Nursing Tuesday: Bamboo Nursing Pads
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Nursing pads: yea or nay? Did anyone find any good ones you like? I somehow don’t remember leakage being a problem at all during my first son’s infancy — but then, your first kid often feels a bit like that old Talking Heads song, Life During Wartime — a wet shirt may be low on your priority list. Still, when my second son came along, I definitely noticed I needed them, and while I had some disposable ones I liked, I did my best to find reusable, washable ones. I personally didn’t like any of the ones I tried (they either showed or leaked through!), but I don’t think these (pictured) were available then — and wow are they highly rated on Amazon. There are 625 positive (really positive!) reviews, plus selfies from customers happy with how they don’t show through. Nice. They’re $15 at Amazon. Organic Bamboo Nursing Pads (10 Pack) With Laundry Bag by Baby Zeli – Ultra Soft, Reusable, Hypoallergenic, Washable Breastfeeding Pads
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- The concept of “backup care” is so stupid…
- I need tips on managing employees in BigLaw who have to leave for daycare pickup…
- I’m thinking of leaning out to spend more time with my family – how can I find the perfect job for that?
- I’m now a SAHM and my husband needs to step up…
- How can I change my thinking to better recognize some of my husband’s contributions as important, like organizing the shed?
- What are your tips to having a good weekend with kids, especially with little kids? Do you have a set routine or plan?
Bamboobies. They were comfy and washed great. I have to wear lightly padded bras for life regardless of nursing, and these laid smooth enough under those. I expect I will reuse the lot with #2. Seemed like every time I used disposables for convenience/travel I got a blocked duct.
I find myself often thinking about exiting my profession. Realistically I know that if I leave it will hard to get back in. And I am worried that I will feel “stuck” if I leave. And my husband is very opposed to the idea. Those of you who are stay at home moms- hello!
Can you tell me about:
Do you feel like your kids are at an advantage by you staying at home?
Is your partner if you have one happy about this arrangement?
Do you face judgment about being a stay at home mom? How does this make you feel and where is it coming from?
Is your older child also not in daycare/school? If so, how is it that he/she isn’t infecting everyone?
It sounds like your friend in both cases really thought her kids were no longer infectious and had some good reason to do so. Also, hot water is not enough to kill lice. I assume you know this, but it seems odd that you are annoyed for your friend giving you lice (possibly) when you also haven’t managed to treat them successfully and may have possibly been passing them around yourself unknowingly for the last 2 weeks.
Our pediatrician said it is normal for a child in daycare to have a runny nose literally all winter. They get one cold after another, and each one can last at least 2 weeks. I wouldn’t know which portion of that 2 week period is infectious. And some viruses are infectious before symptoms appear (I’m thinking of you chickenpox). So I think blaming your friend is unreasonable, especially as it sounds like your friend is proactively warning you of possible illness. You can choose to sequester yourself until your baby is older, or take the risk of seeing her.
I apologize if I am unsympathetic – my husband is a teacher, and we couldn’t afford a nanny, so we’ve all been sick frequently since my son was born 4 years ago.
Bit of a vent here. My very dear best friend has 2 kids and so do I. Hers are older and my youngest is the baby of the 4, and isn’t in daycare yet. She lives about 45 mins away from me so we hang out with the kids/family every few weeks.
One big reason we’re keeping my baby home with a nanny is to avoid daycare germs for a bit longer, as I am in an intense new job and can’t afford sick time. But whenever I get together with my friend’s family, we end up catching something pretty major from her youngest kid, who has a constant runny nose or fever/other symptoms. I try to check with friend before we get together – “lets make sure nobody’s sick so we don’t trade germs.” (I also frame it as saying mine aren’t sick – but of course she doesn’t care as much if they were).
Example 1 – when my youngest was a couple months old, we went over (she said her youngest had gotten over a cold, and she really wanted to hang out since we hadn’t met in a couple months post-birth). We hung out with the families, and my baby ended up with a major cold/infection needing antibiotics, I got sick as well with a fever, and it was Weeks before we were all ok again (think nighttime coughing fits that woke up baby and all of us, lots of crying jags and cough-induced vomiting). I’m sure we got the germs from my friend’s youngest kid.
Example 2 – a few weeks ago, we were going to go over to their place and my friend said “hey fyi, youngest had head lice from her school, but we did a whole purge this weekend and washed sheets so should be ok to visit”. I said uh oh, let us skip this weekend just to be sure, as I don’t want baby to get head lice. So we went over a week later, with assurances that all is fine. Visit was on saturday. I’m in my office Monday morning, head is itchy and lo and behold! A head lice actually falls out! I went home that night and washed my hair in extra-hot water and washed the sheets and checked my baby’s hair – all seemed ok. It’s now 2 weeks later and I’m starting with the itchiness and symptoms again. I’m so aghast as I hate, hate head lice – I’m a little traumatized by a childhood largely filled with lice incidents.
Bottom line:
– I’m so itchy and I need to get some OTC products tonight to get rid of the lice! Gosh I hate them so much.
– I really love my friend and I rationally know it isn’t her “fault”. I think she figures if we rule out all sick situations, we’ll never ever meet. But I would prefer fewer meetings over these bad contagion situations.
I dont want to tell her “we got head lice because of you” as that would just make her feel bad and not solve any problem.
Give me some perspective/commiseration?
Started Christmas shopping on Amazon and found a toy called a Hatchimal. It’s basically a Furbie that breaks out of it’s own plastic shell. It takes 30 minutes to hatch, and then kids have to “raise” it like a Furbie over the next few weeks.
I found a video of kids hatching their eggs and I was grinning and staring because how cool is that?!? You can hear it squeaking and moving in there! Thought I’d pass it along to any parents of elementary aged kids!
Best maternity t-shirts out there? I am trying to build an affordable maternity wardrobe that crosses over between my business casual office and weekend wear. I’m doing pretty well so far between consignment, ThredUp, and Old Navy (plus belly bands, which are a lifesaver for keeping my regular pants in the rotation). But I’d really like to get several new t-shirts in solid colors that are dressy enough to wear with suits (so not the “heathered” colors I see a lot at Target/Old Navy). My non-maternity favorites are the Ann Taylor/LOFT t-shirts, but they don’t seem to have a traditional cut in maternity, only swingy tunic tops which aren’t what I’m going for. Any recommendations? (Apologies if this has been addressed elsewhere – my comment searching abilities are failing me!)
My oldest, who is 5.5 and just started kindergarten, received a positive test yesterday for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, most likely Crohn’s. He has a endoscopy/colonoscopy scheduled for Thursday. Hopefully, this is the beginning of his recovery and his road to wellness. At the same time, I feel like I have taken a punch to the gut.
My in-house job, which is “supposed” to be 9-5 has slowly crept to more time over the last two months. To be honest, stretching back to the beginning, every other week is an “emergency” and I am assured that it is “not normally like this.” I’ve been here for 1.5 years, and it is always like this. At least every other week, I am here 8-6 and then put in 2-4 hours after the kids go to bed.
My husband had a significant health crisis earlier this year with 4 weeks inpatient and 6 more of intensive outpatient follow-up. During that time, I took a single day off and managed to negotiate a major client contract.
I feel stretched so very thin. I want to talk to my boss about going part-time, but I am terrified of being devalued at my company. Any advice for getting the courage up to say that I just can’t do all that is being asked of me?
Saw on my 2.5 year old son’s daycare report that he soaked through his diaper and got his clothes wet. This has happened once or twice in the last few weeks and I’m not sure why. He is not potty training yet, other than sometimes sitting on the potty before bath time. We recently sized up in diapers, so I don’t think it’s that they are too small. Just a bit puzzled. Any thoughts?
I personally do not like these at all. I got mastitis when I tried using them and switched back to disposables immediately.
This brand also has great customer service. Their early versions didn’t have the waterproof lining and soaked through. When I wrote in, they apologized and sent me the new and improved version right away for free.
My favorite story about these though is that I had the heart shaped ones and my cleaning lady found them in the laundry and apparently thought they were coasters, so arranged them in a visually pleasing manner all over our side and coffee tables:)
Johnson’s disposable ones were my hands down favorite. Tried so many different reusable ones but I never found any that worked as well as the Johnson’s. At least the Johnson’s aren’t individually wrapped so disposable but slightly less packaging.
I love Bamboobies nursing pads. I have a whole collection because I’m a leaker.
My just turned 3 yo has had some potty training setbacks in the past few weeks. We thought she was fully trained, and had been wearing underwear only and telling us she had to go on her own for almost a month. Then, while the nanny was feeding baby brother, 3 yo had a big pee accident in her room. Followed by a few more over the next week+, including one a few minutes after she told me she didn’t have to use the potty. I was brushing my teeth, and she ran in from the other room without pants on. She is back in pull ups for now, but I am worried at the sudden backslide. Any experience or advice?
I’ve really been struggling lately with feeling like I’m an actual person, not just a mom and an employee. I tell myself after my son is a little bit older (he’s 11 months old now) I’ll have time to do more things that keep me feeling like an interesting person, instead of focusing so much on him and my job at the expense of everything else I used to be interested in and do. How do you ladies try to incorporate who you were before you had kids into who you are after you had kids?