https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 07 May 2026 14:27:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594176 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:15:08 +0000 MsLipGloss 594176@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I ate a lot of string cheese and grapes (could grab a handful out of the fridge as I was cruising by) . . . really anything that could be managed with one hand with little danger of spillage (, i.e., no pb&amp;j, lol!) . . . including lots of leftover 'za. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594175 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:14:36 +0000 mediagirl 594175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'll be honest, I just did what you do. I totally ordered pizza for lunch a couple of times and my husband cheered me for it. :) I would keep cheese crackers and granola bars, as well as water next to the couch where I planted myself for three months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594159 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:08:59 +0000 immabeetoo 594159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup I set out full water bottles and snacks at night for the next day. Larabars are filling and not full of junk! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594064 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:47:16 +0000 Periwinkle 594064@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had the same dilemma early on and struggled to eat enough, mostly just because of logistics. I found that peanut butter and jelly sandwiches worked well, as did cheese and crackers for a quick but sustaining snack. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594023 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:35:25 +0000 Bluebonnet 594023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you using a boppy or pillows when nursing? I was always able to nurse one handed because the boppy propped up LO. </p> <p>When LO was little I had water all over the house, which made it easier to drink. I also kept snack bars in the nursery, which helped make it easier to grab something to eat in a pinch. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-594000 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:31:11 +0000 littlebittyhouse 594000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I filled 4 24oz water bottles every morning before DH would leave so that I wouldn't have to worry about it. I always had a sandwich in the fridge - either DH or I would make it the night before. Odwalla bars &amp; smoothies are really great for quick, calorie dense, nutritous snacks. Pick up a pre-made fruit and a premade veggie platter at the store - that way everything is cut up and ready to go.</p> <p>I'm with @highwire figuring out the moby may be daunting at first but once you've done it a few times it is so easy! The newborn hug carry is easy to master and 'pop-able' so you can easiliy get the babe in and out. Nice thing about the moby is that you can put the babe in, then sit on an exercise ball at the table and bounce while you eat. Baby gets the movement he loves and you get to eat your lunch!</p> <p>I still have a hard time nuring my 8mo old in the carrier though - I am an avid babywearer and we just have not been able to make it work for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593983 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:27:00 +0000 hellobeeboston 593983@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i hear you on this - i made a few batch's of healthy oatmeal muffins which were super easy to eat quickly. I also had a few cereal bars that were good - or an apple or banana. But mostly I was reaching for pizza/chips &amp; cookies! ha... When I was doing the middle of the night feedings &amp; STARVING those oatmeal pumpkin muffins were perfect.</p> <p>soon you'll have more time to eat!</p> <p>also - have you tried another position that might make it easier to have one hand free? my first couple of weeks i was in one position using both hands, but figured out a better way using a pillow (and LO also got a little bigger i think) that gave me a free hand, now I have 2 free hands... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593978 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:25:41 +0000 mrskc 593978@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>can your DH cut up some fruit for you before he leaves in the morning? I used to cut up a few apples and put it in a container and put the container next to where I would nurse him. Along with almonds and granola bars and lots of chocolate. I know you nurse two handed, but once he's done, do you get a free hand to eat? I remember it being so hard to get a meal in during the day. It will get easier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593963 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:22:37 +0000 DillonLion 593963@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Once you figure out the Moby you can get it on really quickly. Having my hands free made a world of difference in terms of getting things done for myself. Eating and drinking are paramount to keeping up your supply, so hopefully you can babywear and eat. When someone else is around to care for baby, use that time to set up little snack stations around the house, wherever you may be nursing. Baskets with bottled water, granola bars, apples, bananas, whole wheat crackers, etc. Put one in the bedroom, one in the nursery, one in the living room. Try to eat a snack and drink some water either right before you nurse, while you are burping him, or immediately after when he is hopefully happy and/or asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593934 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:17:08 +0000 pl0508 593934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I just posted about this yesterday I am having the same problems!!!! The consensus seemed to be to sit food and snacks out around the house </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593917 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:14:05 +0000 matador84 593917@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used to eat a lot of granola with yogurt, granola bars, peanut butters and crackers...it will get easier but is so overwhelming at first. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593906 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:12:33 +0000 hilsy85 593906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anything you can eat one handed and that you don't have to prepare. And that if you drop on the baby, it won't hurt him. Cereal, yogurt with granola and almonds, apples, baby carrots with stuff you can dip them into, sliced cheese and turkey that you can roll up and pop into your mouth as needed...</p> <p>Hang in there! It does get easier, and soon you'll be able to put him down for a little bit to eat an actual meal :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593895 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:09:21 +0000 ShootingStar 593895@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Maybe for snacks you could keep some easy to eat fruit, like bananas or apples. And maybe packets of almonds?</p> <p>For meals, can your DH cook? Maybe something simple like baked ziti (dump cooked ziti in a pan, mix with sauce then cheese, bake until top is brownish)? You could then split up the leftovers into lunch size portions in tupperware and then it's all ready to go. Or could he make you a few sandwiches to have available during the day? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593892 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:09:13 +0000 anbanan15 593892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Can your nurse while babywearing at all? We didn't do this until DS was bigger but with any future children I would nurse while wearing more!</p> <p>I was on a limited diet and ate the same thing EVERYDAY all day, but I would make a HUGE batch and just eat that until it was all. Made getting food/snack much easier with one hand and I didn't have to cook all the time (usually lasted like 1.5-2 days but this was all I was eating). I was eating quinoa with whatever veggies my LO was able to tolerate mixed in...in the beginning it was 2 cups quinoa cooked with carrots and broccoli. Towards the end it was 2 cups quinoa with carrots, broccoli, red beets, kale, onion, asparagus, okra, fennel, raisins, sunflower seeds, brussel sprouts or cabbage, and red peppers. Maybe you could make a big batch of something and keep on hand? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/food-while-nursing#post-593843 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 10:58:03 +0000 ladyfingers 593843@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm finding it very difficult to eat as healthy and frequently as I think I should be while breastfeeding. My biggest issues are lunch and snacks. I rarely can fit in a snack and lunch ends up being a quick leftover slice or two of pizza or whatever I can shove into my mouth. DS is 3 weeks old and nursing every hour to 2 hours, 20 to 45 minutes per session, and I have to use both hands because I'm large chested so I have to support his head with one hand and my breast with the other.</p> <p>I really need to be eating better things for him, myself, and my supply. What can I be doing differently? I just don't have the time to cook anything or put together a healthful salad, etc., like I once would have. The second I put him down he's been waking up crying within 5 minutes and honestly taking the time to put on and get him into the moby wrap seems exhausting, too. DH works during the day so he can't make me anything. </p> <p>Ideas, recipes, strategies, etc.? </p>