https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 09 May 2026 09:44:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805665 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:50:46 +0000 Ginger333 805665@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have thrush and he's teething. It's an awesome combo. *sigh* </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805609 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:44:12 +0000 Smurfette 805609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Tired. I just want some sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805598 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:55 +0000 chopsuey 805598@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love nursing my son. I could do it all day if I had to.<br /> DD is down to one nursing session a day. I don't love it, but I don't hate it either. Just waiting for her to want to stop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805594 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:41:26 +0000 immabeetoo 805594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Good! We've been so lucky and now that he's nursing every 4 hours during the day, it's so easy. If DH wasn't so gung ho about solids I'd probably wait longer, because I don't want to deal with solids poop :) Lately he's been giving me the sweetest smiles while latched on before bed and it is so. freaking. cute. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805517 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:26:28 +0000 78h2o 805517@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BlueWolverine: Ha, I could have written the same thing! I'm so annoyed that my boobs won't produce more! I get 8-10oz while at work (pumping 3x) and need 16-20 to give to LO at daycare... I have no freezer stash, so I have to pump like crazy outside of work. So annoying!</p> <p>I'm excited though because I only need to provide milk to daycare 3 more times before LO turns 6 months... I have the milk ready for one of those days, so that just means coming up with the milk two more times. I think I'm going to make it!!!!!! I still want to try my best to pump enough for her after than, but I do plan to start introducing some higher calorie solids to see if that helps take the pressure off me at all... if I just had to give her 15oz vs. 18-20, that would help so much!</p> <p>@Cherrybee: just another data point, my LO is EBF and isn't whiny or clingy at all. She's the most good natured baby ever. She does wake up to eat once a night. These two articles suggest that it may not be in baby's best interest to STTN, so I'm trying to remember that at 3 am :): </p> <p><a href="http://www.ivillage.com/formula-should-you-offer-formula-nighttime-feeds/6-n-137565" rel="nofollow">http://www.ivillage.com/formula-should-you-offer-formula-nighttime-feeds/6-n-137565</a></p> <p><a href="http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/solids-sleep/" rel="nofollow">http://kellymom.com/nutrition/starting-solids/solids-sleep/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805339 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:47:15 +0000 NovBaby1112 805339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm loving breastfeeding, I am sooooo times infinity glad I stuck with it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805162 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:16:41 +0000 MamaJ 805162@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: if men could breastfeed too it would make it so much easier haha </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805158 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:37 +0000 oliviaoblivia 805158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@allison: she had one, it went well but I'm lazy and refuse to pump. My freezer stash is exactly four ounces. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805157 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:15:34 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 805157@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am feeling tired.</p> <p>LO is one years old and she is in a phase where she wants to breastfeed constantly. ALL night. ALL day. I am getting so exhausted. My nipples feel raw and cracked. At this point I thought she would be wanting to nurse less. This mama is dying! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805153 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:14:31 +0000 Charm54 805153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>How I'm feeling right now... actually pretty chill! I'm 23 weeks and spent the first bit of my pregnancy really stressed out about it. Now I'm all "what will be will be" and am planning on doing a mixture of breast milk (as much as I can, since I had a breast reduction in the past) and formula. I will do all I can until it gets difficult and then will switch to formula full time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805077 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:00:09 +0000 SleepyMonkey 805077@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i really like it, but annoyed that i have a recurring milk bleb. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805068 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:58:33 +0000 allison 805068@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@oliviaoblivia: yeahhh. Haven't tried the bottle yet? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-805007 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:44:06 +0000 oliviaoblivia 805007@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still loving EBF, just wishing DH would grow a pair (of boobs). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804976 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:40:08 +0000 hilsy85 804976@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pretty good...I always worry about Los intake, but we are mainly having good nursing sessions now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804944 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:34:55 +0000 Cherrybee 804944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@LittleFox: Oh Im so, so sorry. I engaged mouth (keyboard) before brain there. Didn't mean to scare anyone. I was just offloading my current probably ridiculous *worry* about breastfeeding. I know nothing about developmental milestones - I was just comparing specific babies (who I should know develop at different rates). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804828 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:27 +0000 LittleFox 804828@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm loving breastfeeding, but I just started pumping while returning to work part time and it is a pain. In. The. Butt. I hate pumping, and my hat truly goes off to EP mom's. You ladies are hard workers! </p> <p>@allison: I'm glad you posted that because my little guy is 5 months tomorrow, and when I read the "not even sitting at 5 months" part, I almost started panic googling, haha. </p> <p>@Cherrybee: Remember that anything within range is normal, and a baby who sits at the beginning of the age range won't necessarily be any more advanced later than a baby who sits at the end, so be careful with comparisons once your LO is here. They can really drive you crazy and make you worry for no reason. FWIW, I was also super nervous about bf while pregnant. Everyone I know IRL told me it was really hard, painful, etc. I had some hiccups early on (milk came late, had to supplement), but it was actually easier than I imagined and I love it now! And the twin comparison is compelling initially, but I doubt those differences are due to bf alone. It sounds like they had really different personalities from the outset. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804786 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:09:39 +0000 Cherrybee 804786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Ree723: Awesome! Thank you! I'm hoping our journey will work out that way! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804769 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:14 +0000 Ree723 804769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Still loving it at 11 months and getting sad at the thought of weaning in the not too distant future.</p> <p>@Cherrybee: I'll add another experience to your sample size - LO has been EBF (never had a drop of formula) and has been a super easy, non-clingy baby. She's slept 12 hrs straight through the night since 10 weeks old and put herself on a feeding schedule of every 2 hrs nursing during the day and then no feedings overnight, so she definitely wasn't hanging off me all day. She's also hit her milestones perfectly on time (sitting up unassisted at 5 months is NOT the norm) so take heart, your small sample size is not necessarily an accurate picture of what it's going to be like! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804765 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:43 +0000 Cherrybee 804765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@allison: No, I mean like - at all. She's either asleep, nursing or crying to be nursed. You know how babies like to be propped up, looking around, being passed crunchy toys? But in all fairness, I know nothing about babies - I will be learning along with mine - so you've probably saved me a lot of unnecessary stress at 5 months when I wonder why mine isn't sitting up (and doing the ironing!). Thanks! :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804737 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:00:45 +0000 aprk 804737@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Right this second: annoyed, bc I would like to take a nap. But overall, thrilled since our journey started with EPing which I hated. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804702 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:49:49 +0000 allison 804702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: uh, not sitting unassisted at 5 months is not a delay. Just FYI. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804682 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:44:00 +0000 birdofafeather 804682@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>good! i'm just starting research for starting solids (R is 4.5 months) and i'm getting overwhelmed, so i want to stick with BM for a good long time! ha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804597 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:24:53 +0000 Cherrybee 804597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Kemma: That's awesome!! Clever baby!! I know it's a small sample so hardly a scientific study but there are six babies in my life right now - four singletons and a set of twins. Three babies are breastfed and three are formula fed. ALL of the formula fed babies STTN and NONE of the breastfed babies do. Two of the breastfed babies are developing slower than the others (one isn't even sitting up at 5 months) - they just want to lie there and nurse while the other babies are playing around them. The twins are a really interesting example - one is breastfed and one is formula fed (wouldn't take to the breast for some reason). At 9 months old, the breastfed baby is clingy, whiny, refuses to play - she's only happy when she's on mum. Her sister is adventurous, happy and well rested. </p> <p>I'm going to play it by ear - and I will continue to worry and obsess over it until I'm doing it and it all just works out fine.... then I will be like "Oh, I don't know why I was so worried!". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804508 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:06:36 +0000 MamaJ 804508@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: pretty much in the same boat as you. Getting bit, popping off and rufusing to nurse. I'm totally over it. Sticking it out though. Might start pumping and giving more bottles for my own sanity though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804478 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:33 +0000 Kemma 804478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Cherrybee: just thought I'd put it out there that my LO is just over seven months old and EBF and she has eight teeth, pulls up into a standing position and has been commando crawling since six months so she definitely hasn't been slow with the development! Unfortunately we're still working on STTN (damn developmental milestones and teething) but not STTN is normal :-)</p> <p>As for me, still loving the breastfeeding especially now we're doing it pretty much pain free! Hooray for boobies!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804453 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:57:36 +0000 katsupgirl 804453@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I feel pretty good about it. I'm back at work and pumping sucks. I'd much rather breastfeed. She's nursing in all sorts of interesting positions. She's almost 8 months. She claws at me a bit but we manage. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804416 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:05 +0000 BlueWolverine 804416@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Angry at my boobs, working and the pump. I'm at a around a four ounce deficit every day. Freezer stash is dwindling, so I'm going to have to start supplementing day care bottles with formula (about 75/25 bm/formula. If I were home all day, we wouldn't have to do it at all. Sigh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804400 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:50:25 +0000 Corduroy 804400@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Biting, ugh! Poor mama.</p> <p>I'm feeling lopsided. Two weeks ago LO gave up on my left breast. I'm pumping that breast three times a day (trying to find time to do two sessions). My right side is going great. </p> <p>Now I just need to get LO to take a bottle so I can use this pumped milk. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804361 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:44:14 +0000 tororojo 804361@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Feeling alright this week. A couple of weeks ago she was popping off/screaming all the time and I wanted to stab myself and buy formula, ugh. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-are-you-feeling-about-breastfeeding-right-now#post-804358 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:43:29 +0000 MarieJ 804358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love breastfeeding. We haven't had any problems since we started. It's been a very smooth ride, thankfully! </p>