24 HOURS WITH A NEWBORN | Exclusively Pumping 

Thank you!! This is my real life and I hope it’s helpful for others to see! 💖

Thank you so much!! 💓💓

You’re welcome! Best of luck!! 💓

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Thanks lady!! 💓💓

Thank you!! I’m sorry I’ve been MIA, just needed to take time off RU-vid to be with my family ❤️ happy Easter to you!

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Also, if you pace feed with the bottle, it will help baby from getting frustrated on the breast!

@@morgancurt1326 what do you mean by pace feed? & I feel like my baby has a lip tie but her dr didn’t seem concerned about it. Wish I could put her to my breast but won’t take it. I also have elastic nipples so it’s a fail for me :/

@@babybc8810 I’m so sorry your pediatrician isn’t taking you seriously! I experienced that with my son by 6 different professionals that were supposed to help. Try taking baby to a pediatric dentist, they usually are more informed of the ties and the problems they cause! It took seeing a pediatric dentist for someone to listen to me and my sons discomfort. Pace feedings are when you basically make baby work a bit harder for the milk in a bottle, just like they would work a bit harder at the breast for your milk. When you cradle baby and feed them that way, gravity assists with getting the milk out of a bottle, and most bottles baby doesn’t have to work hard at getting the milk out since they kind of drip/leak out. A few ways to pace feed is have baby sitting up a bit more and holding the bottle parallel to the ground (making sure you don’t allow air to get in the nipple), you can lie baby on his/her side and feed them laying sideways, and I also recommend getting a smaller nipple size for a bottle so they have to work a bit harder. Are you lactating at all or is your supply low? If your supply is low, you can power pump along side comfort nursing. You can offer the breast for a feeding and too baby off with formula with pace feeding, or the other way around. Tons of skin to skin and a consistent pumping/nursing schedule is key! Many hugs! Feel free to ask me anything!

@@morgancurt1326 Aww thank you! You’re so sweet & kind! I appreciate everything you’ve told me. I put her to my breast last night but it hurt and she was getting mad. Think she’s used to the bottle and my nipples get soft immediately and so maybe that frustrates her too because she has nothing to grab a hold of. I’ve been pumping and I have a decent milk supply. Maybe on the lower end but it’s enough to keep up with baby unless I miss a pump session or she cluster feeds before I get to pump. But for the most part she gets mostly breast milk. I give her formula if I get too busy or as mentioned above. I do feel like giving up sometimes. I feel like pumping just takes so much time out of my day. I have a 14 month old and 2 1/2 month old. It gets very overwhelming sometimes. But I try hanging in there. I guess a question I would have is, is it Normal to feel so tired? Like fatigued? Is this part of maybe producing milk? I didn’t get to breastfeed my first so I’m going through a lot of new things. I know I don’t eat like I should. I feel so tired so often go for convenience foods which I know don’t offer me energy. So it’s like a vicious cycle. How do moms survive all of this?? 🥲

Aw thanks! So happy you enjoyed it!

It’s been so long I honestly can’t remember the settings! I know I liked the pulsing vibration and I kept it pretty low intensity. I pumped about 5x a day for 20 mins. I got the elvie cordless one and honestly didn’t love it (I didn’t think it actually got all the milk out as good as my spectra) and didn’t think it was worth the money but that’s just my opinion!

How did your supply end up being? I’m 7 weeks pp and I am getting just enough

Aww thank you!! 🥰🥰

Thank you! It’s the dockatot!! Must have!

You’re so sweet for thinking of me! I’m sorry I’ve been a little MIA, but just needed some time off to be with my family 💓💓 I’ll be posting more regularly again soon! Hope you’re doing well ☺️☺️

@@Amanda_Fadul I'm doing well thanks 😊 and take All the time you need, we'll be waiting 😊

Thank you!! My hats off to you! I would have loved if breastfeeding came to me more easily but you’re right, fed is best! Now my little one is on formula and it’s worked out great for us!

I did! I got the elvie and to be completely honest I didn’t love it…not worth the money IMO. I much preferred the regular spectra. I felt like the wireless never got all the milk out and it would leak!

Target!!

I pumped about 5-6 times a day! My baby is now 15 months!

Love that 😘

The only advice I would give is to not put too much pressure on yourself and if it’s working great, but if not then don’t continue if it’s putting you in a bad place! Pumping is really difficult and I had to stop and formula feed after 2 months because it just wasn’t sustainable for me and was becoming too overwhelming and a negative experience. That said, only you know what’s best for yourself and baby and I would encourage you to pump as long as it’s working for you 💓💓💓

@@Amanda_Fadul you’re right. The pressure is only from myself but at the end of the day, Quinn just wants to be fed no matter how I do it. I’m definitely setting small goals for myself... working on 6wks now. It’s very time consuming considering you have to bottle feed on top of pumping and then do the dishes 😅😓

My newborn is a week old tmr. I suggest eating oats and fenugreek. I make smoothies with the oats and fenugreek powder. Definitely boosted my supply. I’m exclusively pumping as well.

Definitely increase the amount of carbs you’re eating! Oatmeal if great and there’s a lot of lactation cookie recipes out there!

Not sure! Lol I guess since never committed to pumping so often my body regulated and got used to it?

Aw sorry to hear that! Nothing wrong with bottle feeding though! 💕

It's the Halo BassiNest!

Thank you! It’s such a relief to see that another Mom has such a similar lifestyle and newborn to us!! My baby is doing the same thing with the eating every hour, freaks out right when he is hungry, we have the mama roo too, and I bought him that same swaddle because he was a ninja getting his arms out. But he won’t sleep in his bassinet so I’m going to try that Halo BassiNest! 🫶

Hey lady!!! How are you and the family?! I’ll have a video up this week! Life has been so busy and I’ve been prioritizing my family and work over RU-vid but things are good 💖

@@Amanda_Fadul Hey girl I'm doing OK , glad your doing well..can't wait for the video don't worry we're patient..just wanted to make sure everyone is doing good 😊

I think about 15-20 mins

We have a bottle warmer! Or you could just warm it in a pot on the stove!

I had no idea!!

Yes! I really liked the spectra! I didn’t try any others so it’s the only one I can recommend! ☺️

I got it from Target a long time ago!

I’ve heard that happening to other women! Guess everyone is different 💓 thanks for the sweet comment 🙏🏻☺️

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