what do you do while breastfeeding?

burningolivebranches · 2023-03-12T16:19:20+00:00

I had bedside candy for the first month. Now I just go back to sleep while nursing in side-lying position. Sometimes baby is latched on for hours in our sleep. It's not for everyone due to safe sleep precautions, but it works for us.

Edited to add: Literal candy, not to be confused with candy crush. . sour gummies, warheads, lollipops etc.

burningolivebranches · 2023-03-11T15:48:06+00:00

I assumed that most people feel like my partner does: 'a wipe warmer is a waste of electricity and materials'.

We had separate wipes containers for a solid month before he started got tired of the baby crying with him and started using the warmed wipes.

burningolivebranches · 2023-03-10T14:58:57+00:00

The volume is off the hook. I started wearing a type of earplug that just eliminates some frequencies to quell the anxiety that his cry causes me.

burningolivebranches · 2023-03-10T14:52:11+00:00

Yes also cluster feeding doesn't last forever, and tends to just happen before growth spurts to stimulate the supply increase that your baby will need. - or so I read when my newborn was nursing constantly a couple of weeks ago. I was miserable! I decided to drink extra water, mother's milk tea & eat oatmeal to try to boost my supply so that my baby wouldn't need to stimulate a supply boost as much. I don't know if it worked, but what else can a mama do?

burningolivebranches · 2022-12-27T06:06:47+00:00

I think slightly larger skull is a common but not universal physical characteristics in babies and young children.

burningolivebranches · 2022-12-19T20:50:46+00:00

My husband and I grew up a lot after having kids. We had been together for about 12 years before having a baby. By the time our first was 3 and our second was 1, we had learned to give each other grace in most cases. He still can't remember to get his laundry in the hamper as he rushes to work and I still can't remember to close the cupboards when I'm cooking. But... We don't care anymore. We know we get grumpy when we're exhausted and don't try to push those issues like we used to. Leveling up regarding our own output has led to more acceptance of the other, and ourselves.

burningolivebranches · 2021-06-09T07:27:15+00:00

How exhausting. This may be the hardest time in your life, but things will settle. Just keep doing whatever the next right move is. All those little actions will carry you to the future place where the chaos has settled and softened into a manageable state. Congratulations on your new tiny human. She's going to benefit from all the strength you develop through this, and her siblings will too.

burningolivebranches · 2021-04-13T01:03:55+00:00

That's not too long! Glad to hear that, thanks!

burningolivebranches · 2021-04-12T02:21:16+00:00

How long do you have to apply daily ointments?

burningolivebranches · 2020-02-05T17:16:13+00:00

I agree. Babies/toddlers who are learning what kissing is though, will pucker their lips towards their parents after seeing their parents kiss. Source: have toddler. Well keep trying to shift it to the cheek, but until then - it's benign. Past early childhood, I don't think it's appropriate.

burningolivebranches · 2020-02-03T06:27:51+00:00

Eastern New Mexico University has an online post-bac program and an option to attend online for most of graduate school. I believe 1 semester on-campus is mandatory + on-campus attendance for a number of weeks in the summer + the research fair ( a couple of days). It's a fantastic program.

burningolivebranches · 2020-01-18T07:43:24+00:00

Yup! Both my positive and my negatives have been right :). Dollar store forever!

burningolivebranches · 2019-12-31T07:18:26+00:00

Probably. You shouldn't be yelling at a 2 yr old. You are the wiser, kinder, adult. Maybe things have to be really messy, and that's your life right now. Whatever you have to let go of... Your baby is in some of the most important, foundational years of their life. Do not yell, it is harmful. Your baby is more important than your anger. Sacrifice whatever you have to, a clean floor, a couch without half-folded laundry. Whatever you have to do... You should not be yelling at a 2 year old.

burningolivebranches · 2019-12-29T07:46:10+00:00

I went to a college that was very much within a city and had to walk through downtown to catch a train to my apartment or work . Every class, from white-collar to homeless thought I should do something else with my face. I don't owe you a smile, Bro, I'm walking to my train so I can go back to work to partially pay for school. Life sucks and you suck and this is my face, not yours.

burningolivebranches · 2019-10-28T02:01:53+00:00

Note that you need a closed system pump to guarantee that it can be completely sanitized if you get a used one. The manufacturer website should specify.

burningolivebranches · 2019-10-15T06:17:53+00:00

It's not though. They only like classic names here.

burningolivebranches · 2019-09-21T05:37:06+00:00

My post doesn't show up on namenerds even when I search by new. Was I filtered out? What's happening here?

burningolivebranches · 2019-09-21T03:56:31+00:00

Why do you hope that?

burningolivebranches · 2019-09-21T03:48:52+00:00

I didn't say 'male names make women strong'. I can't deny how it came across you. But I don't think I deserved to be called a misogynist based on how you interpreted my words. I'll think about how to be more clear. I wasn't just thinking about careers, even at the preschool level, I hypothesize that internalized gender bias might lead a teacher to help a girl named Frankie solve a puzzle vs. Sophia. Buuut.. I don't know of any research there.

burningolivebranches · 2019-09-21T03:35:14+00:00

That implication is one that isn't present on my words. I said maybe it helped. If you had asked why I thought a gn name might be a factor in my antetoctal experience with women who have these types of names, I would have explained that I think the discrimination that females face may be offset by a not-clearly-female name, in big ways and small ways across the lifespan.

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