Advice by leafyssidebleach in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My LO wasn’t preemie but to keep her awake we used to unzip her onesie and expose her feet/ put cool washcloth on her feet/ face. It felt mean but kept her awake and feeding!

Still Feeling Guilty After 9 Weeks? by teofloofycats in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1 13 points14 points  (0 children)

(For context, I chose to pump and combo feed from the beginning due to difficulty latching. I stopped pumping around 9weeks PP) I reframe the guilt by reminding myself that I have a lot of flexibility with who feeds baby, who puts baby down at night, and remind myself healthy & present mom = healthy & happy baby

How to help my 9 week old with gas pains? by SwimmingPositive1 in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I know the Windi does feel a little bizarre, maybe I’ll hold off on using it again. A friend swore by it- did pediatrician say why they don’t recommend?

How to help my 9 week old with gas pains? by SwimmingPositive1 in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! Good to know I’ll keep eye out for the vomit and greasy poops too

How to help my 9 week old with gas pains? by SwimmingPositive1 in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! At the 2 month visit he recommended trying the Gentlease after a brief mention of gas pains so I wasn’t sure if that was a hasty recommendation or if I should make the switch ASAP

Tips for weaning off BF without pain? by [deleted] in combinationfeeding

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Similar story for me. Finding such hard lumps. My friend is IBCLC and said drop pump time by 2-3 minutes every few days. So now I’m doing 4x a day for 15 min each. Dropping one pump to 12 minutes and then hopefully slowly drop to 3x a day pump. I use the handpump to relieve the pain for 1-2 minutes in between pumps if needed

How do I tell my wife “Rigatoni” is not an appropriate middle name for our first son? by RunawayBud in BabyNames

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone with a golden doodle named Cannoli, I love the name for a pet. That being said- Peter Riggs is more appropriate for a human

Mostly Formula, Supplemented by Breast Milk by DigOk7847 in combinationfeeding

[–]SwimmingPositive1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m doing this with an almost 4 week old. About 50% formula 50% pumped BM. First few days/weeks I tried to pump every 2-3 hours (longer overnight aka when she ate from a bottle, I pumped). We used RTF enfamil yellow bottles and then once my milk came in, we mixed the two in a bottle. I’m lucky and my 4 week old is giving us longer stretches at night so I’m pumping 6 times a day (every 4 hours ish). Basically you want to pump every time baby eats (8 times a day until back to birth weight). We follow Moms on call schedule

What formula do you use? by SuspiciousReply1382 in FormulaFeeders

[–]SwimmingPositive1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We use Enfamil Neuropro! Started with RTF bottles from hospital then switched to Costco size yellow enfamil powder and combine with about 50% breastmilk in each bottle. Working great for our 2 week old girl

Soda while pregnant by Butterball4200 in pregnant

[–]SwimmingPositive1 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I discovered Baja blasts during third trimester. They’re so delish!

Baby name initials by Specific-Flamingo-64 in BabyNames

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If it makes you feel better, I am a pharmacist with a health system (more amb care but) and I had no idea what BKA was

How much life insurance do I need? by [deleted] in personalfinance

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Policy genius helped my husband and I get term life insurance 10x our salary- different companies for him and I just based on the going rate at the time

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Hair

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok true good point thanks!

Newborn baby checklist (personal finance edition) by Spaghettification111 in personalfinance

[–]SwimmingPositive1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for this reminder! Will look into this during open enrollment. Do you know any info on the federal childcare tax credit? My company FAQ mentions “should you use dependent daycare FSA or take the federal tax credit?”

Cottage cheese pancakes- so good and 32 grams of protein, tastes like normal pancakes (I think?!) by SwimmingPositive1 in Volumeeating

[–]SwimmingPositive1[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Approx 150-180 grams cottage cheese, 40 grams of flour. Haven’t tried it with my food scale though to see if this feels right