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Posted By: Carmel
Subject: question
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 12:32pm
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I am having to go back to work in about 4 weeks time and have started to get piper used to drinking a bottle, the thing is I have trouble expressing off enough milk to last her while I'm at work and where I work I'm mostly there by myself and cant leave to feed her or express more off.
My question is, can I breastfeed and feed her formula as well or is it better to stick one or the other as I dont want to wean her off the breast yet being only 1 month old |
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 12:57pm
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Interesting question - I would like to find this out too. I will need to go back to work soon too and I was also wondering if I could alternate the bottle and breast, maybe breast morning and night but bottle in the day...? ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 12:58pm
Yeah thats what I was gonna do 
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Posted By: EthansMummy
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 1:16pm
In the pregnancy forum i posted a topic about bottle and breast and on page 2 or 3 a few girls say that they used formula. Check it out, it might be helpful  ------------- ** MUM TO ** Ethan 29/08/2006 Brooke 22/09/2008 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 1:53pm
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being a bit nosey here but how come you are going back to work so soon? ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 1:55pm
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You can do that for sure! The only prob is that your milk supply will drop off (and in the mean time you will get painfully swollen boobies). Expressing off when you have full boobs will mean that you have some to bottle feed her anyway.
I hated expressing and when I started giving Han a bottle once a week while she was at creche it was so much less stress free!!! (Although she never quite drank enough.. but ah well..) |
Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 2:21pm
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ummm, I think Liz is doing something similar... she might be able to help ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 2:56pm
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with expressing sometimes it takes a while to get into the habit as well, it takes alot for you to learn to relax etc and to trigger the letdown - all of which baby does in a few mins. you could try the bottle for one feed, so that you have a nice full supply - then express, cos then you can get into the habit while you are sure to have a lot of success - do you do the massages to stimulate let down etc before hand? also, try havinga shower or warm bath first - that usually stimulates milk flow too. it can take time.
anyway, you can do both and it has been done.. i wish i had done that this time around sometimes.. this exclusive stuff is kinda getting to me sometimes. It's a worry when it sounds like your 10 month old daughter can say "boob"   ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 3:03pm
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LOL Janine - my 3 year old who hasnt been breastfed since she was 10 mths old still asks for it sometimes. It sooooo grosses me out! I think she's just seen other babies at daycare being breastfed. -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 3:06pm
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Lol... Kiya and her cousin Michal (girl, 3yo) were playing with dolls together. Gran said "Time to go" and both girls wandered down the hall to put the toys away. On the way, Kiya said "Lets feed our babies one more time" so both girls lifted up their shirts in unison! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 4:28pm
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LOL becca ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 4:42pm
Dont want to go back to work but we cznt afford for me to stay home. am gonna try for some family assistance but think husbands income is to high for the working for fsmilies package
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 5:08pm
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Carmel i dont think it is coz cory earns lots and we still were able to get money it goes up very high now for incomes
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 5:18pm
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We dont qualify for the working for family package because our combined income is toooo high however if only one person is working you might qualify. (I think the last amount in the table is 60K+ ??)
I wish I could sit at home and look after my baby girl but we just cant afford to. Oh well. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 5:24pm
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I guess it all depends on how much you have to pay for rent/mortgage.
And how much you're used to spending on groceries, luxuries etc. When Ella was first born we weren't earning much at all and were entitled to some assistance. But now my partners wage is double what he earnt then and we don't get anything. I guess what I'm saying is everyone has a difference perception on whether they can or can't afford to stay home. I'm not really sure of the daycare rate here but I'm sure it is quite alot and you would have to be earning a bit to cover it. It's more of a lifestyle or career choice in most cases. Okay this had nothing to do with your original question sorry ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 29 March 2006 at 8:57pm
| I'm doing breast at night and formula during the day. I';ve found however my milk supply has dropped dramatically (but unpainfully!), and now at night it's not enough to fill taine up. So am pretty much stopping completely. My plunket lady said if I wanted my milk supply up, to breastfeed constantly for a weekend, but with a 18 months old (and lets face it, a life) I don';t have the time. My bub is healthy and happy and full on formula. that said, I must admit to some feelings of guilt for not sticking with breastfeeding longer - even though I know it was best for us as a family. |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 8:37am
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I'm kinda the opposite - I am basically too lazy, to even bother with trying to really push Ayja to go bottle full time - i don't have the time and am just too tired to bother with it. Plus for us it's financial - it is so much cheaper for me to feed her, and more time effective because i can feed her on the run.
I'm having a bit of a dilemma actually - because i have a Marae stay coming up - i leave on the tuesday morning and return on the thursday evening. now, it's in town here, so I can possibly ask the lecturers if mike can bring her to feed in the morning and at night. (am hoping this is an option, cos otherwise i will be in pain and i'm guessing mike will have less than a joyous time being a single parent for 2 days and 2 nights!!) ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: mrs frantic
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 1:31pm
Carmel and Roksona I am in the same position, we have financial commitments, loans etc and I wil just have to go back to work earlier than I would have liked. But thats the way life is, I certainly wouldnt not have my baby just because I wont get to spend as much time at home with it as I would have liked...it's just one of those things I guess... ------------- Mrs Frantic Baby Maddisyn born 28 Sept 2006 http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 2:54pm
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And a personal decision ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 3:42pm
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and there are a few things someone once told me that i have always liked to pass on, they are:
1) No matter what, how far away you are, and how long you're gone, when you return you will always get that smile and cuddle, and they will be glad to see you because guess what, you're their mummy and they love you. 2) If you focus on all the things you'll miss, you'll never appreciate the things you DO get to share and experience with them. You might not be there the first time they do something, but when they do it FOR YOU for the first time, it won't be any less special and you'll clelbrate them doing whatever it is every time you see it from then on out - with any luck by the time YOU get to see them do it, they've refined the skill a little so you get to see the real thing, not just the attempts! and 3) They don't know any different, they don't get confused with who their mum is, and babies are so incredibly flexible and open to change that the world would be a better place if our bosses were the same ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: Two Blondinis
Date Posted: 30 March 2006 at 9:09pm
Janine, thank you soooo much for posting that!!!  I feel heaps better now about our situation.
I'm not sure if we qualify for family assistance but will certainly look into it. At the mo I'm only planning on having 14 weeks totally off, then back for 3 days a week for 3 months, then back full time after that. I'm really lucky as my parents have just emigrated to NZ so Mum will be the "Nanny" in both sences - I think it would be really hard to leave a 3 month old baby with strangers at day care, but sometimes it just turns out that way  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
 
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Posted By: 98765
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 1:17pm
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Meow - thats so true wat u sed about wat ur being used 2, my partner was on ACC and i was doing a course so we weren't getting much money and now we get about $600 a week and its heaps i feel like we are so rich lol I'm not even going 2 think about work until Jack is at least 1 ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 1:26pm
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Is that with family assistance Rachael? Wow, thats a lot. We have always been students, then one year both working , now down to one income again, so we are used to living on bugger all. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 1:35pm
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I think you should try to breast feed as much as you can for as long as you can (within reason of course!)- but if you can't express enough milk then definitely start supplementing with formula.
I had to do this when Charlotte was about 4 months as my milk began to run out. You do need to realise that your milk supply will decrease if they are not being stimulated as much (not like that! ) and it can take a while for your baby to get used to the taste of it as its quite different to breast milk. You can try maybe doing half and half for a bit? If you are planning to do it I would look at starting a couple of weeks before you have to go back. ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: Carmel
Date Posted: 01 April 2006 at 6:10pm
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ta for all the advice ladies
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