Quality of my BM
Sometimes I really feel tied up with the kids at home. Whenever there is wedding dinner invitation, hubby has to attend while I have to stay at home with the kids as there no way we can bring the babies along. Yesterday night I feel so stressed when I see hubby had the chance to dress up nicely for dinner (while I have to handle 3 sick children at home). Before going out, he even suggested to me that, “When baby reached 6 months, stop breastfeeding la…..” (seeing that breast milk does not help much as they are still constantly down with cough and flu ever since the second month).
But of course, I would not have the heart to stop breastfeeding. After all I have decided to close shop and the boys are my last babies. Am really disappointed to see all my efforts to breastfeed them go down the drain like that. I even asked the paed if I should take any supplement to increase breast milk quality but he say none. I wonder if there is any supplement or vitamins for lactating mums in the market?
hmmm u hv to eat nutricious food to make up the nutrition lerrr…so u got to eat a better food, more protein la..hey hv u made the raw papaya peanut soup with “wan yue”?? really effective n the taste is great too! the “wan yue” a bit difficult to get, usually in bigger markets like petaling st & pudu market i think sure can get. just fry the fist with ginger then put in together with peanuts & raw papaya to make the soup. yummy n sure to make the milk flow like a waterfall!!!
I salute u for breastfeeding twins! Keep up the good work mummy!
maybe you could check with shireen? she’s always eating healthy and nutritious stuff
i took a lot of colostrum and spirulina when i bf Eli..maybe this was a reason why Eli has rosy cheeks.
direct breastfeeding will make you have no freedom that’s why i choose to pump out and also feed with formula milk as well, a selfish mother…:(
haiz…chinnee, I felt just like you. Everywhere aso cannot go, coz had to breastfeed. Then when I stopped, after 8 months (I wanted to stop at 6..but like you, so sayang..took so much effort), I felt more relieved. I did my best. Then one night, I was out at my kid’s school concert. Another mom was frantic becoz the concert not over yet…but she had to go back home n breastfeed her baby! But how to go home, when her elder kid hadn’t performed yet?
See la..the things us mothers go through.
Don’t be too hard on yourself, IF you decide to stop. You truly did your best!
if the boys are easy going, I would be able to pump and let them drink from bottle. But these 2 monsters, din even want to drink from bottle from the very beginning (each feeding was a battle
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I wonder if they are going to stuck to me for at least one or 2 years. I really wouldn’t mind if it benefits them. Once they start to take solid, at least I can be free from them for a few hours, to do my hair or go for a facial treatment while they have their lunch
well..at least try for 6 months…
because by then, they would start solids n u wont need to feed them so often.
Just try your best and bf as long as you can, but there’s nothing wrong if you want to stop. I don’t know about other bf babies, but mine are fine. I took supplements from Amway, quite a few bottles when I was bf-ing, and until now. So far so good la…
ya understand that bf will reli take alot of your time… i used to pump onli bcoz im not good at lactating, since mth 2 pump until mth 15 everywhere i go i have to bring my pump along… een if im attending a dinner! so tired but still worth it… i hve no doubt in ur quality of milk.. nowadays there r lots of viruses around n bb gets it easily but taking multivits or supp to boost ur milk cuse no harm
You are doing a very good job already. Don’t feel bad or sad. There’s nothing wrong with your quality of milk, no need supplements lar….just eat well and eat more!! You can see by the way your cute and chubby little twins turn out. Just hang on for a few months when they are more mobile and eating solids, I’m sure you have more time to yourself :).
me too was stucked at home for quite a while.every where i went, i brought my girl along coz needed to bf her. but quite diff for u cause u hv 2 bb. be patient. when the boys reach 1 yr old, u will be more senang edi
It’s definitely tougher in ur case coz u don’t hv any close relatives nearby to help out. Jes hang in there, as time goes by, they’ll surely get easier to handle.
Would it be possible that the boys didn’t get enough nutrition before delivery? As they got to share among themselves what you eaten…..
Hey u r doing great! U don’t have to feel bad. I don’t think they always sick is related to ur quality of ur bm. I have friend who is also fully b/f the baby and still the baby always fall sick too.
Haha ur twin is very like my gal. She also refused bottle at all whenever I’m home. She could be halfway drinking from the bottle but as soon as I entered the house from outside, she could cry for me and did not want the bottle already!
As for me, I prefer direct feeding than expressing out the milk for Hao. I feel it’s so much hassle to express (need to spend time pumping, then clean the pump, later wash the feeding bottle etc). So I bring the bb with me wherever I go, even to attending the dinner function. But do understand that it maybe more diff for u as u r having twin. Well, we just need to hang on for another 1 months ++ - they will be starting their solid soon!
Well Chinnee. I support your decision to continue breastfeeding. Don’t stop.
My 2nd gal easily fall sick too and she caught all the viruses from her sister
and her sister caught them at school.
I guessed the only way for me to prevent my 2nd gal (also on BM at that time),
from getting sick is to stop Kylie from schooling.
It is sooner or later they will have to catch all the flu viruses but I know it is
sickening to see them taking the medicine and eventually affecting their
growth.
chinnee, when zen was young too he was sickly and I was really disappointed coz I thought b/f was supposed to help him stay healthier and lots of people told me to stop b/f coz it takes too much time and effort (good thing hubby stuck with me). I persisted and I do find that things turn for the better. Zen still falls sick but I find he recovers faster. But don’t be too hard on yourself and it’s ok to stop if you want to
I salute your determination in bf-ding your twins. It’s not an easy job, esp to me lar….
keep it up….eat more nutritious food as suggested by others!
Just continue with it. As it’s already last chance for you to bf since you wanna close shop, so better don’t regret in future, keep bf them.
Maybe the weather change too drastic as the boy need time to get themselves suit to it.
Take it easy, Chinnee……maybe, you try to eat more nutritious food? Anyway, even bf babies will get sick as well, but they still look so chubby and adorable ler….so, don’t worries too much…
take beans…any type - red,green,black…add to ur soup, u can also eat kacang panjang, kacang buncis, etc. also, coconut..like the filling for coconut bun.
hi, keep it up, I bf my son for a year with formula milk though, I even regretted that I didn’t manage to continue longer.
It is difficult at first, you can’t leave them long, basically, you don’t have your own time to do your own thingbut it will be good for long term, my son is always sick during the first few months, as I thought BM doesn’t help, but my paed told that it could be worst if I don’t bf him.
As long you are eating /resting well, I guess the quality of BM is fine.
You are doing a great job. Dont get affected by what your hubs said. Men hor, they wont understand the emotion behind bf. And he probably made that comment knowing you also ’san fu’ and dont want you to stress. Think of it this way, maybe if u don bf, they will get sick more often? Do you hv those air cleaner stuff at home?
Breastfeeding is something u dont really see the effect so soon. I’m still breastfeeding my 3 yr old boy. and i’m glad I did total breastfeed for him till now (waiting for him to wean on his own). he fall sick often when he was before 6mths, went to PD several times. As he was too young so immunity not gd, still building up so fall sick easily. When he was abt 1 yr old, he seldom fall sick. maybe abt 2 twice a yr. Very funny, he’ll hv cough, flu etc every 6 mths. dont know why. So do breastfeed, u can see the goodness in long term.
Everyone in the family can see his immunity is better than his cousin. in fact much much better. My inlaws used to be against of breastfeeding, but seeing my boy growing well with my bm. I think they’re now convinced bf is gd.
I think it depends on the body’s immune system too, besides you have a preschooler who might catch and bring the virus back to them.
does qiqi wash hand and take shower everytime come back from school before get close to her little bros?
Subsequent kids always fall sick because the older siblings bring back virus from outside. But when they’re in pre-school, you’ll find that they won’t fall sick as much because they have been exposed to those virus already. Same thing happened with my kiddoes. Nothing wrong with your breast milk. So hang on in there. In fact, I weaned my 3rd kid at 14 months, and have been missing breastfeeding ever since. Like you said, they’re already 5 months old, and things WILL be better once they start on solids.
Keep it up…..well done to you…