breastfeeding at daycare?

It seems so long ago I can hardly remember

Maya was just under 5 mths when she started. I had gotten her into a routine at home where she had bf's at 7am when she woke up, around 10am, 1pm and 4pm, then before bed at 7pm. She was booked into daycare from 8.30 till 2.30 every day.

I would give her the first feed at home before daycare, then take some baby rice and pureed fruit to daycare and they would give her breakfast around 8.30. My first class was from 8.30-10.30 and I spoke to my tutor beforehand and let him know i would have to leave at about 10.10 to go and feed Maya. I would go over then and give her a BF then daycare would put her to sleep. She would wake up at about 11.45ish and have a play on the floor and then they would give her mashed veges for lunch. My next class was 10.30-12.30 so after that finished I would go and bf her again. Then I would go and study on campus somewhere as I had no more classes, pick her up at 2.30 and take her home for another sleep, then dinner and a BF at 4pmish then bath and bed and BF at 7. Eventually as she got older we dropped the 1pm and 4pm feeds and I gave her a BF when I picked her up at 2.30 instead.

The best advice I can give you is to go with what suits Ayja. It will be a bit disruptive for her starting daycare, but they adapt a lot easier when they are so young. If you can, talk to your tutors and let them know what time Ayja needs feeding and I'm sure they won't mind letting you leave a few minutes early or arrive a few minutes late. And if you can, try to get her into a 'routine' feeding pattern rather than a demand feeding pattern, so that she won't get distressed if you're not there to feed her on cue. I also had my cellphone on vibrate in class so that if the daycare ever needed me they could ring me and I could go over. They never had to ring tho.

Good luck Janine, you are doing so well going back to school so quickly! I did my first semester with Maya by correspondence so I could stay at home. I wasn't brave enough to attempt going back on campus. But the end result is worth it - I was so proud walking across the stage when I graduated with my little girl watching me from the audience (actually she wasn't watching she was sleeping but you know what I mean lol)

What a cutie pie!

I did that too, only problem was that my little monkey wasn't having a bar of it!

yep , i will do that, cos i dont' want her cracking it and screaming for hours if i can't get there, but want to try and work it the other way if i can