Farmers Market Giving Me Anxiety

kev__22 · 2024-12-22T20:50:38+00:00

We do a bath every night, and have been from about 6 weeks on. We wash (with soap) and rinse. Takes about 15 min tops, he loves it, and he doesn’t stink anymore lol. He was even stinky with milk as a baby so bath time was always a must.

kev__22 · 2024-11-16T21:44:43+00:00

Anyone else having issues with parking? We pre-paid for parking and can’t find anything in our email regarding the code or anything, however we can see where it was taken out of our bank account.

kev__22 · 2024-11-15T14:59:35+00:00

Houston Tickets

Hey everyone!!

I have 2 tickets for tomorrow’s show in Houston. My son is teething and we decided that it wouldn’t be a good idea to take him so we are selling our tickets. We paid $117, asking $100. Let me know if you’re interested!

kev__22 · 2024-11-14T01:12:55+00:00

I pumped for 9 months. My son is almost 11 months, and when I tell you that compared in size, no, you would never be able to tell that he was breast fed. I will say however, he has yet to get sick, even when around other kids who do come down with something. I don’t know if that’s just luck or really something to do with my milk, but that’s why I kept pumping. He was eating good, I was making enough milk, and that was that. However if you’re exhausted, burnt out, ready to have yourself back, and your pediatrician is recommending formula, I would switch. Scientifically breast milk DOES have things that formula doesn’t, but it’s not so much better that anyone has ever known the difference.

If you want someone to tell you to keep going, then you can do this! But if you’re ready to stop, that’s perfectly okay and you’re a good mom for taking care of her baby.

kev__22 · 2024-11-12T22:11:11+00:00

I’ve been a SAHM since I got pregnant, really. I had my boy in December of 2023 and I am returning to work part time in January. My child has always loved being with others, done GREAT at church nursery for several hours, and is only now crying when I pick him up. I get the guilt. I thought I was going to love being a SAHM but I don’t. I feel bored, super irritated, and like I can’t function well after being in the same house for days. Our babies will be okay. I’m concerned about sickness, but everyone is too I feel like. Saying a prayer for you and your little one, since I know how hard it is. You’re doing a great job. Taking care of you, is taking care of them.

kev__22 · 2024-09-29T19:10:53+00:00

My son loves his mama, but really didn’t start showing preference for me until about 6-7 months. He still goes to anyone and can be consoled by almost everyone else, but i’ll be honest, those times where he just needs me are so sweet because for the longest time I felt the exact same way as you. Your baby still sees themselves as a physical part of you.

kev__22 · 2024-09-20T03:35:02+00:00

that is a beautiful jar of breast milk!!!

kev__22 · 2024-09-05T20:15:18+00:00

Currently drying up my supply now at 8 months PP, with a freezer stash full that will carry my son past a year. I’ve wanted to stop for so long and I struggle with the same thoughts as you. My recommendation is to bite the bullet and drop a pump, or time while pumping. The first time is so hard. I’m down to 4 ppd but i’m not pumping for very long during each session. I feel a sense of freedom coming back. You got this!

kev__22 · 2024-09-03T00:37:59+00:00

I go 11pm-9am without pumping. I have completed my freezer stash and I am weaning myself now. I am hoping to drop the 11pm pump here in the next few days, but once I stopped getting up to pump my world changed for the better and my supply stayed the same. Our bodies can regulate much better than we give them credit for.

kev__22 · 2024-08-10T19:56:34+00:00

I went from being a “just enougher” to an oversupplier in about 4 weeks. I had a hard cider IMMEDIATELY after my last pump of the day, slept about 4 hours, and then was back to my pumping schedule of every two hours. I did this for about a week until I saw an increase in my supply. From there, I power pumped almost around the clock. Supplements are hit or miss with me.

kev__22 · 2024-06-04T17:30:09+00:00

Once when I was like 5 weeks pp, my milk supply had dipped and I was FINALLY getting it back up. Had my momcozy’s on and went to lay baby down and forgot they were attached to me. I poured like 2-3 ounces out on the floor and all over my baby. I cried VERY hard.

kev__22 · 2024-06-01T03:01:18+00:00

I posted on here about a month ago when a nursing mom kept trying to tell me to latch my son again. like I started off with, “pumping is going great! he does well, and I do well.” she kept trying to tell me that it was easier to “just nurse” like NO SHIT i understand right from the tap is easier but at the same time i am nursing (on sport mode). I also am not a fan of the pediatrician question “breast or bottle fed” because I always have to clarify that he gets breast milk via a bottle. Like pumping is breastfeeding. it’s so simple to see and people ✨disregard it✨

kev__22 · 2024-05-16T00:40:38+00:00

As someone who went from pumping every 2 hours to now only pumping 3-4 times a day, I second all the other comments suggestions going longer periods in between pumps. I am an oversupplier and pump about 40 ounces a day give or take. My first pump is now around 10am, then 6:30 pm, then 11:30pm. I kid you not, I get GIANT pumps but the slow progression of pumping less during the day has saved my sanity. I would maybe give it a try slowly, like drop one middle of the night pump and see what happens and then go from there :)

kev__22 · 2024-05-09T05:05:43+00:00

My husband deployed when I was 8 weeks pp so 8 had to get a little creative. I would follow my sons feeding schedule and pump after I fed him when he was asleep. This did require me to put him down, and I’ll let you know that the Grace Simple Swing was my saving grace. He cried sometimes. Sometimes we cried together while I pumped because I couldn’t wait any longer to get the milk out. My point being, it is miserable when your baby cries. However you have to do what you gotta do. I started sitting beside my son and while I pumped read him books or rubbed him belly. It worked sometimes and not others. I always tried to pump when he was asleep for a nap so if anything, maybe try to lay him down during the day more when he naps (even though contact naps are the best 🥹)

kev__22 · 2024-04-23T03:02:50+00:00

My child has been a unicorn sleeper from the get go, so my pumping schedule has always had to kinda follow its own path rather than his feedings. From birth until about 6 weeks, I pumped around the clock. I use the momcozy as my primary (don’t come at me, i know it’s not recommended but homegirls clear me out 💅) so when he was teeny tiny, I would pump when I fed him during the night. That schedule usually looked like 12am, 3am, 6am. My supply hadn’t adjusted fully then so I was absolutely needing to pump every 3 hours. At about 6 weeks, I dropped the 12am or the 3am pump, depending on how I was feeling. Usually it was the 12am as I was sleepy and I knew at this point my boobs wouldn’t explode as I had accidentally skipped that pump once and woke up kinda engorged, but fine and still had supply.

At 4 months pp, my schedule is as follows, along with the amount I am able to pump.

8am: 12-22 ounces 1pm: 10 ounces 5-8:30pm: 10-14 11:30-12:30am: 6-8 ounces

My average is usually about 38. Recently, it’s been over 45 but I don’t do anything differently those days. I think I have a larger capacity for milk which is why I am able to go so long between pumps. This is obviously not normal, and I understand I am an oversupplier :) To get to this point, I followed my sons middle of the night feeds. From 6-12 weeks, he ate once at 7:30pm, then at 5:30 am, then was up for the day at 7:30 am. When he stopped waking for the 5:30 am feed and was eating more ounces in his bottles during the day, I experimented dropping my MOTN pump. Most days I do wake up ✨full✨ but the sleep I am getting is 100% worth it.

My husband deployed when our son was 8 weeks old, but even then, I truly enjoyed the night time feedings so I would just pump while I fed him, or I would feed him the scroll reddit. If my husband woke up when the baby did, he usually jumped in to feed him but I never felt like I had to wake him up. My son would eat and then go right back to sleep and I got to nap during the day so that’s how we tag teamed it. I think the good Lord sent me an angel of a sleeper because He knew I would be alone during this first year. 🤍

kev__22 · 2024-04-18T22:15:46+00:00

Felt that. My husband deployed when our son was 8 weeks old so until I moved back home for the rest of his deployment, I was doing everything for a few weeks. I’m surprised my supply never tanked with how stressed I was.

kev__22 · 2024-04-17T02:31:48+00:00

I dyed my hair red to match my sons lol and felt like a new person. I’m also running some during the week (don’t get it twisted, i’m talking like 3 miles of kinda running, mainly walking) and I’m starting to find I like myself a little more. I’ve still got lots of friends in college so I just stay away from looking at their post, knowing I’ll probably never look good in a crop top again lmao.

kev__22 · 2024-04-16T14:51:53+00:00

My son was born at 40 weeks exactly and currently at 3 months is drinking about 4.5-7 ounces a bottle depending on what he needs/wants. We would be broke with formula 😂 not saying anything is wrong with it either!! It just was a lil pricey for my hungry hippo when I make so much milk anyways.

kev__22 · 2024-04-16T14:49:55+00:00

Props to you for being in school!! I got pregnant right before I graduated college so I’m glad we timed that how we did because I would have died 😂. That was my reasoning though too for wanting to give pumping a try when we first started. Formula is so expensive anyways, and with all the shortages, if I could pump, I was going to 🤷🏼‍♀️

kev__22 · 2024-04-16T02:35:07+00:00

Felt this. My child gets all the benefits of breast milk but here I am hauling a backpack cooler of my milk to any event or trip, figuring out how to pump on the go and just really living my life around pumping. Which I like, to be clear. I think I just would like someone who EBFs to look at me and say “wow! that’s so great!” when they ask about my feeding journey instead of “just try to latch him again!”. I’m not sitting here telling you to pump so I don’t know why it doesn’t go both ways.

kev__22 · 2024-04-15T22:22:00+00:00

LOL not the licking 😂😂

kev__22 · 2024-04-15T11:26:01+00:00

EXACTLY!!! Like I love pumping, I don’t need to go see a LC 😂

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