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I always think of infinity scarves as being a great addition to a breastfeeding/pumping mom’s wardrobe — you can use them for extra coverage while you’re pumping, a pattern (such as this vibrant paisley) hides milk stains and other baby stains (spit up, sticky fingers, etc.), and is an easy way to add color and variation to what may be a limited wardrobe as you work to get back into your pre-pregnancy clothes. I like this vibrant paisley scarf, available in blue and orange — it was $28, but is now marked to $18.75 (and it is machine washable). Tasha ‘Vibrant Paisley’ Infinity Scarf
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And — here are some of our latest threadjacks of interest – working mom questions asked by the commenters!
- If you’re a working parent of an infant with low sleep needs, how do you function at work when you’re in the throes of baby’s sleep regression?
- Should I cut my childcare down to 12 hours a month if I work from home?
- Will my baby have speech delays if we raise her bilingual?
- Has anyone given birth in a teaching hospital?
- My child eats everything, and my friends’ kids do not – how should I handle? In general, what is the best way to handle when your child has some skill/ability and your friend’s child doesn’t have that skill/ability?
- ADHD moms, give me your tips to help with things like behavior in the classroom, attention to detail, etc?
- I think I suffer from mom rage…
- My husband and kids are gone this weekend – how should I enjoy my free time?
- I’m struggling to be compassionate with a SAHM friend who complains she doesn’t have enough hours of childcare.
- If you exclusively formula fed, what tips do you have for in the hospital and coming home?
- Could I take my 4-yo and 8-yo on a 7-8 day trip to Paris, Lyon, and Madrid?
pumping question says
This is pretty viseral, so apologies–has anyone had issues with pumping and bloody n*pples? I had the pleasure of getting a serious chomp while nursing the babe (her two bottom teeth are just coming in), hard enough to break the skin. That was unpleasant on its own, but yesterday when I returned to work and pumping, I noticed that the milk from that side was pink…from my not-quite-healed n*p cut. I am having some supply issues so I am loathe to chuck six ounces of milk (liquid gold! and I’m nearly out of my frozen stash!), but I was worried about getting the side-eye from daycare. I figured that she’d been nursing and getting the same since the bite a few days ago, but wanted to do a gut-check: was I wrong to not throw out that milk?
Meg Murry says
The milk is probably fine, since if she was nursing she would have gotten the same in her mouth, but I can understand the daycare workers not wanting to handle pink-ish bloody milk. Mix all your milk from that day together and it will be less pink.
Burgher says
Agree with Meg. I had occasional pink-tinged milk from bursting a blood vessel while pumping that I wouldn’t throw out. Usually if I mixed one or two of the day’s pumps together it was much less noticeable. Milk color varies so much anyway. Maybe if I had a freezer full I would toss it or save it for a feed at home vs daycare, but I pretty much always had just enough for demand (if that) so was always super vigilant about never wasting a drop.
Midwest Mom says
I’m sure it’s fine, especially since when you’re nursing her she probably got a little blood in with the milk and is fine. I remember when I had bloody and cracked n*pples when nursing that the advice I received was to rub some milk on the cut to help it heal faster.
(This was meant as a reply to “pumping question,” obviously.)
Midwest Mom says
Sleep question. My daughter is 3 and has never been a good sleeper. We made the mistake of cosleeping for a long time so she’s not used to sleeping alone and she seems to be a night owl who refuses to lay down and relax at night so she can go to sleep. Advice on getting her to stay in bed and lay down and go to sleep at night? I can keep walking her back to her room if/when she comes in ours, but how do I force her to stay in her bed and lay down at bedtime? It’s not unusual for her to be up past 11 pm and then she’s tired the next day. Or do I just not worry about the sleep issue and focus on getting her to stay in her room, regardless of what she’s doing in there?
mascot says
Isn’t the saying that you can’t force a child to eat, sleep, or poop? I’d focus on just getting her to stay in her room first. Tweak the bedtime routine as needed for snuggles, turning on the night-light, etc so she gets relaxed in the space. Make the room boring if possible. We only keep books and stuffed animals in our son’s room to encourage resting and not playing. You may have luck with a few small toys or a flashlight so that she can “read” while she learns to stay in her room.
MomAnon4This says
I’ve totally forced my kid to poop. The pediatrician told me to.
Newly pregnant says
My friend uses some sort of alarm clock with a light that changes color between green and red. When the light is red, her daughter is supposed to stay in her room. They set a time that is reasonable for a wakeup (say, 6:15) and at that time the light turns green. I think they’ve had some success with it – not complete, but their 3 yr old understands the concept and knows what she should be doing, but doesn’t always follow the rules because she’s 3.
mascot says
We’ve had luck with the clock for helping our son sleep a bit longer in the morning. We have this one http://www.amazon.com/American-Innovative-Teach-Talking-Nightlight/dp/B003D7KV0Q/ref=pd_bxgy_hg_text_z
EB0220 says
My daughter wandered out of her room multiple times a night when we first switched her to a toddler bed. We put a mat on the floor next to her bed and would lay down with her for a while at bedtime. We slowly made that time shorter and shorter. Now, we don’t lay down at all (although the mat is still there). If she wakes up in the night and asks to sleep in our bed, we instead move her back to her bed and sleep next to her on the mat for a while. We also tried the OK to Wake alarm clock but she has started doing pretty well on her own so we haven’t really used it.
NewMomAnon says
Ok, this is an embarrassing but serious question – does anyone know how Facebook comes up with the “Suggested Posts”? I ask because my husband and I are currently separated, and Facebook keeps giving me “suggested posts” about how to know if your spouse is cheating on you, how to know when it’s time to leave your spouse, etc. I didn’t really have any concerns about cheating, but I guess I’m trying to figure out if Facebook knows something I don’t. It isn’t a widely publicized fact that we’re separated, so I don’t know how Facebook would know, but after the stories about Target sending targeted pregnancy ads before women even told their spouses, I’m a little paranoid….I guess I’m hoping for people to chime in and say that everyone gets those same suggested posts, and not to worry.
Spirograph says
I don’t know specifically how it works, but there’s definitely an algorithm that correlates ads with as much data as facebook can get its hands on. So, for instance, if you have facebook open in one browser tab and you type a post on this s1te about being separated from your husband, or run a google search for divorce lawyers, I think facebook can still “see” that. If you do any of that from your phone and have the facebook app on your phone, facebook can probably also access all of your browing history there, possibly things you type into your e-mail, etc etc (I don’t have that app, so I don’t know what permissions it requests, but I suspect it wants access to everything). At the very least, if you’ve used Facebook’s messaging feature to say anything about the separation, it definitely pulled the info from there. Facebook and Google are totally creepy.
hoola hoopa says
I don’t think FB is quarrying your husband’s information, deciding that he’s cheating, and then posting posts to suggest that you check on it, if that’s what you mean. They could potentially (ie, messages containing key words to someone other than his listed spouse), but I doubt they are.
I’d guess that any indication of marital discord triggers those types of ads. Agree with spirograph that googling ‘separation’ or messaging a FB friend about it would probably be enough, even if it wasn’t related to concerns about cheating specifically. It could also be based on something like changes in your posting frequency or topic or tone. For example, when someone tags their spouse less it may trigger ‘trouble in paradise’ related ads.
NewMomAnon says
Thanks, that is reassuring. And today I’m getting parenting advice and animal rescue suggestions, which is more of what I would expect based on my actual FB activity.
Breech Baby says
Anyone have any encouraging stories about turning a breech baby at / after 35 weeks? Any exercises or techniques that worked? I am getting frustrated and scared. Thanks!
Spirograph says
I’m in the same situation… no advice, but commiseration. Someone in my prenatal yoga class over the weekend mentioned that she had a c-section scheduled for yesterday at 38 weeks because her baby was breech. I was surprised that it would be scheduled so early, since I thought new recommendations were to wait until at least 39 weeks for any planned/induced delivery.
Jen says
My brother was breech until 3 days before he came out (and he was 2 days late!). She did handstands in the pool every day. No idea if that was helpful, but things worked out.
EB0220 says
No firsthand experience, but I hear that spinningbabies dot com is very helpful, as well as a chiropractor practicing the webster technique.
greenie says
I used many of the techniques on spinningbabies to make sure # 2 wasn’t posterior (#1 (only 7 lbs) was a long, exhausting ordeal full of back labor ending with a vacuum). I don’t know if spinningbabies is the reason why, but my 10 lb baby was in perfect position and came out with only a few pushes.
They do have many techniques for spinning a breech baby- but no firsthand experience with this circumstance.
EB0220 says
Yep, I also used spinningbabies to try to get my #2 into optimal position…labor was 3 hrs.
Carrie M says
I don’t have any personal experience, but a neighbor did a combination of things — simple inversions, acupuncture, moxibustion, Webster, spinning babies. Her baby did eventually move, but who knows which (if any) of these things did the trick. From her perspective, she was willing to try anything and everything.
Good luck!
anon says
I was you, two months ago. I did everything people are talking about here and then some — inversions, spinningbabies.com exercises, the tilt board with frozen peas on my belly, the flashlight trick, Webster, acupuncture, pleading ….seriously, everything. Some things did help — she became more mobile and kept attempting to flip. Then at 37 weeks my doctor turned her manually (this is called external version). Hurt like a b*stard, but it worked, and she stayed head down. Not all practitioners do this, and it is definitely worth finding one who is practiced at it. So maybe she would have flipped on her own — she was definitely trying, and we found out after delivery that her head is unusually large, thus the issues getting it out of my ribs. But the external version was low-risk and it did work. I cried in relief right there on the table, not going to lie.
Breech Baby says
My doc wants to schedule the external version for 37 weeks, too. Two concerns I have are the possible side effect of instigating labor and the drugs used to sedate / relax during the procedure.
How long did you go after she turned? (I know that’s just anecdotal but I’m curious, if you don’t mind).
I suspect big head might be our problem, too. My little guy’s noggin is really wedged under my rib.
PS– Congrats on your two months, momma!
anon says
The possibility of triggering labor is quite low — in the 2-4% range, depending on what studies you look at. My doctor said she believed the increased chance of turning the baby at 37 weeks as opposed to 39 merited trying at 37 weeks. From my independent reading, she may be wrong about that as the chance of success does not go down all that much over the next two weeks. I did not have any general muscle relaxants, though I did have one shot of an anti-contraction med, as I was having a lot of BH when they initially put me on monitors. I do believe the muscle relaxants slightly up the chances of success, though. If you feel really strongly about it, you may be able to ask to have a first attempt without meds. (For me, it took two tries, one quick one that was more a test than anything, and then a second more forceful one with a resident helping, and bing, around she went).
It may be worth mentioning that I knew exact conception date (IVF) so I was sure that 37 weeks really was 37 weeks, and if something did happen, the odds were very good that she’d be perfectly fine.
I do recommend seeing a chiro if you can. Mine definitely helped to loosen up some very tight ligaments in my side, and it may have helped with the ultimate success. The spinningbabies exercises may have helped, too. And a lot of them felt good, so there’s that.
Also — and I hesitated to tell you this, because I don’t want to give you something else to worry about, but knowledge is power. Breech babies who successfully flip are more likely than babies who present head-down on their own to be posterior. Mine was, and my labor was, consequently, very difficult. But I knew that going in, and had done a lot of reading and preparing. And it’s not a sure thing — lots of flipped breeches present perfectly after that. I went to 41 weeks, by the way. No issues after version like bleeding or leaking water. I was having lots of BH by 37 weeks on my own, so hard to tell if anything changed there.
Good luck. I remember how hard the time between 34 and 37 weeks was, doing everything I could, waiting for her to flip. I really couldn’t believe how stressful it was, and couldn’t adequately communicate that to other people who hadn’t been there. Everyone was always like, “but you’ll both come out healthy no matter what,” which was true, but in that moment, just frustrating and unhelpful.
Commiseration says
There with you: 34.5 weeks with twins and neither are vertex. In addition to wanting to avoid a c-section, I’d like the lower one to stop kicking me in the cervix! I’ve been doing inversions and am going to an acupuncturist this week. My doctor doesn’t think it’ll do anything but at least I’ll feel like I made a reasonable attempt. Good luck!
Breech Baby says
Thank you to all for the commiseration and the very useful information.
Breech baby says
My #2 was breech at 36 (#1 was delivered vaginally). I tried inversions, frozen peas, spinning babies, and tried an ECv. It was VERY uncomfortable/painful – the dr and resident were pushing hard,and there’s no anesthetic – it took my breath away. It failed because I had low fluid, the cord was wrapped around his neck (which we didn’t know until he was delivered by C) and it probably didn’t help that I have a short torso. So there may be a valid reason your baby is breech or won’t turn. I hope it does, though! Personally I thought a C-section recovery was much worse than a regular one. Good luck.
Meg Murry says
Not sure how I feel about the thumbs up/down. I like them in theory – but the line of “reply/report” then “thumbs up / down” then collapse leads to a lot of visual clutter. Can you make the thumbs up down to the right instead, or not gray?
Also small nitpick – dislike has an extra capital I that looks a little odd.
hoola hoopa says
I feel the same way. I like having a like/dislike option, but these are visually dominant.
I’m also wondering if they can go on the same line as reply/report. It would keep posts together, but I think it would also avoid accidental clicks.
KJ says
Any advice to determining when/how to wean?
My baby is almost 8 months. I’m pumping twice a day at work, bf-ing morning and bedtime (and overnight, which we are working on) and throughout the day on the weekends. Baby usually gets one formula bottle a day right now, but I’m not pumping enough to cover daycare needs and the freezer stash is running low, so I expect that to increase soon. She is doing OK with solids, but I don’t think she is eating enough to get significant calories.
I think I want to wean. Or at least start weaning. Or…something. On the one hand I am pretty sick of pumping and of bf-ing all the time on weekends. But I do enjoy nursing at bedtime. I definitely want to night wean, and she was going 8-9 hours without eating at night, but then she was sick and we’ve had a regression.
Any advice on how to sort this all out and what to do?
KJ says
Oh, other relevant information: Baby *loves* nursing. She has always taken a bottle just fine, but really seems to find comfort in nursing. She was sick last week and all she wanted to do was nurse every two hours around the clock. This makes me feel guiltier for wanting to wean.
Katarina says
I don’t know if this is helpful, but you may be able to continue nursing once or twice a day if you want, and give formula the rest of the time. I was able to continue to nurse once a day at bedtime for two months after I weaned the rest of the time. My son would have been happy to continue for even longer.
Anonyc says
Same as Katarina–try cutting down to one pump session at work and swap in formula for that feeding. Then after a bit loose the daytime pump session entirely. I’ve been able to get down to nursing only in the morning and at night (basically comfort time, less food acquisition time) with my first two kids and could cruise like that for as long as I wanted. I found it helps once they hit one year and can get cow’s milk–both my older kids still have a glass of milk before bedtime. But don’t feel bad about loosing the pumping sessions (because IMHO they are the worst); what baby craves is cuddle time. Am close behind you with my 7 month old, and have decided that I’m going to one pumping session at work because I’m seriously done with pumping.
Anonymous says
I am nursing my second little one now. She is 10 MO, and to me 8 MO is the pretty well the nadir of nursing and the 2X per day pumping at work. I don’t know if you are interested in longer term nursing or not. I was, and did with my first LO, and was able to phase out pumping at work at a year with him and then continue nursing at night and on weekends for a significantly longer period. But at 8 MO with both children, I was DONE with the darned pump.
With this LO, I was careful with my freezer stash and am now down to one pump per day at work and supplement that with the freezer stash, which is significantly more manageable that trying to pump everything she needs. I would think you could do the same with the formula. . I am looking forward to the glorious day where I move her to cow’s milk during the day and stop the daytime pumping altogether.
This may not be helpful to you at all, but for me, it was nice to know that there was light at the end of the tunnel and that it was possible to keep a nursing relationship and not wean completely WITHOUT being tied to the pump all the time. I had a lot of trouble finding any information relating to the situation, but for me personally it was totally doable, and likely is for you if you are so inclined.
Pogo says
Just popping over to say that you mamas who have had to do weeks and weeks of bedrest are major champs. I am doing just one week of bedrest to recover from a knee surgery and it is so. boring. Also feeling major simpatico for the late in pregnancy not being able to turn over/be comfortable in bed/put ones’ own socks on.
I always assumed bedrest would be awesome – working in my pjs! no commuting! – but I am so seriously hoping I never have to do this again!!