https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 20 May 2026 20:34:56 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266263 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:33:44 +0000 bpcmarj 1266263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will introduce a bottle early and more often. DD only had 2 in her life because she just would not take one. That's really the only thing. Nursing came naturally for us both, and still does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266250 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 21:22:45 +0000 NovBaby1112 1266250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not stress about cluster feeding/growth spurts</p> <p>Go to a local breastfeeding support group earlier, if I need help </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266238 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:54:36 +0000 pastemoo 1266238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dagny: ACK!!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266235 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 20:53:06 +0000 travellingbee 1266235@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also would try not to nurse to sleep. I've always enjoyed it and the first 4 months it worked well. But now at 9 months he's up MANY times a night and only wants boob! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266166 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:26:42 +0000 autumn865 1266166@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would speak up and say no to the nipple shield. The LC i used took one look at me and without even trying to get DD to latch said I needed to use one. Using the shield made nursing in public next to impossible and destroyed my initial confidence. It took 6 months to wean her off it so if possible would never use it again! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266155 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:10:50 +0000 Dagny 1266155@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, I forgot, I would ALWAYS triple check the freezer to make sure I don't lose over 250 oz. of stored milk. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266153 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:09:24 +0000 Dagny 1266153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I also wouldn't worry about nursing to sleep. Other than that, nothing really! I feel very lucky to be having a good bf'ing experience with my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266148 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 19:01:34 +0000 Foodnerd81 1266148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: if she is able to go to sleep without being nursed to sleep, but you both prefer doing it, why change it?? C wasn't able to fall asleep without that or being bounced for 30 minutes or more, and Half the time she woke up anyway when we tried to put her down. That just wasn't sustainable. Now that she goes to sleep for naps and bedtime on her own, I actually enjoy nursing her back to sleep in the middle of the night! Like, it makes me mind being up at 2 and 5 am a little bit less! But if it's working for you I don't think you shoul ever feel like you should stop it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1266128 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 18:26:37 +0000 hilsy85 1266128@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have LO checked for a lip/tongue tie immediately in the hospital following birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1265928 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 16:18:19 +0000 LuLu Mom 1265928@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Try harder to get her to latch (at the tiem I was so overwelmed I just pumped and I think that's was just too much for me.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1265813 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:31:31 +0000 MoonMoon 1265813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would save/freeze more milk. Early on, as I was learning to use the pump, I'd put the milk in the fridge and we'd throw it away after a few days!</p> <p>I'm not sure what the problem with nursing to sleep is for others, but for us it works great and I'm grateful that I can nurse him down for naps and at bedtime. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1265745 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 15:03:40 +0000 JerricaBenton 1265745@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Dandelion: yes that's really one of the main reasons I want to wait until lo can do some preschool program to have another. I'm hoping that'll give me the best shot at giving no. 2 the same kind of breastfeeding relationship I have with LO now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264568 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 07:51:51 +0000 Dandelion 1264568@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@JerricaBenton: This is pretty much everything I was thinking, too. I'd offer a bottle, but I hate pumping, so I'm not really wanting to have to introduce one. I also know things will be different, since DS is here...but he's at school during the day, so it might not be that much of a change. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264516 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 06:14:36 +0000 JerricaBenton 1264516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We've had a pretty good go of it so far (lo is almost 10 mos). I feel like I should say I'll actually introduce a bottle but I really don't like pumping so idk. I think the biggest thing will be to acknowledge that number two will be different because number one will also be there, and to open myself up to the possibility that I might make different choices out of necessity. As tough as it is to be chained to the couch for months, it's also a luxury I may not have the second time around. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264495 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 03:41:34 +0000 lamariniere 1264495@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm doing this right now with my 6 day old DD! She is a completely different nurser than her big brother. I am having way less nipple pain, she does not have a tongue tie and she was able to latch more or less correctly from the get-go. She's also fast. DS would easily spend 30-45min on the boob. She's at about 10 max. I don't know how much of it is her and how much if it is me, but so far the nursing experience has been much better and way less stressful. I do need to work on building up a stash though. I rented a pump from the hospital, but it is only a single. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264431 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:32:59 +0000 immabeetoo 1264431@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: I wouldn't stress about it too much! I think just like with everything else, every baby is different. For every person who swears they'll never nurse to sleep again there is someone who has nursed to sleep and their LO STTN no problems ya know?</p> <p>I wish I had bought better fitting nursing tanks/bras earlier on this time, but next time I'll have mine and hopefully they'll still work :) Otherwise, SO thankful and lucky and happy with how our breastfeeding relationship has been. Slowly weaning at 12m now, and its bittersweet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264419 Fri, 06 Dec 2013 00:20:54 +0000 daniellemybelle 1264419@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, goodness. I still don't know what exactly contributed to my low supply - it was a perfect storm, I think. I did everything you were supposed to do, and we still struggled, so I'm not sure. I will at least know this time around all the supplements &amp; foods that are lactogenic so I can start those right away. I will also be vigilant about drugs in the hospital since I'm convinced that got us off to a rough start (I had a C-section). Hopefully I will have a VBAC and can do skin to skin right away, but who knows! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264389 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:53:08 +0000 NurseMommy 1264389@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@lawbee11: no, she isn't in daycare yet - not until 11.5 months. She has gradually lengthened the time that she goes without eating, and solids have helped. I would ask your daycare what their policy is and go off that. I response to your response to @foodnerd, we sometimes nurse to sleep because I love it too, but she goes down easily for naps and bedtime without it as well. I just didn't stress about it (after that one awful week). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf/page/2#post-1264362 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:22:59 +0000 lawbee11 1264362@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@NurseMommy: Is your LO in daycare? We nurse on demand, but my LO always wants to eat more frequently than every 3 hours during the day (usually closer to every 2 hours). I am fine with that now, but she's starting daycare when she's 6 months old (she's 4 months now) so I am worried about what her feeding schedule will be like then. </p> <p>@Foodnerd81: I feel like I should stop nursing to sleep but it's a hard decision to make because it's one of my favorite parts of the day. She almost always still falls asleep nursing. Tonight she didn't so I just gave her a kiss and put her down. She chewed on her hands for a few min then fell asleep. She's proven several times that she can put herself to sleep if she needs to, so maybe I shouldn't stress about it too much? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264333 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:07:57 +0000 Foodnerd81 1264333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Yup, we broke the nurse to sleep habit, but we had to cry it out. It wasn't working anymore-- she would wake up on the transfer half the time and have a harder time falling asleep because she had the cat nap while nursing and it was an all around frustrating experience for everyone. So, we did CIO and we are all so much happier-- I think she was just ready for it. If nursing to sleep was still working, we'd still be doing it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264328 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 23:04:33 +0000 Kemma 1264328@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have an earlier check for tongue and lip tie done<br /> Try different positions to help latch<br /> Get LO's oral thrush sorted sooner<br /> Eat better to support and maintain my supply<br /> Do more research and reading before delivery (kind of a moot point for number two though!)<br /> Involve DH more in the night time parenting, like @locavore_mama: my LO gets very angry if I send Dad in at night!</p> <p>We had our share of struggles but most of them weren't things I could control and I was lucky enough to have the help and assistance of some great healthcare professionals and we're still going strong at 14 months!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264288 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:44:01 +0000 birdofafeather 1264288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>at 10.5 months into this one, i would be totally okay if my next BFing experience was the exact same. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264282 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:40:44 +0000 Corduroy 1264282@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I will look into wearing a breast shell 3rd trimester for my inverted nipple. I didn't hear about them until after delivery this time around. I only made it ten weeks nursing on that side. If that doesn't help I will be more committed to pumping that side. I'm tired of having an A and a D. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264277 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:39:32 +0000 shellio 1264277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So interesting to hear everyone saying they wouldn't nurse to sleep... this time around, I convinced myself to be okay with nursing to sleep, mainly because there were so many threads in the HB archives that were super pro-NTS. With DS #1, we were consistent with his schedule and it worked really well, but I EP'd so NTS was never an option and he was and is a great sleeper. </p> <p>This time, I knew I would go to a LC early if I needed it and pump often while home.</p> <p>@sandy: Many (most?) hospitals have pumps if you're in the US. You can ask them to bring one in for you. The big plus with this is that if you have a Medela pump at home, the parts they give you when they bring it in will be an extra set for your home pump. I brought my pump with me to the hospital the first time and my sister made me hide it and ask for the hospital pump :) FYI, my milk came in 2-3 days sooner with #2. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264267 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:31:59 +0000 BabyMats 1264267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Give him a bottle earlier!!! I have to go to work and he won't take a bottle! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264264 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:30:25 +0000 Silva 1264264@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Things went well for us, and continue to, but I was worried it would be tough so I didn't introduce a pacifier. My daughter never took one. I think it would have significantly improved her sleep! Next time, if everything is looking good again, that kid is getting a pacifier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264253 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:26:49 +0000 pastemoo 1264253@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@locavore_mama: 1. Not introduce formula during the first 6 weeks.<br /> 2. Not stress about formula during date nights/day care if I can't quite keep up with pumping.<br /> 3. Get a double pump + hands free pumping bra, for sure.<br /> 4. Get a cosleeper crib so I can nurse in the night without getting out of bed--especially those first two weeks when it took me 5 minutes to position myself to get out of bed.<br /> 5. Not worry about what every one else says. Nurse in public if need be. Always have a carrier so if newborn is crying in the grocery store I'm not running to nurse in the car. I hate nursing in the car. I'm always afraid of being kidnapped when I nurse in the car.</p> <p>We never had issues with nursing to sleep... but my kid is wakeful so I guess we lucked out with that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264232 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 22:19:14 +0000 NurseMommy 1264232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not try to put her on a nursing schedule. We started out with in demand feeding and then I read the baby whisperer and became convinced she should only eat every three hours. It led to a week of absolute hell for both of us. :sad: We went back to nursing on demand and we've both been MUCH happier. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264026 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:03:49 +0000 prettylizy 1264026@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I honestly wouldn't change anything. We had a great nusing relationship and she weaned herself right around 15 months. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-will-you-do-differently-the-next-time-you-bf#post-1264012 Thu, 05 Dec 2013 21:01:00 +0000 delight 1264012@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Foodnerd81: have you already broken the nurse to sleep habit? My LO is only a couple weeks behind yours and the majority of the time I put her in her crib asleep. It's very rare that I don't nurse to sleep. Tell me your secrets. </p> <p>Next time I want to stock up on All Purpose Nipple Ointment, start the bottle earlier (frick! What a struggle this has been) and try not to nurse to sleep. I will say that nursing to sleep has been so easy though. She practically falls asleep as soon as she latches on if I get the nap timing right and I can easily transfer to the crib. </p>