i have 2 other boys age 2 and 4 and they go to daycare 1 day a week and have been for a long time ( my day off) now i have my 3rd boy and im breastfeeding. I want to put my baby (now 6 weeks ) in for the same 1 day when hes about 8 weeks. i dont think im being selfish wanting 1 day a weeks without the kids... but i have never nursed successfully before and this will mean i need to express some milk to get him through the day. any advice on how toaccomplish this is greatly welcome. how much milk do i need to express?
do i express manually because its only 1 day a week, or do i invest in a pump.
thankx in advance.
2007-07-15 13:18:19 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
There are many great pumps available, Medela being my favorite. If you are on WIC, they often times provide a pump for you free of charge. I would ask them about it. Otherwise, if you have any luck with manually expressing your milk, I would suggest it seeing as how it's only 1 day/week.
2007-07-15 13:38:59 · answer #1 · answered by Kishauna_P 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You are not selfish at all for wanting one day a week to yourself. I am a preschool teacher and a mother of three and I need me time in order to be a good teacher and a good parent.
I will tell you that one day a week of childcare with a nursing baby that has never had a bottle is going to be a rough adjustment. He is probably going to have a rough day for the first few weeks, on the other hand he could do fine, but speaking from experience, it's going to be rough.
I would suggest that you start pumping now, so that you can build up an adequate supply. I would plan on the number of bottles you think he would need for the number of hours he is there, and then provide one or two extra.
If you can pump now and have someone else feed him for one feeding a day, it should be a smoother adjustment.
Manual expression will take you forever, I would buy a pump....you don't NEED one of the expensive electric pumps just to pump for one day a week, if you want one, all the power to you....they are very nice to have. I remember really liking the Advent pump, and that one was a manual.....although it worked much better than trying to manually express on your own. I used that one for quite a while and it worked out great.
I should add that I breastfed all three of my kids, even my twins.
2007-07-15 13:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by Michelle 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I would suggest you start those bottles asap to get him used to it. Or it could mean you driving into day care for nursing until he is used to bottles. Since it is only one day, I think a manual is fine. You can't go wrong with an electric however and you may find wanting to pump more often for a "stock pile" or just to allow someone else to feed the baby while you get some time to yourself other then your daycare day.
Try a manual, you can always invest in an electric.
But start those bottles now. We had a rough time transitioning to bottles. I was lucky daycare is right at my work.
2007-07-15 13:24:14 · answer #3 · answered by Kel B 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
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2016-12-10 13:17:04 · answer #4 · answered by janzen 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My supervisor at work and I both started our babies in daycare on the same day, at 6 weeks old. My son was a formula/bottle baby while hers was breast fed. Being that we worked only a mile from the daycare she would just go to daycare at feeding time and breast feed. She also had a bottle of breast milk sent along "just incase".
2007-07-15 13:41:40 · answer #5 · answered by Just Me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
day care is bad for babies! they dont get the care they need and other kids will bully them.
2007-07-15 13:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by princessfionafantasy 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
keep your baby home with you till hes older!
daycares are not good for little babies!
2007-07-15 13:22:52 · answer #7 · answered by Chads Wife 4 · 2⤊ 4⤋