Am I the only one who hates pumping? Because I hate pumping. I'm thankful for the freedom that bottles give me, but I just really, really hate pumping. Ugh.
Am I the only one who hates pumping? Because I hate pumping. I'm thankful for the freedom that bottles give me, but I just really, really hate pumping. Ugh.
I'm back to work today and have pumped once so far, and I'm already over it 😂 it doesn't help that I got a lot less than I was hoping, barely more than when I would pump after a morning feed. I am already dreading if I have to add another pump after I feed her before work too.
Am I the only one who hates pumping? Because I hate pumping. I'm thankful for the freedom that bottles give me, but I just really, really hate pumping. Ugh.
It sucks. I need to pump now but I have a patient who is close so I'll have to wait.
Post by lovelyshoes on Jul 16, 2019 10:20:57 GMT -5
Add me to the pump hating club. I can’t even get a lot out of them.
The baby has been up and crying since 6, before that he was screaming around 4. Took the shortest nap after about an hour of screaming this morning. My pumping got interrupted by maintenance and now I’m back at it but getting nothing while the baby is screaming. He keeps spitting up too, so I don’t even know what he wants.
Add me to the pump hating club. I can’t even get a lot out of them.
The baby has been up and crying since 6, before that he was screaming around 4. Took the shortest nap after about an hour of screaming this morning. My pumping got interrupted by maintenance and now I’m back at it but getting nothing while the baby is screaming. He keeps spitting up too, so I don’t even know what he wants.
This is sort of how our day went yesterday. The end result was a massive blow out.
Post by UMaineTeach on Jul 16, 2019 10:58:28 GMT -5
I don’t think anyone likes pumping. Such a hassle all the time. EPing sucks, because you basically have to feed the baby twice, every feeding cycle takes an hour. The dishes. The needing to leave social situations. Would be such a time saver if she liked human nipples. She will take any brand of bottle nipple.
I feel satisfaction when I feed her BM in the bottle, but every time I pump I want to give up.
Post by lovelyshoes on Jul 16, 2019 13:21:23 GMT -5
melmaria keep trying. My son hated getting middle of the night bottles from my h. He only wanted me. We just kept offering until he took it. It sucks in the meantime.
melmaria keep trying. My son hated getting middle of the night bottles from my h. He only wanted me. We just kept offering until he took it. It sucks in the meantime.
Did you keep offering breastmilk or formula when you were trying bottles? It killed me to have to dump breastmilk down the drain after taking it out of storage/heating it. :’(
I did only an ounce at a time when I was trying different bottles and stuff. E2 went through a bottle hating phase and I tried a few different kinds (and posted here about it). But I never put more than an ounce of EBM in the bottles while we were trying.
melmaria keep trying. My son hated getting middle of the night bottles from my h. He only wanted me. We just kept offering until he took it. It sucks in the meantime.
Did you keep offering breastmilk or formula when you were trying bottles? It killed me to have to dump breastmilk down the drain after taking it out of storage/heating it. :’(
Formula. Maybe try mixing it. When she took it before was it freshly pumped or frozen?
It's only 830 but I'm cramming food in in hopes of a good sleep when it eventually comes.
We are also going on 5 hours here. It’s almost 11:30 and she doesn’t appear to be the least bit interested in sleep. She is currently sitting in her swing quietly so I am not complaining- she could be screaming.
It's only 830 but I'm cramming food in in hopes of a good sleep when it eventually comes.
We are also going on 5 hours here. It’s almost 11:30 and she doesn’t appear to be the least bit interested in sleep. She is currently sitting in her swing quietly so I am not complaining- she could be screaming.
We are generally on a swing strike here. It sucks. He finally fell asleep and I got 3 hours of sleep. He's so tired, he doesn't really want to eat!
hamster I hope he finally ate and you got some more sleep!
H got up with DD at 1:30 (she finally fell asleep at 12:45) and I took over for him at 4:45. She didn’t fall asleep until 6. How do you not fall asleep kid? Are you not exhausted? She started to wake up at 8:30, but I held her and she slept another hour. I think there will be naps today, and hopefully DD takes some too! Ha!
DS is up for his last wake up of the night at 5:20am AGAIN. I hate when he does this because by the time we finish diaper, nursing, and back to sleep, it’s just after 6am. Too late to get real sleep before DD is getting up, and earlier than I want to be up for the day. It doesn’t matter what time he goes to bed, what time his first wake up is, he keeps hitting 5:20 regardless. Ugh.
DS is up for his last wake up of the night at 5:20am AGAIN. I hate when he does this because by the time we finish diaper, nursing, and back to sleep, it’s just after 6am. Too late to get real sleep before DD is getting up, and earlier than I want to be up for the day. It doesn’t matter what time he goes to bed, what time his first wake up is, he keeps hitting 5:20 regardless. Ugh.
Same. Sometimes a little earlier, sometimes a little later, but around about then is when my DS has his wake up too. It’s such an awkward time for the reasons you mentioned.
I got smart last night and paired a nighttime dose of gripe water (to hopefully help Zoe's grunting) with actually going to bed in my bed and not falling asleep in the recliner after watching tv for a while. This got Z a 5 hour stretch of sleep with me sleeping about 4 hours of that, thank goodness! I didn't even wake up when J came home from work...he was in bed next to me when I woke up for the 230am feeding and was like "oh hey, you're home!".
For fun, here's Z waking up after an hour+ nap on my chest. She started frantically rooting on my arm...girlfriend it hadn't even been 2 hours since you ate last. Calm yourself!
DD has been a cranky, sleep-refusing mess the last 24 hours. DS is down for a nap and I told DH I need an hour alone to relax and regroup. 20 minutes into my one hour he comes to me with a cranky DD and is all "i think she must be hungry", which is his go-to when the baby is the least bit cranky. I was like "ok, well I still have 40 minutes of my hour so heat up some breastmilk or go get some formula or whatever you need to do." He sighed and retreated upstairs. I ASKED FOR ONE HOUR.
Susie, preach. DH is such an amazing toddler dad, but with DD (and DS as a baby) he seems annoyed if they’re not content sitting on the couch with him and immediately goes to “she’s hungry, here”. Maybe walk around, bounce her, sing to her, give her a pacifier, SOMETHING, before you give up and declare her hungry (and therefore my problem).
Post by Patsy Baloney on Jul 21, 2019 3:01:20 GMT -5
I did not have a major hormonal crash after I had DS like I did when I had DD. I feel like it’s hitting me now (about 12 weeks). I can’t sleep, and I’m GRUMPY AND HUNGRY FOR SUGAR. I’m guessing it’s probably my second PP period coming, but good lord, leave me alone, hormones. I’m so tired. We’re down to 1 wake up a night, but I spend most of my sleeping time twiddling and thinking how tired I am. Unfortunately, I’m not 100% on taking a sleep aid because it’s too hard to wake up.