MSE Parents Club Part 9

3onitsway

Feelie Nothing was aimed at you hunny, you give brilliant advice. Along with Krystal you are the MSE BF Experts! I know i've been incredibly lucky to have 3 babies who didn't care where their food was coming from, and I was able to feed 2 of the 3 successfully!

(It was aimed at the bl00dy HV's, who in my experience know b00ger all!)


I'm really going now. xx

feelinggood_2

hammyhunter wrote: »

Karen, I am 90% breast feeding now at 7 weeks but when LO was born he wouldn't latch on. Because I can only feed with 1 breast he started off being fed only 10% expressed breast milk and the rest formula. I use tommee tippee closer to nature bottles and there has never been any problems for him with the so called nipple confusion. hope this helps x

Just wanted to say wow! I'd be interested to know more about your story, if you ever fancy going into more detail!

Fitzio

3 - forgot to say earlier, have a great night out. I bet it was quite satisfying handing in your pass! I wish it were me.

weezl74

karen1907 wrote: »

can someone give me a flapjack recipe?

these are very frugal, tasty and chewy rather than rock hard which is how DH and I like them. We also add cinnamon.

My_Fathers_Daughter

Feelie - it was me that started talking about 'so-called-nipple-confusion' being a stick used by health professionals to scare them away from bottles the other day. Nothing was aimed at anyone. I just think for most babies it is a nonsense.


I thought I was being contraversial at the time, but then everyone agreed with me LOL!!





Just in case anybody doesn't know me very well, the comment about going to the pub before I picked the baby up was a joke...


...I always take the baby to the pub with me

got-it-spend-it

Gorgeous pic Tigs. Andrew is so cute and I love his cardi! He looks like he has great head control too.

hammyhunter

feelinggood wrote: »

Just wanted to say wow! I'd be interested to know more about your story, if you ever fancy going into more detail!

Hi, Feelie,no problem - what do you want to know? The not so very short story is that I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and after a couple of ops, chemotherapy & radiotherapy was told that children were not going to be possible. They were wrong! When I found out I was pregnant I decided I really wanted to breast feed - both for his benefit and for the health benefits for me too but I knew that the treated breast wouldn't be able to produce milk but I worked on the theory that you can breastfeed twins so I wold be able to breastfeed 1 baby with 1 breast. I didn't factor in the possibility of LO not latching on when born though.... he was initially cup fed but it was way too consuming so I switched to bottles but kept persevering with trying breast and expressing too. He is now almost completely breast fed and I am really proud of myself for getting this far

elle_gee

Karen, this is the recipe my friend followed. I'd put something on FB a while ago about wanting/needing flapjack, and she turned up on my doorstep with it a few hours later - despite the fact she knew nothing about *why* I needed it (she's a bit anti-kids at the minute so doesn't know anything about BFing ). Bless her! Have been meaning to make more ever since.. it was so yummy I ate it all in a day!

Ingredients:
- 1 whole pack of real butter
- 1 whole small tin of golden syrup (or half of large tin)
- 8 ounces of caster sugar
- 8 ounces of conrflakes (crushed - put in a bag and crush with a rolling pin)
- 10 ounces of rolled oates
- 4 ounces of plain flour

Method:
- Melt butter and sugar together (use a big & deep saucepan) till it goes a nice yellowy smooth consistency - then add the golden syrup to this
- Combine the remaining dry ingredients together.
- Add the dry ingredients to the butter mix (in about 4 stages but dont let it get too dry) - if still too wet add more oates. you want it to be able to hold together.
- put in oven 150 C for 20 mins.

karen1907

ladybirdintheuk wrote: »

Karen - not much useful to add, other than reassurance that it does get easier! Izzy is a year next week, and still loving BF. It is very draining in the first few months though. As the others have said, don't forget to eat. Could you maybe get DH to make you a packed lunch the night before? The other thing is that it really does make a difference if you can get out every day for some fresh air - it helps break the day up a bit, and a bit of (gentle) exercise does wonders for your mood. I really notice on the days I don't go out I get a bit frustrated with Izzy at times, but when we get out and about I am much more laid back! Maybe you could walk to the shop before lunch and get a ready meal once in a while? Not perfect nutrion but better than nothing!

Oh, and have you tried feeding lying down in your bed of an afternoon so you can both have a nap together?

Wow, that's quite a lot of suggestions for someone who didn't have any. You do what works for you anyway

OH used to make me some sandwiches when he made his in the morning but has stopped now. I generally try and make them if she sleeps in the morning. Managed beans on toast this lunchtime! We wandered round the garden earlier and walked to the post box afterwards which seems to have worked cause she has been sleeping pretty muuch ever since!! Just woke her up to feed about 3.30. Now she is back asleep.

I might try the feeding in the afternoon in bed cause I find at night she wakes up feeds and goes back to sleep pretty easily usually.

feelinggood wrote: »

Can't help with the recipe, I bought Tesco Flapjacks. They do a pack of five and each finger is individually wrapped. I kept a stash by the sofa.

A few questions - are you using a feeding cushion? Do you have a laptop or netbook nearby?

Have you tried Breast Compressions?
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/15breast_compression.html

It can be really hard when you are stuck feeding all day long. Does it hurt when you feed at all? Are you using nipple shields? When do you change sides?

I might try keeping a stash nearby. then I don't have to remember to pick them up.

Feeding hasn't hurt since about week 2 when I started going to BFing group. I don't usually use a cushion but might start again cause it frees my arms for typing don' use nipple shields and usually change sides after at least half an hour or if she seems to stop feeding properly on one and i take her off and she starts crying then i try the other just in case it had run out (but I was told to keep on one breast at least 20 mins at Booby group).

feelinggood_2

hammyhunter wrote: »

Hi, Feelie,no problem - what do you want to know? The not so very short story is that I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few years ago and after a couple of ops, chemotherapy & radiotherapy was told that children were not going to be possible. They were wrong! When I found out I was pregnant I decided I really wanted to breast feed - both for his benefit and for the health benefits for me too but I knew that the treated breast wouldn't be able to produce milk but I worked on the theory that you can breastfeed twins so I wold be able to breastfeed 1 baby with 1 breast. I didn't factor in the possibility of LO not latching on when born though.... he was initially cup fed but it was way too consuming so I switched to bottles but kept persevering with trying breast and expressing too. He is now almost completely breast fed and I am really proud of myself for getting this far

Very interesting! Can I ask about the transition from formula to almost completely breastfed? Did you have to pump a lot to increase supply, or did LO do it himself? Did you ever find out why he wouldn't latch? How long did it take him to latch?

Don't know if you know my story, my LO couldn't latch at birth, and I had to express for 8.5 weeks until he learnt how!

I agree about cup feeding, it was just so messy, and I got so upset at seeing my milk running down his chin instead of into his belly!

You are right to be proud, that is an amazing story!