1. WW makes the most awesome colored poo. And while I have a lovely fascination with it I am not so keen on seeing it after a load of laundry has been done. What product/s can I safely use to de-orange stuff? (I use arm & hammer free & clear detergent and have tried a scoop of oxi-clean)
2. Any tips on burping a breastfed baby? I use the bend forward (his chin resting in the web between my thumb and index finger) and pat on the back method- but I just don’t seem to always get him to burp. Will he always have a burp?
3. When should I/ can I start pumping to let Mother do a feeding for me here & there?
4. This weekend WW got a mad case of the sniffles and he HATES the aspirator. Other than trying an aspirator with a smaller nozzle, are there any other tricks or gizmos that can clear his nose out?
5. Anyone else have a babe that fights the swaddle? It is beyond busting out of them, he reacts like it is torture. Should I give up the swaddle?
6. Sleeping…um. He does great falling asleep right after a feeding, but getting him off of my chest and into the snugglenest (in bed co-sleeper gizmo) is a giant FAIL for me. He stays asleep for about 30 seconds and then the screaming begins. I usually wait a bit to see if he will calm back down, but he never does. basically any advice/tips on sleeping would be appreciated.
Any input you have I will listen to.
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put poo stained clothes out in the sun while they are still wet – in just a few minutes, the stains will be GONE!
I am a mother of two grown sons and GM of two grandboys who are now just past burping age, but I had really good luck with putting them high on my shoulder, massaging in an upward fashion in between pats, and patting firmly with the palm of my hand on the lower to midback area. Sometimes there is no burp immediately, but if WW starts to squirm and wiggle and grimmace even if he has not just been fed, there’s probably a burp in there. Also, my DIL in WA has had really good luck with Seventh Generation products. Those stains are just a booger to remove. As for sleep habits…just be patient as it is a little early for him to develop bad habits…he just feels more secure when he is on his safe place. Try the swaddle with his hands out…maybe both, then one and see if that doesn’t help at first. Some babies just hate to be confined, so if he continues to hate it…no worries. Back sleeping is the worst for the startle reflex and when he is on you, he is on his tummy, which eliminates that reflex most of the time. As a first time commenter, I would like to congratulate you on your wee one and tell you how much I enjoy reading about you and your babe.
I have advise for the snifles, try Saline water. Put a few drops in his nose and everything should come out more easily.
As far as the burping goes, I have heard that breastfed babies don’t always burp…
Good luck, you are doing great!!
1) Add some extra baking soda and I would suggest rinsing right when you remove the garment.
2) I did this thing with both Livvy and Bella that really helped me get the tough burps out but I’m not sure I can properly explain it. I would place the baby on my lap in a sitting position facing me. My hands were under their arm pits and then I would make this up down motion with my hands. Think of a carousel and the way the horses go up and down, this is what I did. I did this a few times and then would go back to patting, rubbing back and such. Sometimes you just have to change up what you are doing and it helps and sometimes the burp just doesn’t come out.
3) I don’t believe in nipple confusion but I do believe that baby’s get lazy when they get a bottle so I would wait but that is just me. If you need the break my lactation consultant told me that Avents were the best bottle to make them work but that may have changed since Bella was born.
4) I don’t know if you can use saline drops yet but the Little line has a saline drop just for babies. Call your ped to find out for sure.
5) Bella loved her swaddle and Livvy hated it. You could try pinning his arms to see if that helps. You will need two blankets to accomplish this. Lay a folded in half blanket under his back with the top just below his neck. Tuck his arms into the folds of the blanket so that his arms are pinned and the folds are now securely under his back. Take the second blanket and do your usual swaddle making sure to tuck his feet up so that he is in the fetal position. When all else failed with Liv this worked. If it doesn’t then chuck the swaddle. Some babies don’t like it and that’s ok hon.
6) No advice. I have never been good at the transfer thus all of my children have slept with me.
Good luck,
Shan
1. No clue. Am all ears
2. They don’t always burp for me.
3. I’ve always started pumping immediately, but I thought I had milk supply issues.
4. Drop some breastmilk into his nose. Apparently it thins the boogies.
And then I’m spent.
as far as sleeping goes i’d see if he prefers a more upright position in a swing or car seat. althouhg layng down feels good
to us he’s always been in some cradled position, so it might feel quite odd to him,
1) no idea…I didnt use cloth
2)in my experience of two breastfed babies (well Jacob didnt do well with breastfeeding and we did give up at 4 months, but I bf Eliana until 13 months) is that they do not always burp and it typically didnt cause much problem for the babies. That said, if WW does seem to be bothered by gas frequently, keep trying…try changing positions, from the bent over to the over the shoulder to the lying on the tummy…I found for Jacob it was usually in the changing of positions that he typically finally got the gas out.
3) If you are ready to start pumping, I would start. You dont have to give it to WW right away, you could freeze it until you are ready and/or need it. It doesnt take long to thaw breastmilk, just put the bag of frozen milk in a container of hot water and it thaws in about 15-20 minutes, or put it in the fridge over night and it will be thawed for morning. This way you can pump and freeze until needed.
4) no advice. That is the best method I found.
5) Jacob hated the swaddle. I gave up quickly.
6) If he starts allowing you to swaddle, you could swaddle, feed, and then lay down…less movement…If not, have you tried breastfeeding lying down, then you could sleep after wards…I dont have much advice. This was a common problem with Eliana too.
Lay him down your arm, so that your hand is supporting him, and he’s in a downward slant. pat and rub.
My foster daughter had this problem. It was the strangest thing to see this very old scottish gastroenterologist swoop her up and do this. Even stranger to see the gigantic burp that came out.
When he has a bit more head control, you can either lay him on your lap with his head dangling off, or sit him up and forward from his waist and do it.
Oh, and after reading the comments, I definitely second the Avent bottles. Eliana was on a combo of formula and breastmilk from 7 days of age due to my low milk supply. She had no problem going between breast and bottle with the Avent bottles. I think they finally have a BPA free one now too.
And, I also second the carseat…Jacob refused to sleep lying down for the first month or two at home…he only slept in the carseat and the ped said that was OK.
My son busted out of his swaddle at two weeks (just the arms) , and his legs at 4 weeks. We quite using it then. He hated it from 4 weeks on. My son was just active from the beginning and physically precocious. I was always surprised when I heard of folks still swaddling at 6 months. Maybe WW is the same?
I second the idea to lay things in the sun. We use cloth, and a day in the sun helps get rid of sweet potato poo stains quite nicely.
My son slept on my chest the first 6 weeks. I couldn’t get him to sleep in the cosleeper attachment either. Eventually someone gave me the advice to let him get into a deep sleep, so deep that his arms go limp, instead of their usual newborn position tight to the body, and then gently transfer him over, keeping your hand on his chest for a minute until you’re sure he;s settled. J is a year old in 2 weeks, and we still use this method with success.
1. Shout has a stainfighter for dried in stains. It works on the poo stained onsies. Otherwise, if it is really bad, I just toss it out and buy extra! Why waste my time getting poo out, I have better things to do.
2. I rubbed my babys back in a clockwise motion, and up and down, it seemed to work better than that patting on the back. Another way to burp them is to lay them on their tummy on your knees or hold them like you would a football in your arm and then rub his back, then the burps get out. IF they dont burp it will come out later as gas. If they dont seem harmed by not burping, then dont fret, you will get a tooter later.
3. I was told by the lactation ladies to wait 2 weeks before pumping and introducing the bottle. Then if the baby is a great breastfeeder you can do a bottle. You can always pump and save it for later.
4. Simply soothing nose saline drops. Helped HUGE for my baby. Just sit them up and squirt it up the nose, and the let the runny nose begin. It helps get the boogies out. I know that Better Living has an aspirator with a electric pump that supposedly for a large cost is easier than the big blue bulby thing that my baby Screams bloody murder at when he sees it.
5. Some babies dont like the swaddle. try putting one or two arms out, but keep it tight around the tummy. If that doesnt work, no worries. They dont all have to be swaddled.
6. I have a baby just like that. I usually give it 10 minutes before putting him down. If he wakes, he might miss you or your smell. I always had to put the shirt I wore that day in with my baby for my second. He liked the smell of me and my shirt, I am sure, nust have smelled like milk, I just wrapped it around him like a blanket. I know others who have taken a receiving blanket and tucked it under their shirt for an hour or two and then used it with the baby. They smell you and seem comforted.
If he is stuffy, he might just need to be propped up a little, with a pillow under the sleeper or put him in his carseat to sleep for a night or two until the sniffles are gone.
Good luck!
Mom, Postpartum doula and Lactation counselor here…
1. Spray stuff right away with Oxyclean stain remover, spray n wash, something like that, wash only on cold or the stain will set and don’t put it in the drier until you get it clean. I would also hang stuff on the clothes line if you have one.
2. Your burping sounds fine, BF babies in particular do not always burp b/c they don’t get as much air.
3. You can start pumping anytime, I highly recommend starting in the morning as you have the most milk then, just remember whenever someone gives him a bottle you will need to pump for the missed feeding. I highly recommend any of the WIDE nipples for bottles, playtex nursers, avent,etc. I would not introduce a bottle before 4-6 weeks of age.
4. I never worried about their noses but if it bothers you you can try saline drops
5. Get one of the swaddler blankets with the velcro, you can get them in really snuggly. They sleep better swaddled. yes they seem to hate it but after they “give in” they really sleep better b/c it inhibits their startle reflex.
6. Get thee a copy of the “happiest baby on the block” DVD as well as a copy of the book “The No Cry Sleep Solution”. I always put my kids to be drowsy but awake and the sleep is much better.
Good luck! PS I’m 37 weeks pregnant, have a 7 year old and 5 years experience as a postpartum doula:)
2 – Breastfed babies swallow a lot less air than bottlefed babies. If no burp is coming up after trying for a bit, and he doesn’t seem uncomfortable, he’s fine.
3 – It’s recommended that you wait until breastfeeding is “well established” (4 – 6 weeks???) before introducing a bottle. Be sure to use a “slow flow” nipple (often labeled as “newborn”) even when he gets older, so he doesn’t come to prefer the faster, less-work flow of the bottle. Re the pump – be sure that you have flanges (the cone-shaped thingies that actually go on your breast) that are big enough, so your nipples/areoli don’t rub against them as they are drawn in, and only turn the pump’s suction up high enough to get the milk to flow – not as high as you can stand. (I learned all these things the hard way.)
4 – Try the smaller nozzle, we found one at our pharmacy. Peeper actually kind of enjoys it. I think she likes when it blows air on her, as I’m squeezing it on its way to her nose. Also, saline spray (or a little breastmilk) in there is supposed to loosen up the boogies so they are easier to suck out.
I don’t have time to read all the comments so I dont know if this is repetitive. For the poo stains, I found a mix of borax, hot water, oxy clean and detergent took the stains out. Has to be hot water for the borax to work, though.
My son also resisted the swaddle. I never had success with it, but my husband did. My husband wrapped him way tighter than I was comfortable with, so I have no idea what to tell you.
1. The oxyclean “stew” works for us. That and the sun.
2. Never really got lots of burps from my breastfed babies.
3. I say begin pumping when you’re ready. I pumped at 6 days postpartum when E wasn’t gaining weight. She did fine, and we nursed for 28 months. I started pumping with J at 2 weeks when I had a cracked nipple. Nursing on that side was too painful. I agree with the comment to pump in the morning when your supply is at its peak. And be sure to pump during the feeding so you don’t get uncomfortable.
4. I think all babies hate the aspirator. I don’t blame them. No advice other than to just do it.
5. I could never swaddle like those postpartum nurses. I think that I was always afraid I was hurting the baby. As a result, my kids could get out of a swaddle by merely breathing.
But the velcro ones worked.
6. Do whatever you need to do to get WW to sleep and stay asleep. There is no “spoiling” or bad habits to create here. My son slept in the swing for months. And the carseat. My daughter spent most days in the kangarookorner sling sleeping on my chest. I was able to transition her still in the sling.
Sounds like you’re doing great mama!
1.Don’t you LOVE the orange poo’s? Soaking in oxy clean worked as well as a stain pre-treater most of the time.
2. My little guy was breastfed and didn’t burp every time. They don’t get as much air.
3. Start pumping when you want to!
Your supply might go up if you pump regularly… Just make sure that you leave extra milk for your mom. I found that My LM would always eat WAY more than they said he should eat when he was eating out of a bottle vs. nursing…
4. Don’t have a clue. Mine hates it too, and he always has.
5. LM fought a tight swaddle, so we did a loose one, really early and eventually phased it out by about 1 – 2 months. He really hated being confined and swaddling made things worse!
6. Lift up his arms while he’s sleeping, if they fall limp to his body, you should be able to move him. It doesn’t last long, that stage, but we went through it too. I cheated sometimes and just let him lie right next to me in bed, depending on how tired I was. The thing with the Tshirt is good too, I did that a couple of times and it worked, but not as well as just letting him sleep RIGHT next to me.
My husband is military and he was deployed for the first year for my 2yo, so I kind of get the single parent thing. It isn’t always fun… BUT you are doing a great job. Right now, the important thing is for you both to get enough sleep, and enough to eat. You can’t spoil him this early — you’re just reassuring him that you love him and you’re there for him.
The only one I have even a clue about is the whole burp thing and I’m not saying I’m an expert by any means. Tricks I used to try when working NICU if the holding upright thing you described didn’t work included laying baby down on tummy across lap and patting or rubbing. Holding baby up like you described and rubbing back and I saw a nurse who could do this amazing thing with stroking their heads and getting them totally relaxed and they would sometimes burp then. Good luck.
I don’t have much advice, but I second the saline drops for the nose. And I’ve found that the bulb thingy that they sent home from the hospital works better than any other I’ve bought.
I’ve also heard that Avent is the best if you’re switching between breast and bottle and back again. Like someone else said, just make sure you’ve got the slowest flowing nipple they have.
You’re really doing a great job!
1. Soak anything with baby stains (poo, spit up, etc.) in hot water and oxiclean for a couple hours before washing. Works wonders.
2. I always put my son on my shoulder and patted firmly in the mid-back area. He didn’t always burp. If WW gets particularly squirmy or fussy after eating, keep trying to burp him; he probably needs it.
3. You can start pumping now (and probably should, to start building up your freezer stash). When you start giving him bottles depends on how well he’s breast feeding. If he’s got it down and is doing well, you can consider introducing an artificial nipple. If he’s still struggling, wait a bit longer until good nursing habits are established (“they” usually say wait until around a month or so old).
4. I don’t have any tips for other gizmos to get the snot out, but using saline drops or spray helps loosen the snot up and keeps you from having to do the sucking as often. Wait 5-10 minutes after you put the saline in to snot suck.
5. When my son starting fighting the swaddle like that, we quit using it. He was fine. We tried the swaddle again a month or so later, and he tolerated it better.
6. My six-mont-old still doesn’t sleep well, so you don’t want to listen to any sleeping advice I might have to give.
1. Lemonjuice – spritz it on while the stain is wet from the wash, and then put it in the sunshine to dry.
2. Burping, put a rag on your shoulder, and set him up so his belly is at your clavicle, looking over you, and firmly pat his back. Alternatively, lay him down, belly down, on your knees and gently bounce while putting pressure on his back. Gently
3. Now. Your milk supply is still adjusting and if you add in a regular pumping daily, your body should have no issues. I had some cool pumping tricks if you’re interesting.
4. Steamy bathroom. And breast milk up his nose. Seriously.
5. yep. Give it up.
6. Mine wouldn’t sleep unless he was physically touching me for months. We gave up on the snugglenest at about week 2. let him sleep on you. And or gently roll over to your side so that you’re cuddled facing each other. Then go to sleep.
Our cloth diapers were a little too big for the wee one, so we are not quite ready to do our first cloth load of laundry. But I have heard that sun is the best, and I hear you have lots of it.
Riley NEVER burps. Ever. Maybe ten times total and it’s always when we aren’t “burping” her, but changing her position. It doesn’t seem to bother her. She rarely spits up (3 times total so far) and has never been sad or upset by “gas” issues. As far as we can tell, anyway. Our pedi told us not to worry about it.
She has been having one bottle a day since about 1 week that I’ve been pumping. I pump once a day so my wife can feed her. We’ve decided that it’s worth the “risk” as it’s really important to us that we both get to feed her. She also loooves her pacifier. We’ve had no problems with her going back and forth between breast, bottle, pacifier, etc. And we use dr. Browns bottles with slow flow nipples (the ones they came with). She feeds pretty quick on my breast (about ten mins) so it’s not too different for her to take a bottle. I am a bit worried about her having 4 bottles a day while I am at work though (starting thursday) but she will probably be fine since she has been so good so far.
I out pf desperation used my mouth to suck out my babies nose. It was the only thing that worked when my baby couldn’t feed or breath at the same time. Then one day my daughter got really sick with pneunomia and of course I ended with the worlds worst strepthroat. So it is gross and risky but it did work
I pumped right away… to up my supply.. they say 2 weeks is a good window.
Ok weirdc, but a bit of breastmilk in the nose (just a drop) helps clear up boogies… the white blood cells in it help or something.. I tried it and it worked.
Never could get that damn orange out of Ro’s clothes lol
I always kept Rowan in bed next to me while she slept… i know they say its bad… but it worked… and I got some Zzzzz’s.
Rowan never burped either.. she farted instead. and she’d wake up fussy with gas bubbles so I’d fold her legs up into her belly and fart her like some sort of musical instrument.. really funny at 3 am..
I see someone beat me to the breastmilk in the nose trick. I was advised on my first son’s transatlantic trips to put a few drops of breastmilk in his nostrils periodically to prevent getting sick from the recycled air. He would sneeze and then you can wipe whatever comes out (if anything). Breastmilk contains all kinds of amazing things (including stem cells I hear!) so I would use that intead of the saline. Don’t know if WW has baby acne, but breastmilk got rid of that in literally 24 hours. I didn’t believe it so I tried it just on one side of his face–the next day it was clear–so then I proceeded to do the other side.
Neither of my boys burped every time, not a problem.
For stains, the sun. There is a laundry additive available in the UK called Nappisan, it’s probably like Oxyclean, it’s really amazing.
Neither of my two liked being swaddled, and both were/are cosleepers so no help there. I found that with everything–sleeping independently/napping/sleeping through the night/potty training/even academics like reading…if you just wait and wait until they’re ready, accomplishing these things will be painless and effortless for everyone. Of course it may take longer that way, but I was in no rush.
pumping not sure, but I really think LLL is great–you could just call and ask, or check kellymom.com, or attend a local meeting (which I love because of all the support from other like-minded moms)
Good Luck and Congratulations!
Stains=sun. It is hands down the best thing possible for getting out natural stains. Make sure the dipes are damp and hang them or lay them on a lounge chair.
Nose sniffles=breastmilk or saline + NOSEFRIDA. This is the BEST nose sucking tool ever. You suck on a tube that is attached to a gizmo that goes in their nose (but is not yicky and no snot goes in your mouth, promise!). Still get crying, but don’t have to pin down the girl like we did Logan. I think you can find it online only. IMO, worth every penny and then some.
Burping=we like to do a “dip” part of the way through. So pat pat pat then dip her backwards or to the side. Plus add in a little rubbing too. Pat Pat Pat Pat Dip Rub Rub Rub. Now that I type that out I would like someone to do that to me… *grin*
Dreft makes a stain remover. Kind of like Shout, but formulated for baby clothes. Any grocery store should have it.
Walmart has a battery operated snot sucker. Comes highly recommended from this camp. It’s a lot quicker which makes it a win with squirmy annoyed babies.
1. Mix a cup of HOT water and a tablespoon of OxyClean thoroughly, and pour over stains to pretreat (even better, use that squirty-bottle they give you to rinse your hoo-ha after delivering to direct the solution onto the stain). If that doesn’t work, they’re just not coming out.
2. Put him up on your shoulder. My kids would never burp any other way. He won’t always have a burp, but if he does that’ll get it out–the pressure against their belly works wonders (obviously don’t do this sitting on an heirloom chair and use a burp cloth, just in case).
3. I’d be leery of introducing a bottle too soon if you’ve got a good thing going with the boobs unless you HAVE to.
4. The kind with the BIG nozzle (the one that goes over their nostril but not into it) always seemed to be the least-hated kind in my house, but babies just hate having their faces messed with, period.
5. You might not be doing it tightly enough. They almost universally love it done right. People used to watch me brace the baby burrito with one hand while yanking the tail of the blanket taut with the other and ask worriedly if the baby was okay. My aunt once marveled that I could probably swaddle a baby with a dinner-napkin. I am the queen of the swaddle. Sadly it’s my only superpower and my youngest is nearly four
6. Sleep at that age just sucks, period. If you get desperate, wearing him in a sling while you sit in a recliner or rocking chair will buy you some shut-eye and keep you from dropping him or him from rolling off of you while sleeping.
I haven’t read through all the advice – but I’m sure you’re getting lots of variations on the themes. Good luck
1. Poo
Sun really does work. I know it sound flakey. I sun Sam’s dipes. It’s miraculous. Otherwise, invest in a spray bottle of Bac-Out (Drugstore.com has it.)
2. Burping
Don’t be gentle, bang away at the baby. He will always have a burp (a good sign is blueness around the mouth) the good news is he’ll get better at them (as will you.)
3. Pumping
Eh – pumping – it’s exhausting and time consuming. I wouldn’t before 6 weeks. It’s not so much nipple confusion as preference. Who knows what will happen, I personally know a lot of babies who will have nothing but flesh. I know that sounds daunting, it’s not really. But I would wait. Also – as your milk adjusts to your baby’s needs, the milk you pump now may not to optimal for when you try a bottle at or after 6 weeks.
4. Snot
Lots of saline AND THEN WAIT A FEW MINUTES. Then suck. I use a Swedish Nose-Frieda – bizarre sucking device HIGHLY effective, but he will really hate you because it turns the sinus cavity into a wind tunnel. Very. Unpleasant. Someone in Miami sells ‘em.
5. Swaddle
Yep – I had two fighters. Both succumbed, one with more enhoyment than the other. Keep at it.
6. Sleeping
Sears (I think) says in this situation that you need to hold for 20 minute until they nter next phase of deeper sleep when transfer will be easier. My midwives would say – well – you should be sleeping whn the baby is, so lie back and cacth some zzzz’s while he’s on you. Baby won’t want to sleep on you forever and you really will miss is.
Oh LOL. Just read ‘em. Yep. Lots of variations. As I said – good luck – I have no doubt you’ll do wonderfully.
I think it was probably eight weeks or so before Punk would sleep NOT on a person. She just really seemed to need that personal contact to stay asleep. If she was tightly swaddled I could sometimes put her down for a little while, but if Dub Dub hates the swaddle, that’s not going to work.
xo
I haven’t read the comments so I’m probably repeating the scores of good advice that you’ve already received.
On burping: not totally necessary for WW to burp at each feeding. So long as he doesn’t seem discomforted from backed up gas, if after five or so minutes of burping he doesn’t let one rip, don’t worry about it. He’ll probably let loose a few baby farts on his own eventually.
On pumping: I say go for it now. I know that many books and experts use words like “nipple confusion,” but all of el Cinco (well, the four that are actually MINE) were bottle/breastfed almost immediately. I’d nurse through the day and pump off any excess, and Frank would take a night feeding or two. Not one of them had any sort of nipple confusion. They didn’t seem to care too much where their next meal was coming from, just so long as they were eating.
On the snot nose: saline is a nose’s best friend. Saline loosens up the boogies and makes snot suckage quicker and more efficient, thereby minimizing the time that baby fusses from annoyance. Kaelyn was a weird one and actually seemed to enjoy the snotsucker. Odd child, she was.
On swaddling: the whole idea behind swaddling is that it mimics the nestled warmth and comfort of the womb. However, if baby actually seems annoyed by the binding and prefers to be all stretched out, it kind of defeats the purpose of the “comfort” of swaddling. Jordan hated to be swaddled past a couple of weeks old, so we just dropped it. He was much happier after we did.
Miss you!
1. We keep a little tub of water and detergent in the laundry room for any poop stain or spit-up (which stains worse than poop) clothes during the day. We do a little rinse and then just let it soak for a while.
2. Breast fed babies don’t always burp. My pediatrician and lactation consultant said hold the baby upright and pat the back for two minutes. If no burp, your in the clear.
3. We started the bottle during his 3rd week and we haven’t had any nipple confusion issues. S gives him about 1 bottle a day, at least.
4. I’m reading all your comments about this because we have a cold right now.
5. Little J has always HATED his arms swaddled and learned to kick his legs out after the first few weeks. We don’t bother anymore.
6. Sleeping…it’s hard one. I don’t have any advice on that. But I wish you all the best.
Everybody already answered everything, but what the hey?
1. Leave them in the sun. The sun will bleach the lovely poo colors right out.
2. The only way I could burp Trucker was to pass him to my mom. Pass him to your mom.
3. My lactation consultant made us wait 6 weeks to bottle feed Cakie. Which was awefully long for me to wait to feed my boy.
4. Fill the bathroom up with steam then take him in there for a sauna party. Good, sweaty, snotty fun.
5. Trucker was a swaddle fighter. You may want to try the miracle blanket.
6. Ha Ha. Don’t expect him to sleep much for at least a few months. And anyone who asks you how he’s been sleeping has earned a cold-hard glare.
XOXO!
Orange poop cleaner = Sunlight dishwashing liquid!! Wet the stain, put on some Sunlight, let it sit for about 15 minutes, then put it through the wash. Sometimes if it’s a super big stain I will try to hand wash it a bit (with the Sunlight) before putting in the washer. And if it’s a REALLY bad stain, I throw the onesie out. Good luck!
1. Sorry, no good laundry advice, I suck at laundry and have learned to just live with stains.
2. Saline drops work wonders. You can make your own (one cup water, 1 tsp salt)
3. I would start pumping sometime before the 6th week but when are you are sure that you have a comfortable nursing relationship. I started too early with my first daughter and had the most painfully cracked nipples and oversupply of milk. I started too late with my son and by that point he would have nothing to do with a bottle. Do you have access to a lactation consultant? They are often covered by insurance and can be a great resource.
4. I see no reason to swaddle if he doesn’t like it, just try once in a while to see if it helps him stay asleep.
5. My daughter constantly cries when she goes from my arms to another spot, even if I just shift away from her while she cosleeps. Now I put her down in the bassinet when she is slightly awake so she can find her comfortable position and pat her back till she is asleep. When I am putting her in the crib, sometimes she cries so I wait a minute to see if she is really going to fuss or just taking a second to fall asleep. I don’t set a timer or anything, I just get some quick chore done like, well eating a bowl of ice cream or unloading the dishwasher, and if she is still awake when I’m done, I get her. Some people think I’m the devil for letting her “cry it out” for 5 minutes but it works for both of us and we both sleep happily. If she is cosleeping, I pull my nipple out of her mouth while she is still awake but very drowsy and press my face to the top of her head and whisper. That way she is soothed to sleep without nursing and I can easily shift away from her when she is asleep without the abruptness of stopping her from nursing/using me as a pacifier.
4. Breastfed babies don’t need to burp after every feeding. I’d try a minute or two of burping and then set him on your shoulder for a while, patting and rubbing his back and keeping him upright. If he doesn’t burp, he’s probably not going to.
You are just such an awesome mom and I am so happy for you, I think I’ve commented before but if not, I’m officially de-lurking to tell you that!
#1 sun the poo stained clothes. it works on cloth diapers, so i would imagine it would work on clothes.
#2 he might not always burp. if memory serves it happened about 75% of the time here.
#3 all depends on how BFing is going. E was a natural and my milk was plentiful so i started pumping at 3.5 weeks so A could give him one bottle per day. i think they say wait 4 or 6 weeks, but i’ve heard soooo many stories of babies who would not take the bottle so we started early (and he took it fine, and then our lives changed such that he did not need to, but it is nice to have the option).
#4 he will always hate it…but if you spray some breast milk up his nose it will come out easier with the aspirator. we still have to do it from time to time and E *hates* it!
#5 if he hates it i’d give it up. E loved it – it immediately soothed him, but if it did the opposite i don’t think we would have used it.
#6 this took a lot of work on my part for the first three months. but i must say it has more than paid off. i started by working on it during the day. for day naps i’d put him in his bassinet and when he’d wake, i’d gently rock the bassinet and try to get him to fall back to sleep. sometimes it worked and other it did not. but it was a routine we did and eventually he got to a place where he could fall asleep on his own (i have never ever nursed him to sleep, and i think this has been a really good thing for *me*). but all babes are different and sleep is probably the hardest thing for parents to work through – so really i just wish you luck on this one!
Ok, so I’ll answer what I can.
Malka was all about the sit on your lap, bend her over and pat get back. Noah Matan is a shoulder guy. He falls asleep there. I feed him with me sitting In the comfy chair in our room, my ATM on the arm rest, and bottle at boob level, and he chows down. when done, I flop him to my shoulder, and pat pat pat with my right hand, and surf blogs on my iPhone with my left.
he totally falls asleep. I wait 30 minutes with him on my shoulder, and then swaddle him as quickly as possible. Only the miracle blanket works for him, he houdinied himself out of the Velcro ones in 30 seconds. I get him tight tight, and then carry him to the pack and play, where he sleeps on a wedge thing. He is zonked out on my shoulder now as I type this. 
Malka hated the swaddle with a passion, so just keep at it, and you’ll both figure out soon enough orbit works or not for you.
Oh, and at this wee age of WW? You do whatever works. No harm done at all. Happy mom=happy baby.
And ps, love happiest baby-I’d pass it on, but we gave our copy to Cat, of Misfit Motherhood.
1. i use plain, old SHOUT on the yellow stains, then wash in environmentally, baby friendly laundry detergent. the shout really works.
2. try to burp for a few minutes (the way you do it is always what worked best for my little guy.) if WW doesn’t burp, don’t sweat it. breastfed babies get less gas in them than bottle fed.
3. i always heard to not start pumping until after 2 weeks. i pumped a few times early on and hated it. i just wanted to be with my kiddo and not waste time pumping, so i gave all my milk straight to him. it was a lot of work, since i was the only one feeding him, but we always gave him one bottle of formula so that he would be used to a bottle when i went back to work at 14 wks. i’ve been pumping at work and it’s going well. he still only gets one bottle of formula a day. my point being, even if you don’t want to start pumping now, it can still work out fine later.
4. use the aspirator, they all hate it… it really does work and makes them feel better. ask your ped about saline drops in conjunction with the aspirator.
5. we stopped swaddling i think after the first week. he fought it and hated it the moment we left the hospital. we tried to reintroduce it a few times in the first couple of months, but he wasn’t having it. we put him in a sleep sack instead for warmth.
6. ah, sleep. WW is so small, you can’t spoil him yet… he sounds like my lil one. he preferred sleeping on me to anything else, but he grew out of it very naturally (no crying it out). my advice is just to give him what he wants right now. he just wants love and food and diaper changes
you are doing great!!!
I can’t answer all of them but a couple that worked for me…
I bleached EVERYTHING… colors… non colors… I have a front load washer so the bleach doesn’t go in until the water is in and I never really noiced any real fading of colors but it took out any and all stains.
Mine did NOT always burp. I also did the thing where I sat him up and leaned him against my hand. I have been told that breastfed babies don’t take in as much air and so they don’t always need to burp.
And finally, they told me 4 – 6 weeks was when I could start pumping. 10 minutes after a feeding just to build up a supply. Before that they said my supply was still regulating to what he eats and I would over produce if I pumped too soon.
Hope some of that helps. By the way… he’s adorable!!
Elizabeth doesn’t always burp. She also hated the aspirator until I started doing it to her on her changing table, since she loves her changing table. Saline drops to loosen, aspirator to bring to the front, and q-tip to grab it. She’ll still protest a bit and knock my hand away. And if you get desperate, you can use your mouth to suck them out. That is what parents do in countries that do not have aspirators. So I’ve heard, anyway. Oh, and absolutely try ditching the swaddle, if he sleeps without it. Elizabeth would not. But I’ve heard tales of babies that do. Oh, and the whole bottle/nipple confusion thing too. I think I went too far with that and Elizabeth now thinks all bottles are poison. So you might not want to wait as long as I did.
#6 Just a theory but maybe the temperature change between your bosy and the co-sleeper is an issue for him. You might try throwing a towel into the dryer and then letting it warm up the co-sleeper thingy. Take it out a few minutes before the transition. Once it feels close to body temperature put him in the sleeper. That way maybe the transition won’t be so obvious right away. I may be way off base too. Worth a try?
Shout advance works on our lovely stains.
A NICU nurse showed us to rock the baby to burp them. Think of a rocking chair. Lean all the way forward…all the way back…repeat. Such tiny babies there can’t always be burped the traditional way. We use it if the regular way doesn’t work.
No answer for you on the bf questions, but:
1. For the clothes, there are a couple of things you can try. You can soak the stuff in oxiclean and water for a while. You can also wash it in a high-quality non-baby detergent (Tide is my preference) and then wash it again in the free/clear stuff (to make sure the fragrance is washed out, etc). This saved a couple outfits for me.
2. I had the most success burping my kids with letting them sit upright on my lap and lightly pressing my hand on their stomach.
4. Humidifier, saline nose drops as others have said (though he will probably hate that too).
5. I gave up on swaddling both of mine after a week. They both hated it.
6. See if he will sleep better in a semi-upright position…such as in a swing or car seat. My older daughter slept just fine flat on her back, but my younger one would do what your son is doing–wake up and cry after a short time. I think she had a little bit of reflux. One particularly frustrating night I put her in the swing (with it turned off)–and she slept better than she had in many days. We continued this until she was three months old and then transitioned to the crib, where she did just fine.
Some people like the nosefrida for the aspirator. I tried it though and it didn’t work so well on AJ. But, others LOVE IT and it is a great, small company to work with.
AJ slept on my chest the first several months of life
That is where he slept best and it is how I got the most sleep 
At 8.5 months old he still loves too, but just doesn’t do it all the time now 
There is a product called Totally Toddler that is, as far as I am concerned, a miracle from the gods. I can only find it at that Giant Baby Store. They make a detergent, a spray, and little wipe packets. It removes EVERYTHING.
As for the swaddle, when Mia was 4 days old and visiting the ped to make sure her bili levels were normal, he told me, and I quote, “You are going to need a leash for her when she’s a toddler.” The swaddle was a big fat JOKE in my house. The closest I ever got was one of those wearable blanket sleeper things, and at 7 months she woke during the night and went absolute batshit crazy trying to escape it, so I tossed it as well.
I am so happy that you are cleaning up baby poo and snot. SO happy.
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I love the new header! More soon.
1. sun
3. whenever you start, i emphatically second the recommendation to make sure the evil breast shields are big enough.
4. breast milk up the nose, bracing yourself for the protests and aspirating away. closing the bathroom door, stopping up the tub, running the shower and sitting in there for 10-15 minutes twice a day. bring a burp cloth to wipe away the runny boogies that come out.
5. ditto making it really tight, a la happiest baby on the block.
6. white noise? it will get easier.
he is so sweet. i am so happy for you.
1) I keep a bottle of the Oxy-clean spray by B’s changing table and if I spray it post-blowout and toss it in the hamper – and then spray it again before it goes in the wash, it seems to get the poo out for the most part.
2) B doesn’t always have a burp, and if he does it always comes out in the first 30 seconds or so. Our pedi. said some breastfed babies just don’t swallow as much air because they have a good latch. So WW might just be a champion latcher!
3) You can pump whenever you want. I was pumping in the hospital.
One of the LC told me to pump whenever I felt especially engorged or painful. Now I pump when I’m going to be out of the house if I know BF will be tricky that day in public. We love the Nuk bottles, he switches back and forth like a champ between breast and bottle
5) B is just now giving up the swaddle; my nephew never did like the swaddle – he would wiggle his way out before falling asleep. I just try to swaddle B’s torso and legs and leave his arms out for now, he seems to tolerate that… which leads me into 6) When B does wake up, I think it’s because he’s cold. Like he wakes because he doesn’t have our collective body heat anymore. So I’ve been trying to wrap him up before he falls asleep and then I can usually get him down in his crib ok. He might wiggle a bit and then usually falls back asleep. The weird thing is, we can always lay him down drowsy but awake at night and he’ll drift off on his own, but it’s SUPER tricky to get him down for a nap during the day if he’s not fully asleep.
You’re doing great, momma!
HI,
Congrats on WW’s arrival and everything you’ve gone through so far, sounds like you are doing really well!! WW looks like a real sweetie!
My suggestions would be:
- sunshine for the stains, it really is the only thing that works
- pump whenever you feel ready, about 20 mins after you first feed in the morning can be good, or if you can manage it while you give first morning feed try pumping of the other side at the same time. You might need help to get the logistics of it going but can work really well. I use tommee tipee breast-like bottles but not sure if you have them ( i’m in UK!) and they work well. I started giving bottle about 6 weeks and theat seemed to work once she realised milk was there!!
- burping – try circular motions with baby sitting on your knee and moving the top of his body around in a circular way!! This was recommended by midwife from research done in Africa and seems to work well!!
- sleep. This is a hard one and one you’ll get tons of advice for and all conflicting!! One of best tips we had was to try and put baby down awake or rouse as you do so they get used to settling themselves. This was much easier with bottle fed baby it has to be said than the breast-fed one (who is still not a good sleeper at 9 months!!) In hind-sight wish i had tried not to feed to sleep because now in bit of habit…..!!
hope that helps!
Keep enjoying the cuddles and give WW a kiss from his friends in the UK who have enjoyed the journey of his arrival!!
take care
nic x
My gawd! Where was this vast community of knowledge when I had Wil? Unfortunately I have no real advice as I didn’t BF but for 2.5 weeks, had to do laundry in industrial washers due to living in one room apartment, Wil slept with us due to one room apartment, and he loved to be swaddled. But I do love your new header, I do think you are doing an absolutely phenomenal job, and I do love you very much.
My old roommate had to put her oldest daughter in her car seat for like 6 months to get her to sleep. Just like you, the baby would fall asleep on the chest, but as soon as you tried to lay her down, she’d wake up and not sleep or sleep for 15 minutes and wake up and not settle back down. She found this trick on some new mommy listserv. Until she found the tip, her hubby would sleep in a recliner with the baby on his chest all night.
I’d say if he doesn’t want to be swaddled then don’t swaddle him. It sounds like he freakin’ hates it, so why continue doing something that he hates? Some kids are clingy and some like their space. It reminds me of the parents who do “attachment therapy” and force their very large children to lie in their laps and drink from a baby bottle. Then there’s the forced “loving gazing” about three inches from the poor kid’s eyes. If somebody tried to do that to me as a child I’d have headed for the hills, probably screaming all the way. I’m not comparing swaddling to making an eight-year-old drink from a bottle but I think it’s important to recognize that babies have different ways of expressing/accepting affection and just because a book or a so-called expert endorses a method of comforting a distressed child doesn’t mean that it’s right for your child.
As for burping, my hubby is the world champion of getting a burp from a gassy baby. I’ve watched him and as far as I can tell, he puts the baby over his shoulder and pats around the bottom of the ribcage. They’re pretty firm pats, too. It always works for him but it works for me about sixty percent of the time. i have no idea why. it could be the firmness of the patting.
Sleep, try a white noise machine. I never did co-sleeping because i didn’t want to eventually have a seven-year-old who refused to sleep anywhere but in my bed. With me. And hubby. There are a few bloggers who are going insane trying to get their kids to sleep in their own beds. it isn’t pretty. babies are lovely and snuggly and all that but at the end of the day I want my space. If co-sleeping works for you, Lord love you. I couldn’t do it. Good luck.
1) I use a spray and wash thing with resolve power. It even gets out stains that were in clothes that were handed down. You use it before the wash, so I think anything that would be harsh for baby will come out with the washing.
2)I have always either cradled the head and tipped forward as you describe or pat on shoulder. Breastfed babies don’t always burp, but they sleep better if they do. If the first two methods didn’t get a burp, I cradle the baby over my arm with head facing elbow and firmly pat the back. This helps colicky babies, too.
3)I tried pumping, but my first two were twins and I never had enough left to pump, and my little girl doesn’t leave much either. First thing in the morning is good, and if the breast your child is not suckling on leaks (as mine did) using a hands free pump on that breast will keep that milk from going to waste. I have almost always used formula for those times I needed a break because of the reasons previously mentioned.
4)we always used a humidifier when the babies were newborns. It cleared out all sinus stuffiness. The only time we used the aspirator bulb thing was for head colds. Spraying the buffered saline solution sold for babies flushes the nose and makes clearing it out easier.
5)Our twins HATED swaddling, and I thought they would love it because they were used to being so tight. Our singleton couldn’t sleep without being swaddled. The thing with babies is always to find out what works for that particular baby, not a theoretical baby in a book, or even a previous child. If your kid hates it, he hates it, if it’s not working for you, don’t do it.
6)Sleep is a loaded topic. The best thing to do that I can think of is to try anything and everything until you get a sleep method that works for the baby AND you, and that you ALWAYS think of the future as well as what works for you right now. Also, throw out your pre conceived notions and start from scratch. For example, I thought that I would have the twins sleep together in a bassinet in out bedroom for easy breastfeeding, and that they would prefer to sleep with each other. WRONG. They HATED sleeping together, and they snuffled, snorted, farted,and sighed so loudly in their sleep that they kept us awake. They also couldn’t stand being swaddled, and due to minor reflux issues, they couldn’t sleep flat. Then baby B became wicked colicky and started screaming. Baby A slept in his carseat for 4 months, and Baby B ended up sleeping in the cradle swing for 6 months. Both methods worked great, but we had to stumble upon them with a great deal of trial and error. Your baby might love: 1)vibrating bassinet or bouncy seat 2) swing 3)being rocked to sleep then put into snugglenest or something completely different.
Congratulations!!! And best of luck
I agree with the sunshine diaper remedy. Also, if you’re trying to stay away from chemical-y stain removers, both baking/washing soda and toothpaste are wicked stain removers. Maybe try keeping a box of soda by the diaper pail, and do a sprinkle before dropping the dipe in the pail? Oxycleaners essentially use baking soda, and the soda’s usually waaay cheaper.
And if you can stand the gross, the quickest easiest way to clear out a little baby’s nasal passages is to put your mouth over his nose, and suck the mucus out. That’s right; it’s how poor folk do it in other countries. Suck it up and spit it out. Totally works.
Have you tried a half swaddle? Swaddle his legs up nice and tight, and leave his arms free? Otherwise, maybe just get him a sleep sack if he hates the swaddle. Somebody above said to make sure you deal with the real baby, instead of a theoretical one. Soooo true. He may break all the rules you read as prep. Whatever works, sez I!
And WW is one gorgeous baby!
Everyone already answered everything, but here’s my two cents on te last four.
3. Pumping…
You can start pumping any time. Mornings are best, usually, because you tend to have the best supply first thing in the morning. Something about hormones kicking in overnight. So, morning is a good time. Try to do it right after feeding WW (or as some suggested, pump one boob while feeding him on the other… I never mastered though). You don’t want to pump right before his usual feeding and then have there be not so much for him and have him get p.o.’d at you. Don’t worry about how much you get. When you are breastfeeding WW, you probably won’t get very much. Maybe 1/2 oz to 1 oz. That’s because WW is taking most of it and that’s all you have left. So, whatever you get, you get. If you are away from him for several hours and pump, in the future, you will find that you are producing plenty. But when he’s sucking it all up, you won’t have much left for the pump.
As for your mom feeding him, the standard is 6-8 weeks, I think. If you plan to bottle feed, they say it’s best not to wait longer than that because some babies will refuse the bottle if you wait too long (like my nephew) and then… well, you can’t ever leave them, which sucks.
But don’t stress about the timing too much. Jo was well established with bfeeding when we bottle fed him at 6 wks. He took it right away and he has never had nipple confusion or refused either the breast or the bottle. He just had no problems with the transition. I don’t doubt that some babies do, but the books sometimes make it sound like you’re definitely going to screw up your baby if you don’t do it right, and well, that’s not necessarily the case.
4. Sniffles…
Saline nasal spray can help as can just letting hot water fill the bath tub and taking him in to breathe in some steam. That having been said, I think most babies hate the aspirator but there are times when you will just have to do it, like when WW has a bad cold and is so stuffed up he can’t nurse without you clearing out the old nostrils. Jo can finally blow his own nose and that is lovely, but even so, when he’s sick, sometimes we still bring out the aspirator and he still hates it. But he survives.
5. Swaddle…
Is he fighting it when you put him in but then he settles or does he fight it while it’s on. If the latter, maybe no swaddle. He may not like swaddling. Others have said that though.
6. Sleep…
No one can tell you how to get your kid to sleep. You have to find what works for you. Babies don’t sleep like adults, so they wake more easily and startle easily. It can be really hard for them to be put down. Others have mentioned just letting the baby sleep in a car seat or sitting upright or such. You might also want to hold WW on your chest longer before trying to transfer him. If he can get into a deeper sleep before being transferred, he might stay down. Also, remember, just because he wakes when you put him down doesn’t mean he is necessarily up for good. He might well be up for good, but it took me far too long to realize that sometimes, even if Jo wakes when I transfer him from arms to crib, I can rub his back and talk to him soothingly and sometimes he falls back asleep after 5 or so minutes. Not always and if I try that and he is shrieking, I pick him up and we start again. But it’s something I’ll tell you because honestly, it took me a really long time to figure out that just because he wakes up doesn’t mean I can’t necessarily coax him back down. It was a long time before I could really transfer J. successfully. I forced myself to get it down because I was terrified of him going to day care at 3 months and not being able to be put down and not getting any naps. It was hard, but we did it. Lots of practice. And Jo wasn’t the most difficult baby with that. Good luck.
I only have advice on the swaddling thing–my nephew hates it and has since he was a day old, so just do what the boy wants–though he doesn’t mind his legs swaddled:) Congrats again. WW is just perfect:)
The new baby thing is usually a mystery-each little creature has their own quirks, but here’s what I’ve got:
*if he doesn’t like the swaddle, don’t worry about it. My son was too big for the conventional swaddle blankets pretty early on, but when I could manage it, he liked to have at least one hand free. Sort of defeats the purpose, but he liked it.
*I started pumping almost from the git-go. I had huge supply and a well-fed baby. I would do a feed, and then pump after I had put the baby back down. It helped to even out supply and helped to build up a frozen stash. I would suggest that you hold off on starting the bottle until he is about six weeks-you’ve got your supply well-established, and your chances of nipple confusion are low.
*Sleep, ah sleep. I didn’t co-sleep, but the first one was tough to put down too. I have to admit that I nursed them both down and was close enough to the crib (with the level set up high enough)that it was a pivot and set down. Sometimes the coolness of the sheet can wake them up, so maybe there is a way to address that. EAch one is different-my second would have to have her latch broken and a pacifier given. It will get easier as you develop more of a routine, and sleep patterns even out. Six weeks seemed to be the break-even point for both of my kids.
*last point on the burping-sometimes a BF baby doesn’t burp, esp. if they take their sweet time (I’ve had one gulper-great burper, and one sipper, not so much). I’ve found that if I know that there is a burp there, if I would be holding them on my shoulder, and then stand up. The change in elevation seemes to make a difference. Totally came across it by accident (thanks Mom), but that’s the way that a lot of things happen-you just end up figuring it out.
Good luck!
Our baby hated the bulb aspirator too. We tried many things but finally resorted to the Graco electric, musical aspirator. Nate doesn’t mind it at all, he mostly laughs when we use it. We affectionally call it the “marvelous musical snot sucker and you can get it at ToysRus. It’s well worth the $19.99.
Vinegar or sunlight to bleach out the stains in the diapers or whatnot.
Sucking out the nose with my mouth was the ONLY way Bliss didn’t freak out.
Burping took me bouncing Bliss but it is so different for each baby.
I would personally wait two to three months of good breastfeeding before introducing a bottle but that is me.
The swaddle … sometimes tighter works when you think it won’t, other times it just isn’t gonna work. Bliss went through phases than changed weekly it seemed.
The baby to bed off chest thing…I would end up laying him down while still feeding so when the boob was unlatched he was on his back or side so there was not moving done, it was a little tricky but when I tried other things he always woke up.
Love Love Love to you
1. Never found anything that worked too well, except keeping the poo off clothes. Not easy.
2. My son did not always burp, but when he didn’t I kept him a bit upright for a good 20 minutes after eating.
3. It is nice to share a feeding with your mom, but what would really make it worth it is if you can get 4 hours of uninterrupted sleep. For me, I let my breasts dictate when that could happen.
5. My son started bustin’ out of the swaddle pretty early too. I gave up and we were both happier.
6. I never figured this one out. But so many people swear by putting the baby down when he is drowsy to help him fall asleep on his own. My son couldn’t do that until he was 18 months old (not to scare you), but I think WW is too young for that. My son, and I have heard that it is not so uncommon, slept on my chest for about 3-4 weeks from the age of 4+ weeks (I think). He just cried if he was anywhere else. Luckily I could do it.
No idea about the stains.
He won’t always burp and that’s ok. I usually do the shoulder burp where kind of rest his belly on my shoulder and then a do a combo of patting and rubbing on his back for a minute or two. If he doesn’t burp in that time, he’s not going to.
Give up the swaddle. Not every baby likes it. Both of mine hated it with the passion of a thousand fiery suns.
Pump whenever you can. I usually like to do it about halfway between feedings. Your body will compensate.
As for the sleeping thing, I’ll be reading your comments to see what everyone else suggests because I’m out of ideas.
Hey,
I always had problems with getting a burp out of my breastfed baby. Even now at 6 months old, sometimes she does not burp after a feeding. I laid her on her belly on my knees and that seemed to work. Then as she got older, I leaded her forward and cupped her chin in my hand like you said.
As far as the swaddle went. once we left the hospital we used it like once. She would do okay in the Sw-ddle Me made by kidopotmus but she eventually would bust out of that too. We just gave up and she did just fine. I had issues with moving a sleeping infant at first too. I would wait about 20 minutes after her falling asleep to even attempt to move her. I know that is probably not what you want to hear. It does get easier.
As far as breastfeeding with a bottle. The class that we went to suggested that the first bottle can be introduced at about 3 weeks. they said don’t go to far beyond yet because many babies will not accept it then. We introduced it and it has been fine. I pump while at work or when going out for the evening and somebody else gives her a bottle. If you pump before that time, you can always put it in the freezer. I like the Me-dela pump and store bags. I freeze it and it is fine later. I hope that helps.
Good luck with it all your questions. I think those are the onlyu questions you had.
Kathy V
Aaaawww…they ALL hate the aspirator. We had a super long one for Will and I kept it for years to use on myself. Gross? Yes. But so helpful.
1. Just hang stuff in the sun to dry and it’ll bleach the stains right out – safe and free!
2. I used to just hold him upright.
4. Squirt breastmilk up his nose.
5. TBB was always swaddled, TTG never has been.
6. Don’t move til he wakes up lol. I fed TTG to sleep on a pillow on my lap so I could read blogs while he slept. 9 months later he’s there right now
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