I dedicate my success to you ladies, my BF support group here in LYN

i have some questions:
1) How long do i need to take milk booster food? (eg fenugreek, horlicks, etc)
2) How long would the super boob size last, even if i lose my weight?
3) Need to burp baby ah? at nite i DL whist lying down... so i nvr burp leh

thx for your inputs...

i suppose i will continue trying to increase or at least maintain my supply for a while

congrats! thats a great baby step!!

u are supplementing with FM, but remember baby latching every 2-3 hrs is important to build yr supply.. so even if u FM, try to pump in the time being... initially it will be painful expressing but once u are used to it, it feels nothing in the long run... take it slow to get used to it

aiyaa MILs will be like that.. u need to find best way to handle them.. all the best...!

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Added on September 18, 2011, 5:35 pmmy boobs already big, so the size bigger now is not something i welcome

i have to agree! my 1st baby i didnt hv this close support team... thanks to Kit & phythia this time my 2nd boy is on BM!

This post has been edited by qarezma: Sep 18 2011, 05:35 PM

yr milk supply is good.. yr baby is waking up for milk cos bm digest fast, plus he is newborn.. he needs the comfort... i would keep nb with me at night, cos this is yr time to bond with him, and get used to his presence with me at night... once u give birth u are a natural mother, so dont worry abt not being able to handle him.. we women are special that way

even now, my baby is 7wo and my milk initially comes watery.. only later it is pure milk color.. so dont be too hard on that

i did confinement with my mom at my hometown, and i had my 1.5yo toddler with me... hubby away... its important to call and talk frequently to know his support for you... i know yr situation is different as u are with MIL.. as i said u need to handle accordingly

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Added on September 19, 2011, 10:47 ami love the new title of this thread!! thumbs up to Kit

This post has been edited by qarezma: Sep 19 2011, 10:47 AM

happy birthday to your lil girl and happy 1st anniv of motherhood to you

whats the point in having a baby (through all the labour) when you dont get to stay with him/her??

i had similar suggestions from my mom and mil (right till my baby was 1yo), asking me to leave baby with them while i go to work. As it is i had to work office hours, at least night time it shd be mine and hubby's with baby. We talked to them.. my mom found it easier to understand my sentiments, but mil took a while.. even now she wont understand. I am proud to say that my son cant sleep without me.. and he never stayed without me (except when i was in hosp for delivery).. i watch him grow, know his temperaments, and understand him like no one else.. he is clingy to his dad, but even his dad doesnt know him as well as i do.. and why not so, i am his mother, carried him for 37 weeks and gave birth to him after 13 hrs labour

when i was working full time... we only had 3 of baby's awake hours with us, and we cherished it so much.. that time he used to wake up 2-3 times for milk at night, and hubby and i were willingly indulging in giving him attention and time.. tiring in the day, so i would catch lil nap during lunch hours.. those times are priceless

regarding MIL vs new methods.. its not abt the DL but there are a lot more baby and child care matters that will clash in the future. You and hubby need to take stand and go by it, of course hv your reasons and study for it. I once told hubby, no doubt mil has taken care of 4 kids and she is experienced, her methods are not wrong, but not necessarily right. When there is a lot of new research and developments, we need to walk with the time and follow the new style. Dont tell me you want to refuse using computer cos your MIL days got no computer? Try to explain hubby in this way...

few weeks ago PILs (heck even SIL butt in) were insisting on sarong for my baby... i told hubby that i have done my study and know why i dont want the sarong... and asked him to do some study as well so that he could help me find another solution for baby's sleeping hours... after that he kept quiet and let my ways be... mind you i have been staying at ILs for last 3 weeks

im stuck here at ILs for another month i guess i gotta use my words wisely otherwise ppl will get offended lol

a fren of mine, baby refuses to sleep ANYWHERE but the sarong... carry and rock oso dont want..needless to say, she cant go out for more than 3 hrs cos her baby needs naps

Happy birthday to your kid, and hugs for you for completing 1 year in motherhood

I have learnt a lot from this thread and it determined me to BF my no.2 even during the time i was pregnant. I have been to other forums, but there is a personal touch here, or i just have a great chemistry with mamas here... thanks Kit, Phythia and sbux!

I just wrote abt my experience here, hope new mamas can benefit from it

http://thebabystepsoflife.blogspot.com/201...ing-and-me.html

its the viewpoint of the 3rd person... not just BIL, hubby, even my own siblings made fun of the 'gooey' healthy food i prepared for my kid... i used to get upset, now i am like wtf... its my kid and i decide how and what i should feed him and i was stern of it in the first 15mths at least. After that seeing my kid having good eating habits, i was more flexible

maybe u can just tell them, whatever mummy cook is with love and tastes better than any food... lol

at the end of the day your baby's good health reflects on yr upbringing... ILs wont give such comments but u can always tell yourself, your mom and hubby too!

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Added on November 3, 2011, 1:15 pmILs here dont tk much veggies in daily food, so i tell them my son likes veggies cos i teach him to eat from young.. just to rub it in.. so mean eh

This post has been edited by qarezma: Nov 3 2011, 01:15 PM

hehe i would sound back, hence my bad DIL tag, but already dont care

i have to agree with phythia, how can it be poisonous to baby if u can eat it?
frankly till now (my baby is 3mths) i eat almost everything, and so far baby ok.. if i take a lot of garlic (good for supply) baby will fart more... otherwise seems ok

Kit, i know you are stronger than that... u want to lepas geram, come share with us, we are always willing to listen, you want to cry, let it all out... its sad that some people fail to recognise or understand us mother's efforts, most importantly your precious benefiting from you is happy