Giving older child ebm?

I've been pumping off much of my foremilk before the first feeding of the
morning because of the OAL issue. I usually get about 3 oz., and I've
been giving it to my older son (2y5m). It's done a great thing for him --
he had been struggling with constipation for awhile there, but that's all
cleared up now. When I give him the milk-ebm mix, he often says, "Hmm,
this tastes good" -- makes my heart sing! And another positive about it
is, I feel that it's somewhat healing the feelings I have about the bfing
debacle he and I suffered.

I just want to ask though -- are there any downsides to doing this, in
terms of OAL?

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

Alphawave wrote:
I've been pumping off much of my foremilk before the first feeding of
the morning because of the OAL issue. I usually get about 3 oz., and
I've been giving it to my older son (2y5m). It's done a great thing
for him -- he had been struggling with constipation for awhile there,
but that's all cleared up now. When I give him the milk-ebm mix, he
often says, "Hmm, this tastes good" -- makes my heart sing! And
another positive about it is, I feel that it's somewhat healing the
feelings I have about the bfing debacle he and I suffered.

I just want to ask though -- are there any downsides to doing this, in
terms of OAL?

What a nice post. It made me feel warm and fuzzy just reading it must feel
great to live it :-) I would be cautious with the pumping though and only
pump the bare necessity. If you continue to pump it may lengthen the time
you have to deal with the OAL because your supply will not adjust to the
needs of the baby...it always be a bit more. At least my OAL with Hunter
resolved once my supply leveled out. That was at about 3 or 4 months. At
that time he was older and better able to handle it of course but I also
switched to only pumping during missed feeds and not between feeds.

I'm assuming your not trying to build a stash since you're giving it to your
older son. If trying to build a stash I would switch to one major pump a
day and not pump before/after feeds. I did the morning times. I was always
engorged in the morning but the rest of the day leveled out.

--
Nikki
Mama to Hunter (4) and Luke (2)

Nikki says:

I would be cautious with the pumping though and only
pump the bare necessity. If you continue to pump it may lengthen the
time you have to deal with the OAL because your supply will not adjust
to the needs of the baby...it always be a bit more.

Yeah. We have the OAL problem only on the left breast, and it's gotten so
he can handle the flow pretty well after the first feeding of the day.
But that first feeding, I'm all engorged (he's sleeping through the
night). He does well with the right breast, but the left one is more than
he can handle in the morning. I pump until the milk coming out looks like
it's got a little more fat in it.

I know my body will just keep producing that extra ~3 oz., but I'm hoping
the inconvenience of pumping is really the only downside to what I'm
doing. So as long as the OAL is more or less under control, it sounds
like it's okay to keep going the way we are, is that right?

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

Alphawave wrote in message ...
Nikki says:

I would be cautious with the pumping though and only
pump the bare necessity. If you continue to pump it may lengthen the
time you have to deal with the OAL because your supply will not adjust
to the needs of the baby...it always be a bit more.

Yeah. We have the OAL problem only on the left breast, and it's gotten so
he can handle the flow pretty well after the first feeding of the day.
But that first feeding, I'm all engorged (he's sleeping through the
night). He does well with the right breast, but the left one is more than
he can handle in the morning. I pump until the milk coming out looks like
it's got a little more fat in it.

I know my body will just keep producing that extra ~3 oz., but I'm hoping
the inconvenience of pumping is really the only downside to what I'm
doing. So as long as the OAL is more or less under control, it sounds
like it's okay to keep going the way we are, is that right?

I would say so, yes. Mine definitely settled down even while pumping that
bit off; glad that's working for you, BTW! It worked so much better for me
than trying to hand express, which didn't help at all.

As for giving the EBM to the toddler, i don't see any problems with it; just
wanted to say that Jessica tried it, made a face, and said "don't like it
mommy". This is from the kid who was bf for 14 months!!

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 28 months
and Christopher, 4 months

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-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

Laurie says:

I would say so, yes. Mine definitely settled down even while pumping
that bit off; glad that's working for you, BTW! It worked so much
better for me than trying to hand express, which didn't help at all.

I think I tried hand expressing exactly one time, then pulled out the good
ol' Avent Isis. :-)

As for giving the EBM to the toddler, i don't see any problems with it;
just wanted to say that Jessica tried it, made a face, and said "don't
like it mommy". This is from the kid who was bf for 14 months!!

lol!

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

Nikki says:

I pumped every morning to freeze so I know what you
mean about being full in the morning. Wowzers. I was nursing all
night and then pumping about 10 ounces every monring (it took a couple
weeks of consistent pumping to reach that amount) but if I didn't pump
for whatever reason not only was I super engorged but Hunter nearly
drowned ;-)

Wow, 10 oz!!! I didn't know it was possible to nurse all night and still
be able to pump that much! Well, if I ever decide I need to build up a
stash, now I know what might be possible. :-)

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net

haha. my daughter, who was still nursing, tried EBM from a cup and said
yucky....even though she still nursed a few times a day. (was probably 3 or
so at the time) And another story...I was in a hotel with the family, I was
expressing milk for the infant while I was working. I ran out of bottles
(talk about an oversupply...) so I put the oldest milk in a glass but didn't
mark it....I had it sitting there, and my daughter inadvertantly tried
it...yuck she said again..(Probably cause the cream had separated) she had
my husband try it (they thought it was cow's milk), then he said yuck, and
figured out what it was..

Suellen

"Laurie" wrote in message news:%lC0b.4444$ As for
giving the EBM to the toddler, i don't see any problems with it; just
wanted to say that Jessica tried it, made a face, and said "don't like it
mommy". This is from the kid who was bf for 14 months!!

laurie
mommy to Jessica, 28 months
and Christopher, 4 months

*This email address is now valid*

-- Alpha
alphawave at earthlink dot net