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My LO will be 10 weeks on Sunday. She sleeps in her bassinet from 9pm-6am with zero issues and has been doing this since she was 5 weeks old so no nighttime issues there (so far). Daytime is a completely different story. She naps just fine but every single one is a contact nap on me on the couch or while I wear her. My back hurts when I wear her frequently throughout the day. Every time I put her down, she wakes up within 5 minutes.

I’m assuming this is normal? Wondering how long it took your LO to nap in their bassinet or crib during the day? Tips appreciated!

Edit: my LO will be starting daycare in about 4 weeks and I’m wondering how naps will work once she’s not with me during the day anymore. Every daycare tour we’ve been on, the staff just let the crying infants cry it out and it made me so, so sad to see.

My 8 week old is healthy and takes about 50% BM + 50% formula. We are looking to transition to powdered formula from RTF. With RTF, I prep several bottles at night for the following day containing half BM, half formula since it’s safe to do so with RTF. Unfortunately, I’m super paranoid about what water to use at home to mix powdered formula with and it has me second guessing if it’s safe to prep several bottles in advance like I did with RTF. I live in the US and usually drink from the filtered water in fridge. If I do this, can I prep bottles overnight for the following day (24 hour rule in mind)?

LO is almost 8 weeks old and currently taking Enfamil Neuropro RTF but will likely transition to the Costco brand powdered formula. I’m also combo feeding with about 50% BM.

My question is what kind of water should I use and how do I mix both? LO is healthy as can be born full term. If I boil water, it’s to kill potential bacteria in powdered formula, do I mix powder in the boiling water then let cool? Do I use distilled? Purified? What are the steps when it comes to mixing?

Don’t see pediatrician for another week so figured I’d ask here first. TIA!

LO is almost 8 weeks old and currently taking Enfamil Neuropro RTF at the moment but will likely transition to the Costco brand powdered formula. I’m also combo feeding with about 50% BM.

My question is what kind of water should I use? LO is healthy as can be born full term. If I boil water, it’s to kill potential bacteria in powdered formula, do I mix powder into the boiling water then let cool before adding BM? Do I use distilled? Purified? Don’t see pediatrician for another week so figured I’d ask here first. TIA!

Couldn’t EBF my LO so I began the EP journey. After 4ish weeks, I legitimately thought I was drowning so I started introducing formula. Through this process, I was pumping less + using cabbage cream, actual cabbage, mint tea, Sudafed, and LOTS OF ICE.

I got down to pumping twice a day but still yielding quite a bit each pump, which got me thinking… LO is already taking formula and I’m only pumping twice a day. I’m not crying all the time anymore, I’m not obsessed over my pumping schedule, and I just feel better overall. Maybe I’ll try it again with zero pressure.

By this point, I feel so much better mentally and not beating myself up every day. So, I am now pumping 4x a day whenever I feel like it using mostly wearables. Baby is taking 75% BM + 25% formula and I’m SO okay with it. Idk what the point of this post is but I just wanted to share because just a few weeks ago I was drowning at the idea of pumping but now I’m doing it happily!!! Motherhood is wild… hormones too!

FTM here-LO is 6 weeks old. Tried my best to BF but couldn't so I EP for 4 weeks. My mental health was terrible and pumping was killing me slowly so I started combo feeding.

I've been cutting back on pumping quite a bit but still yielding 1.5oz after just 1 minute of pumping. I was an overproducer before so I think this is why I'm getting so much after such a short amount of time. I like the idea of continuing to combo feeding so LO is getting some benefits of BM, but not married to it (initial plan was to go full formula but pumping 3x a day seems very manageable now.

My question is, would it be possible to slightly increase pumping time to ~5-10 minutes, 3-4 times a day for the next ~6 months? Will my milk dry out sooner? I would continue to combo feed.

I went through hell getting my milk to decrease so I'm not sure I want to risk that roller coaster again. Almost got mastitis and the engorgement was SO painful.

Any insight is appreciated!

Editing to add I saw an LC who told me to pump 10x a day for 30 mins. I got burnt out so quickly and I firmly believe this turned me into an overproducer/constantly engorged.