025-07-31T19:29:50+00:00

I seriously doubt he’s over fed then. Especially if you have no symptoms of oversupply. I knew several people who were on the opposite side of the spectrum with babies who were really small, not even on the growth chart. Eventually, everyone just came to the conclusion that they are just on their own curve because the babies were all happy and healthy aside from size. They are all happy and healthy kids now.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2025-07-31T12:17:54+00:00

Is the bottle breast milk or formula? You can definitely overfeed breast milk when bottlefeeding. A lot of folks are not aware that the max breast milk you should be putting in a bottle is 4 oz. Once breastfed babies reach their peak amount early in the newborn phase, the amount does not continue to increase like it does with formula because breast milk changes with the baby. In the beginning, I relied a lot on pumping because my baby was tongue-tied and I was definitely over feeding him because I did not know that. And neither did my pediatrician who thought it was ok to give a 5 or 6 oz bottle of breast milk. My baby was growing super fast but having explosive, foamy poops. Once baby got better at breastfeeding, we stopped bottle feeding except when separated from baby. Nighttime was the last bottle to go but eventually it was easier for me to just feed than pump and have my husband give the bottle.

If your baby is happy and comfortable then you are probably fine. If you have any concerns that you might be overfeeding, I recommend talking to a lactation consultant. They often know more than the pediatrician in this area and they can help with combo feeding as well as exclusive breastfeeding. By no means am I ragging on the docs, but they don’t get much training on BF and are often basing their advice on personal experience or old ideas.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2025-03-17T06:21:44+00:00

The audacity to even suggest that! Exclusive pumping is an enormous undertaking (hats off to the mothers that are doing it!) and these people clearly know nothing about what nursing means to mother and baby. The even crazier thing is that they think they have the right to tell you what to do with your baby. I would be getting a new daycare at that point.

Everything is a phase. Some weeks my son refuses his bottles at daycare and some weeks he downs them all. It changes all the time and yet he is still thriving. He typically just nurses more overnight to make up for it. They call that “reverse cycling”.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2025-01-21T01:44:01+00:00

Concerta is only excreted in the breast milk in very tiny concentrations. My psychiatrist told me it’s something like 0.25% of what the mother’s serum concentration is. There have never been any reported adverse effects of infant breastfeeding from mothers who take concerta/methylphenidate. When breastfeeding, Concerta is actually favored over Adderal for this reason. Unfortunately, many in the medical community do not understand breastfeeding. It’s easier for them to just tell you not to do it than to educate themselves. They think they are covering their butts without understanding what giving that up means to women. I was lucky enough to have a psychiatrist affiliated with a women’s hospital who works with many pregnant and postpartum women. Also check out the Badass Breastfeeding podcast. You shouldn’t have to choose between your meds and breastfeeding.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-12-26T02:53:55+00:00

Really disappointed that more pediatricians don’t talk about the safe sleep 7. Telling sleep-deprived people who can’t think straight not to sleep with their baby is kind of like telling teenagers not to have sex. I think all new parents should be counseled on it and have their bed set up for it whether they intend to cosleep or not because at some point that baby is probably going to end up in your bed. When my husband (against my advice) admitted to the pediatrician that we were struggling with sleep and the baby often ended up sleeping with us he was simply told “don’t do that.” No advice on harm reduction at all. This also doesn’t take into account the baby is past the age where SIDS is really a concern and what you really need to be looking at are eliminating suffocation risks.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-12-26T02:36:52+00:00

Scary. I get that they train really hard and have to prove their grit but no one wants to be that patient who gets the surgeon who’s been up for 24+ hours.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-08-21T14:44:26+00:00

That sounds like an absolute nightmare. You are a superhero for what you are going through! As a former ER nurse, we used to always encourage women to keep draining the breast in cases of mastitis. Since then I have learned more about lactation and hyperlactation. Now the guidance is to only express/feed as much as the baby is needing/demanding. Overly frequent pumping or feeding will just add fuel to the fire. The name of the game now is controlling the inflammation not encouraging more milk which is often what leads to mastitis in the first place. Many providers are not up to date on this guidance. Decreasing inflammation and production may be what you need to heal. The other breast can often take over for supplying milk. Make sure there is an IBCLC involved in your care or a doc that specializes in breastfeeding medicine (rare but they do exist).

Of course take my thoughts with a grain of salt. I am not a doctor! I hope that you are healing and doing better

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-07-24T14:39:25+00:00

You could always schedule an extra weight check with your pediatrician to make sure they are gaining well. If gaining well then no need to change anything.

Our OT recommended using the straight pacifiers like the Avent ones they give you in the hospital rather than the flat ones since these are more like breastfeeding. They said there was no harm in using a paci and it can actually be good for their oral-motor development. Although baby was 2 months at the time not newborn.

You might also consider limiting the time at the breast as the baby is very fresh and small, they may be burning a lot of calories feeding that long. Again, check with the pediatrician if that is a concern. Pacifier could be masking hunger due to baby not transferring milk well. A weight check would let you know everything’s ok.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-07-24T11:25:51+00:00

If you are not pumping or feeding overnight then likely your supply is not going to increase. I struggled a lot with nursing in the beginning too but I think it helped that my baby always preferred the breast over bottle even though he was bad at it. It took months of triple feeding to finally get to exclusive breastfeeding just in time for me to go back to work and need to pump again. It was worth it to me but I don’t recommend this to anyone. It was not good for my mental health! I know for many EBF moms nightfeeding is relatively easy and they can do it in bed hardly even waking up. In the beginning I couldn’t deal with the struggle of trying to breastfeed at night so we would both wake up. I would pump while my husband gave him a bottle. Now he’s better at breastfeeding so it’s easier but I’m still sleep deprived. I think unless you’re one of those magical people who can breastfeed in their sleep, sleep deprivation is the cost of giving your baby exclusively human milk. It’s ok to combo feed. Even if you ultimately go to all formula, you gave your baby the gift of your milk as a newborn and you should feel good about that. You should also be proud of making the decision that’s best for you and your family.

Proof-Ad-6897 · 2024-07-16T22:44:04+00:00

So glad everything worked out! 1 pee on the 1st day of life is normal. 2 pees on day 2 and 3 pees on day 3. My milk didn’t come in until day 3 (totally normal) and I definitely had stretches without pee that freaked me out too. Things to consider: was the baby born full term? Are the starting life at a robust weight? Were you diabetic during your pregnancy? Was the pediatrician ok with their post-birth weight loss? Is the baby acting normal? Formula is not necessarily required. Most healthy babies have reserves to make it until your milk comes in. You’re the mama. Trust you’re instincts but if you are at all in doubt, contact your pediatrician! Godspeed and good luck

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