What things would you want in your bedroom?

[dana86]

I think the one thing I wish we had more of was space. We have enough room for our king size bed, two dressers, two nightstands, my little sewing maching cabinet and a pack n play but we are crammed. So I would just want that and I think a fridge would be very handy especially if you have a multi floor house or the master is a good distance from the kitchen.

[jennlin]

if you plan on breastfeeding, then you won't need the fridge, sink, microwave, in the room. during pregnancy #2 when my supply was low, we were supplementing with almond milk, we pre-made bottles and stuck them in a cooler bag with an ice pack and kept it on the bed so that i didn't even need to get out of bed. when she was done with the bottles, we put the cap back on, and let it float on the bed somewhere. in the morning, we'd collect bottles to wash, refreeze the pack, and repeat.

we do have a rule of no food upstairs, and no drinks unless it's water (and milk for the babies)..so we definitely wouldn't utilize any of the built-ins.

upstairs laundry, though.....i've settled twice. and now twice, i've regretted it. i want an upstairs laundry!!!

[dana86]

I could see how a laundry room would be nice. Neither this house or our new house have floors both are ramblers. But the new house is substantially bigger and they put the laundry room on the complete opposite end of all the bedrooms. I'm not looking for to that laundry commute.

[jennlin]

okay so YMMV...the only times i ever pumped MOTN was when i did not have bjl with me (when i went to nevada without her, and that was only just recently). when bjl was a newborn, with jaundice, i nursed around the clock. even during jaundice times, i only pumped during daylight hours, after each feeding (per LC advice). i'm glad i didn't have to deal with over supply overnight, and be a slave to my pump overnight..but could handle the OS during the day that comes naturally with extra pump sessions.

[shevacc]

Apr 17, 2014 12:55:51 GMT -5 @lauralynne said:

Just space. I am a firm believer that only 2 things happen in a bedroom so nothing that would distract from either of those activities.

Put me in this camp too. I never pumped nor gave bottles MOTN. G only got bottles when I was at work, or occasionally as a newborn to learn to accept them. Then I pumped during the daytime and never in my bedroom.

[jennlin]

On days that bjl STTN, I feel full but not in pain. If you feel full/painful often, pumping makes it worse. You need to let your body know to make less milk by not extracting it.

[shevacc]

Apr 17, 2014 15:35:00 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

How did people who only pumped during the day make up all the milk?

Granted, I ended up with an 1000+ ounce surplus, but when he started sleeping longer stretches at night, and eventually sttn, if I didn't pump right before going to bed at midnight, I'd wake up in pain. I also wouldn't match what he drank at daycare without that night session at about 8 months, when my pumping output dropped from 15oz in 3 sessions to 8 ounces in 3 sessions.

 I wasn't about to walk downstairs to pump in my lots of windows living room at midnight. It's great that worked for everyone else though. koko

Umm...G didn't STTN until last month? Tradeoffs, lol.

ETA - she never drank more than 12oz at daycare. Usually I was able to pump that in 3-4 sessions

[jennlin]

Apr 17, 2014 15:42:04 GMT -5 spunbutterfly said:

Apr 17, 2014 15:39:11 GMT -5 jennlin said:

On days that bjl STTN, I feel full but not in pain. If you feel full/painful often, pumping makes it worse. You need to let your body know to make less milk by not extracting it.

I'm not new to this breastfeeding thing. I understand, fully, how this works, esp since I had oversupply.

But I couldn't make up that milk with my day's pumping. He'd drink 16oz in a work day. I'd pump 8. My night pumping session would bring me to 12. and my freezer stash would supplement 4 of it.

Oh I get what you mean in your other post then. I thought it was worded funny and totally didn't understand it bc I know you understand bf, but thought it was weird you'd have to pump at night. I get it now.

Some people just don't respond well to the pump...I'm fortunate that my body responds pretty well to the pump. During the height of non-pregnant, working, and pumping, I pumped about 15oz a day, while bjl only took 12oz, so I had a bit of a freezer stash (that I got to use while pregnant). Right now I'm freezing about 16-24oz a day of surplus. Donating regularly to keep my freezer from getting out if control.

[7costanza]

If you have H feed the baby and heat the bottle in the master, you won't really get more sleep, plus at least at first, you will need to pump to make up for the missed feeding. I know My H would not have slept through even a quiet nursing session. We didn't use our bedroom for anything but sleeping so none of the extras would have been useful.

I would however love to have a laundry room (or even closet) upstairs. That is probably the thing I hate most about our house.

[MrsH2010]

Our laundry is in a closet in out master bathroom and I love the convenience of it. H's aunt has a huge master closet (more like a room) with a vanity and the laundry in it and it looked amazing. I would love to have that!

[karebear219]

I'm going to help you out spunbutterfly. I breastfed for the first six months, bkb was in our room the first three, then to hers. We were on formula after that until she could have cows milk.

For whatever reason pumping in our bedroom was most comfortable for me, so I would like a fridge and a sink in our master. Coffee would be AMAZING.

You can breast and bottle feed at the same time. Our pedi said no bottles until one month old, but then after that she could take a bottle, but if the boob was available that's what she drank out of. THere are some crazy breast feeding moms out there that feed them breast milk from the bottle when they are out and about. I don't get those people. From the tap is so much easier.

For forumla - you don't need a microwave. I think having one in the room would be a waste. For a couple months bkb did perfer her bottles warm, so we had a bottle warmer we used. Bottle warmer would be a lot easier and smaller than a microwave. After that she was fine with just regular tempature water.

[dana86]

I don't want a fridge in my room for bottles. I just want it to stash things like ice cream, treats, and maybe water so no one else steals it lol