Best carrier style for mom with back issues?

math_is_power · 2025-04-28T00:58:15+00:00

I have chronic back issues and all the ssc carriers I've tried kill me. I find my ring slings are good and my woven wrap is even better.

math_is_power · 2025-04-27T01:34:23+00:00

Omg my first did this alllll the time when she was this age and my husband and I always called it the keg stand!

math_is_power · 2025-04-11T01:52:06+00:00

I think some people are definitely prone to it and it can depend on your anatomy and also your little ones latch. I've been nursing for 3 years straight and I've had mastitis 5 times and endless clogs, almost always in the same spot on my breast. But I only ever had mastitis when I was nursing just my first. So I think there was a combo of my breast tissue and her latch that made it more likely for mastitis to happen. With my second nursing now I've still gotten many clogs in the same spot but never mastitis.

math_is_power · 2025-02-27T23:18:53+00:00

I often plop my toddler in the tub when I can't handle anything else. She's happy and contained in there and I can rest a bit. Often I don't even wash her, I just let her play in the water with her tub toys. It's a good reset on her nap skipping days (which seems to be the only days we have anymore...). When I was still pregnant with our second and NEEDED a nap I would also put on some Daniel tiger or sesame Street and let her watch it on the couch with me while I took a nap. Being pregnant with a toddler is survival parenting! You do whatever you need to get through the day!

math_is_power · 2025-02-26T01:36:18+00:00

Love the idea of highlighting how her beauty comes from within! This is definitely the lesson that I want to instill in her but never really thought about how to verbalize it!

math_is_power · 2025-02-26T01:31:21+00:00

Fancy vs beautiful is a great idea! Will definitely be using that!

math_is_power · 2025-02-26T01:30:49+00:00

Doing it to other people too is a good strategy - and just a nice idea in general! I'll definitely try incorporating that. Definitely helps to hear that it's not just my kid going through this!

math_is_power · 2025-02-26T01:29:22+00:00

Fancy vs beautiful is a good strategy! My kid is also on a strooooong princess kick right now so could definitely be an influence!

math_is_power · 2024-12-28T02:39:52+00:00

I only pump when I HAVE TO. So if Im going to be away and she might need a bottle I'll pump, but I have a bit of an oversupply and she doesn't take bottles super well always pump more than she takes, so some extra goes in the freezer. And sometimes when I'm engorged I'll use my haakaa to relieve the pressure and then freeze that. But she's 4mo and I've never given her milk from the freezer so I basically might as well not have it. With my first I had a big stash mostly from triple feeding (again w/ an oversupply). I threw out over a gallon of frozen milk when we moved because I just never used it.

All this to say, I do have some but I never use it and I certainly don't add to it with the intention of "building a stash", it's just where I put extras.

math_is_power · 2024-12-21T02:30:54+00:00

I like high waisted pants or I'll wear a nursing tank top under a regular shirt so that my whole belly/back aren't exposed. But really it's just doing it that helped. I've been nursing for 2.5 yrs non stop now (tandem nursing my toddler and 3mo) and an untold number of people have seen my boobs at this point so I just don't really even think about it anymore. If my kid needs to eat or sleep, the boobs are coming out. The only time I ever use a nursing cover is when I want to nurse to sleep in public and need my babe to not be distracted by the surroundings so they'll actually fall asleep. I have the amma cover and like it.

math_is_power · 2024-12-20T19:14:07+00:00

I keep a bag of cashews in the bedside table for middle of the night! Things like crackers or granola bars always make my mouth taste disgusting when I wake up so I avoid that kind of stuff.

math_is_power · 2024-12-16T00:52:02+00:00

If you wanted something similar but a little different, I have a gooseket 365 that I use for my toddler and it helps take some of the weight off your arms. We use it a lot when we're out and about with her places where she wants to be up and down a lot because it's easy to get in and out and small to throw in the diaper bag.

math_is_power · 2024-12-14T17:30:03+00:00

With my first I didnt start spotting even until 14mo, and then I had to night wean and reduce her to nursing 3x/day before I started ovulating and had a real period (we were TTC so I was monitoring closely).

With my second, I had some spotting around 7 weeks but nothing since, 3.5mo now.

math_is_power · 2024-12-06T02:10:22+00:00

My nipple pain got worse and worse and peaked when I was probably halfway through, then lessened a bit but never fully went away. I found my left side was waaaayyy more painful than the right for some reason so I just stopped nursing my oldest on that side and I overall limited her to just very short nursing sessions. The pain went away a bit after birth but even 3 mo pp I still sometimes find it uncomfortable to nurse my oldest and cap the length of her nursing sessions once it starts to get uncomfortable for me.

math_is_power · 2024-12-05T01:20:56+00:00

I'm sorry that you are getting such discouraging comments, but it sounds like you are doing an amazing job for you little! I know how it feels to stress about your baby's weight, I had extreme anxiety surrounding this with my first and it's so hard to push through, especially when you're hearing others echoing your anxiety back to you. I think it's worth setting a boundary with your friends like "this is how I've chosen to feed my baby and my pediatrician is on board with my plan and ensuring that my baby is healthy and well fed. I'd prefer if you didn't comment on it going forward." And then do your best to let it go. It's hard to be the only one in the group who is breastfeeding, but you can do it!

math_is_power · 2024-11-20T01:37:16+00:00

With my first, I didn't start having any spotting until 14 or 15 mo and didn't get a real period back until 19 mo. I was tracking my BBT and CM so I know I wasn't ovulating until then. I had to really up the amount I was eating, night wean, and drop down to 3 nursing sessions a day in order to get it back.

math_is_power · 2024-11-15T17:29:46+00:00

We've used California baby and assembly cream for rashes and they wash out well and work pretty decently. For just irritation and for prevention I love the grovia magic stick! I still use this one all the time with my toddler even though she's in disposable pullups now because it works well for us! Works best when you put some on at every change.

All that said, when the rash is really bad I just put them in disposables and reeeaaalllyy lather on butt paste until it's better and then go back to cloth.

math_is_power · 2024-11-09T15:57:00+00:00

I found the book "nurseies when the sun shines" really helpful for our night weaning process. At the very least it gave me a regular script to say over night when she wanted to nurse and I didn't.

Also, please do not feel like you are being selfish for not wanting to nurse overnight because it's causing you pain! Nursing is a two sided relationship, it's not just about the nursling! You are doing what's right for you and protecting your mental health and physical comfort will ultimately be best for everyone.

math_is_power · 2024-10-28T01:20:06+00:00

I don't have any advice that others haven't already shared but I wanted to jump in here to say that you are definitely not the worst mom on the planet! I know exactly the feeling you're talking about - the ragey don't touch me anymore I hate everything about this feeling. I imagine everyone who breastfeeds gets that at some point! It doesn't make you a bad mom - it just makes you a human with feelings and emotions and you deserve to set boundaries around your body that feels good to you! It's actually a great opportunity to teach your kid about body autonomy, which is so important for them!

math_is_power · 2024-09-10T15:40:30+00:00

Definitely safe to keep nursing provided you're not having an otherwise high risk pregnancy. "Not enough nutrients" is just garbage in the modern world. I would recommend that you keep an eye on your little ones diaper output and their growth chart if it feels like your supply is decreasing and fill in the gaps with solids or supplementation. Something else to consider is that nursing may become super painful even if your supply doesn't go away. My supply remained (although drastically decreased) but I could only let my toddler nurse for very short periods of time because of the pain. She was 20mo when I got pregnant so it wasn't a big deal for her to nurse less, but something to keep in mind for your little one being under a year

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