https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 23 Apr 2026 22:02:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-985671 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:59:21 +0000 Adira 985671@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: He ended up going FOUR HOURS between feeds!!! Although, in his defense, he passed out before the 3 hours were up, so I just let him sleep, haha. BUT I'm hoping this proves once and for all that he really doesn't need anymore milk! I just hope Hubs doesn't try to come up with some excuse to explain it as a fluke and still insist we give more milk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-985670 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 16:57:03 +0000 cmomma17 985670@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: yay!!! I'm so excited for you! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-985252 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:13:18 +0000 Adira 985252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cmomma17: Thanks!!! I actually saw the LC today and it went GREAT!!! Xander only ate 4oz from me, so a whole ounce LESS than he usually gets at daycare! And in 10 minutes, it will have been 3 hours since he ate and he doesn't seem hungry to me, so I think I might FINALLY have my proof that he doesn't need more!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-985229 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 14:05:57 +0000 cmomma17 985229@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: good luck at the LC tomorrow! And you should try some lactation cookies! If they don't work at least you still got to eat cookies? Trying to stay positive for you here :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-985201 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:55:13 +0000 Adira 985201@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pelikila: Yes, I had heard that! Thanks for the reminder though! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-983966 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 07:47:00 +0000 pelikila 983966@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Also, if you aren't already doing it, try not to drink water more than a few sips about 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after taking MMP so it doesn't get diluted. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-983593 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 00:00:35 +0000 Espion 983593@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Did the stuff you made with the brewer's yeast retain the taste? (Do you still have to choke down the smoothie?) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-983558 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 23:23:27 +0000 maybebaby 983558@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: one tbsp </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-982301 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 17:24:27 +0000 lomom 982301@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I've mentioned the paced feeding and feeding him upright and they say they're doing it. I have a gut feeling that he's fussing for other reasons. He's only been there 6 days so I'm trying to give them the benefit of the doubt and give him and them time to adjust. It took him and my mom several days to work through it. He usually goes 2-3 hours between feedings during the day at home and then STTN. He doesn't take both breasts though so I don't think he's eating 4oz every feeding at home. I don't know :(</p> <p>I hope your weighed feeding tomorrow convinces your husband that you know best!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981459 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:13:06 +0000 Adira 981459@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@MamaMoose: Oh really??? That's interesting. Maybe I'll have to try adding a pump session before I go to bed, even if I don't get a ton out of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981453 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:11:37 +0000 MamaMoose 981453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree that adding a pump session before bed made the biggest difference for me. It's less about the milk you're actually getting at the session and more about stimulating your body to make more. When I'm good about keeping up with my bed time pump session my day time sessions at work are always more productive. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981412 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 13:02:50 +0000 Adira 981412@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Thanks for the info! How much do you think you try to get in in a day to help your supply? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981387 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:56:52 +0000 maybebaby 981387@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: This is the one I got <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Brewers-Yeast-18-oz-Powder/dp/B000EPUPSS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1375379761&#038;sr=8-4&#038;keywords=brewers+yeast" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Brewers-Yeast-18-oz-Powder/dp/B000EPUPSS/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1375379761&#038;sr=8-4&#038;keywords=brewers+yeast</a></p> <p>And here is a tasty recipe :) <a href="http://mylittlepoppyseed.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/a-recipe-chocolate-chip-banana-lactation-muffins/" rel="nofollow">http://mylittlepoppyseed.wordpress.com/2013/02/28/a-recipe-chocolate-chip-banana-lactation-muffins/</a></p> <p>Seriously, before when I would pump I would get dribbles, now I finally have the streams I had heard about! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981376 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:53:32 +0000 Adira 981376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@maybebaby: Interesting! I've never heard of that stuff, but maybe it would be worth a try!! Thanks! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981352 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:48:37 +0000 maybebaby 981352@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I have taken the MMP in tincture form (alcohol free). Since I only pump occasionally, I cannot say how much it has increased my supply, only that we stopped having to supplement with formula I also drink the Mother's Milk Plus.</p> <p>What I have noticed significantly increasing my pumping output (which again is so sporadic that I can't say reliably by how much) is Brewer's yeast in powder form. That stuff tastes TERRIBLE but I have been hiding it in smoothies, cookies and muffins (just made chocolate chip banana muffins that are pretty good!) The smoothie I get 2 TBSP in and hide in in cocoa powder, peanut butter, frozen banana and milk blended. Seriously, it is TERRIBLE tasting but really seems to make a difference. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981187 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:13:38 +0000 Adira 981187@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: Thank you for the advice!!! Next time he brings up putting more in the bottles, I'll definitely try to say all this to him!</p> <p>I'm ALSO planning on seeing an LC tomorrow to do a weighted feed at the same time Xander gets one of his bottles at daycare. I'm hoping that if he ends up drinking the same or less than he does at daycare, I'll be able to use this knowledge to reassure my husband that Xander really doesn't need more milk! Of course... if he ends up drinking more than I send to daycare, maybe everyone else is right! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you/page/2#post-981158 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:08:55 +0000 brownie 981158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: That is what you need to tell him. Tell him that you are hearing what he is saying but the research you have done is saying that your baby doesn't need it. Reassure him that he is getting more than enough when he is nursing to make up for any possible lack he is getting in the 8 hours. Ask him if he doesn't take enough food to work and doesn't have money he just makes it up in the evening. And that is just fine. </p> <p>Tell him that if you do go away again, you will provide more milk because he doesn't get the nursing. But when you are away for short periods it isn't needed. Tell him that it is stressful to hear that you are failing from him when you really need his suppport for what you can do. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981146 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 12:06:08 +0000 Adira 981146@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@septemberlove: How long does he usually go between eating at home? I would think if he was only taking 8oz with your mom, he wouldn't be needing SO much more at daycare. Do you know if they are doing paced feedings? Do you know if he's spitting up any of it there? It's also possible he's getting fussy for other reasons and they're just feeding him even though he's not totally hungry yet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981109 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:57:17 +0000 lomom 981109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've had luck with lactation cookies, I've never tried More Milk Plus. I'm struggling with daycare thinking he needs more. He's there 9 hours and is eating 14oz. I send 12oz of bm and then I left those 2oz ready to feed formula bottles with them too... He eats all the bm plus a ready to feed. We went through this with my mom and he eventually only took 8oz in an 8 hour day, so I'm hoping once he gets adjusted, he'll stop eating so much! He's eating 4oz every 2.5 hours and then the 2oz of formula later in the afternoon, which just seems like too much... :-/ </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981101 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:55:52 +0000 Smurfette 981101@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Fingers crossed for you. R will finished nursing anywhere between 630-650 and usually can go till 4-5, if not longer. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981086 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:50:33 +0000 Adira 981086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: He eats at 6:00, bedtime at 7:00. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981075 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:46:37 +0000 Smurfette 981075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I bet he will do good. What time does he last eat and then go to bed? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981067 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:44:18 +0000 Adira 981067@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: LOL! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981064 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:42:25 +0000 Smurfette 981064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: You can call all you want......the vibrations won't wake me up :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981053 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:39:49 +0000 Adira 981053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: Wall me your phone number so I can call you at 2:00 a.m. when Xander wakes me up. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981050 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:39:27 +0000 Adira 981050@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@brownie: Thanks, honey! If it was just daycare or even daycare and SMIL, I'd just tell them to STFU and not worry about it. The fact that my HUSBAND is pressuring me is what's stressing me out. He's acting like I'M being totally irrational and unwilling to do what's best for Xander and he keeps insisting that we TRY to give him more milk, even though we have no reason (in my mind) for why we would try that. It's just frustrating because when I push back against his suggestion to try more milk, he acts like I'm just ignoring him and not listening at all. I don't really know what to do to make him feel HEARD and reassure him that Xander's fine without actually DOING what he wants. And I can't just send more milk because I don't have more milk to send. AND even if I DID send more milk, the daycare providers let him guzzle a bottle in under 5 minutes, so he's bound to drink however many ounces I send anyway, regardless of whether he really needs them or not! But Hubs is taking the guzzling as yet MORE proof that Xander's hungry, because if he wasn't so hungry, he'd drink the bottle slower on his own! Ugh... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981033 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:35:20 +0000 Smurfette 981033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-981014 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:30:29 +0000 brownie 981014@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: My son was Failure to Thrive. He was born at the 50th percentile and dropped to the 0.5 percentile (below the 1 percent) before he was 6 months old. Plummetted. And my pediatrician didn't care at all (yeah that's a whole other story). </p> <p>Breastfed babies tend to find their true curve/grow slower than formula fed babies after about 4 months. So, what your son is doing is perfectly NORMAL. ALSO, check the percentiles on a breastfed chart (see the WHO) instead of a combo or formula fed chart. You will see a difference. So again - STOP stressing and STOP trying to please everyone else. Do what you need to do for your son (which is again NOT stressing and feed him how you have been). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-980967 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:19:19 +0000 Adira 980967@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Smurfette: HAHAHA, I will, I will!!! I'll do it this weekend!!! But if he wakes me up at 2:00 a.m., I'm blaming you! :) &lt;3 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-more-milk-plus-work-for-you#post-980957 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 11:17:45 +0000 Smurfette 980957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: stop being a chicken and cut the 9 feeding, then you can pump! </p>