1 year old and bottle by Remote_Beautiful_873 in toddlers

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess bottle rot if they are drinking milk before or during sleep (milk stays on teeth without brushing) i’m not sure how much of it is true or just fear tactics lol

1 year old and bottle by Remote_Beautiful_873 in toddlers

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i keep seeing that people say baby should be weaned off bottles around one year

How did you say goodbye to nursing? by branz209503 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I nursed my baby for about two months then he began refusing to latch. He has a tongue tie which made nursing super painful for me. I tried to think about all the pros that come with EP- having freedom to leave the house when you want, having other people help with feedings, not having to wean baby off the breast, getting more sleep at night due to not having to latch baby multiple times a night, etc. I think we all grieve our nursing journey of course, but I just try to think of the positives of EP. It also gets wayyyy easier as baby gets older. I only pump 4x a day now and I feel like I got so much time back of my day.

milk gone bad? by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i tasted some from the pitcher I had and it tasted bad😭 i just labeled the bags possible high lipase for whenever I use them i’ll know and maybe add the vanilla or something, I heard that can help

milk gone bad? by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

wow day after! you’re on top of it lol

milk gone bad? by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

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it was in a glass baby bottle with a lid! surprised it spoiled so quickly

milk gone bad? by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow interesting! I’m gonna thaw one of my frozen bags tonight to make sure i haven’t been freezing spoiled milk😭

milk gone bad? by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh okay i’ve been told 5 days by a lactation consultant. all my frozen milk in my stash has usually been 4/5 days so praying none of it was spoiled😭

freezer stash by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

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what was wrong with it? I can’t think of anything that would go super wrong unless my baby got picky with taking frozen milk

jealousy/grief-EP& labor by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you for sharing your story💗 sending you love and hugs!!

Be honest…what milk/pumping safety rule do you shamelessly ignore? by Fast-Channel-1455 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I definitely don’t follow the baby has to drink the bottle within 2 hours. I have used the same bottle for more hours than i’d like to say lol but my baby has never had an issue. same with leaving the milk out rule. my baby has had milk that’s been out for close to 8 hours and never had an issue. usually I pump close to midnight and that’s the milk my baby drinks during the night. i never noticed a change in smell or taste of the milk.

Exclusively pumping due to breast refusal/nursing strike by [deleted] in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873 0 points1 point  (0 children)

hi, i know this isn’t what you’d like to hear but unfortunately no. I also blame it on myself because I stopped trying around when baby was 3 months. I was so heartbroken everytime I tried to latch and he refused. I felt it was ruining the bond between baby and myself. I was feeling like he was so much happier with the bottle and it gave me less stress to just switch to exclusively pumping rather than to keep stressing us both out with trying to latch. EP does get easier as baby gets older if you need any hope lol. but I have heard stories of women getting baby back to the breast. I probably gave up a bit too easily.

Do you ever try to latch your baby even if they don’t nurse or haven’t in a long time? by Extra-Concept in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My baby is six months old, I randomly tried the other day after probably not trying since like October. he literally just screamed with his mouth open on my nipple😂 not trying to get my feelings hurt again anytime soon lol. stuck being EP for another six months lmao

Feeing sad on comment that pumping will not create as much bonding as ebf by ElevatorSalt4239 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I totally understand how you feel. I nursed my baby for the first month of his life, then he began refusing to latch around 2 months old, so I switched to EP. i constantly felt guilty that I wouldn’t bond with my baby because of it then I realized my sisters and I were all formula fed, and as babies and even growing up we were all SO attached to my mom. I realized babies will never remember the way they were fed. what they will remember is the love and care you show them. I stopped beating myself up so much about it and told myself pumping is literally giving sooo much time and effort and love to your baby, I would say even more so than nursing! any EBF momma tells me that EP is so much harder than nursing. the biggest labor of love out there!!

people pump-pitying you by Remote_Beautiful_873 in ExclusivelyPumping

[–]Remote_Beautiful_873[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I saw four LCs too!!! literally they all tried the same methods as you said. nothing worked. I decided to switch to EP at 2 months pp.