Breastfeeding Alert!

Breastfeeding is easy but still need efforts to make it succeed.I have gone through best time and worse time throughout almost 10 months of breastfeeding my baby.My best time that i like the most is when i can get a lots of milk pump at one time ( 12 oz - wonderful!!!).My worse time is the vice versa of my best time ( 12 oz a day!!!!).It is more like a KPI for me to produce enough breastmilk to feed my baby every working day.My daily target is minimum 16 oz. I always set the target every morning i woke up since i believe that psychology plays a role in breastmilk production.At night, my baby wakes up 3-4 times from 11 pm to 7 pm for breastfeed.This also help the prolactin hormon to produce more milk during the day. There was a week where my production dropped tremendously and i was worried to death since the stocks were only for a week.During that time, my son consume 20 oz per day!I tried a lot of milk booster food but still didn't help much.I took my own time to calm down and this time, psychology plays its role again.After a week, I manage to boost up my production to the level like before.Here are my efforts to bring back the sweet time during pumping session:

Pumping efforts:

1-Pump 3 times at office although didn't produce much, but still keep on pumping.

2-Pump after work at home although didn't produce much.

3-Pump at 2 or 4 am although didn't produce much.

Milk booster:

1-Drink during night time feeding just right after feeding the baby.

2-Drink each time after pumped.

3-Eat a lot carbohidrate (rice)

4-Eat water chestnut / drink water chestnut can drink

5-Eat beansprout everyday.

6-Drink honey + lime

Psychology/therapy:

1-Think positive

2-Massage the back neck area

3-Stimulate nipple area frequently (after pump is also OK, some more milk can be expressed out)

4-Always think of your baby

5-Always pray to God for His blessings

All of the above efforts create a joyful pumping session today!I love pumping and breastfeeding!

New books!!

Talking about baby education, just now i went to KLCC to use ISETAN voucher.Wandering inside ISETAN itself took me an hour to find suitable items to be purchased by using the voucher.At first i thought of buying leap pad learning system but it is a bit expensive and i do not know how efficient it would since we already have Alphabet Pal by leapfrog at home and my son love to swallow its tentacles. He kicked and put the string into his mouth.That's all he knows.However, that toy is designed for 1 year old child and my son is only 10 months old.HEHEHE.

After 45 minutes wandering inside ISETAN, finally i decided to buy books for him. But the choices were so limited.Only books from Lamaze, the hard book and soft book.At first, i wanted to buy the soft book, but looking at the content there's pig inside which i never prefer to have any. I never finds pigs are cute.I wonder why they always put pigs in children book inclusive Winnie the Pooh n Friends, they also got Piglet.Why not put Kitty instead.Kitty is much more adorable.

Things that i purchased for my son just now:

1-Lamaze See Through Safari = RM29.90 (10% disc)
2-Lamaze Peekabo Farm = RM29.90 (10% disc)
3-Fisher-Price Doodle Pro (Small) = RM13.30

The books are so wonderful and catchy.I hope my son will love both and make him forget to bite and tear papers.One thing i noticed, my son love newspaper very much.Just like his papa, loves to read newspaper!

Breastfeeding & weight

I loose weight very quickly after giving birth.Breastfeeding helped a lot.However, actually i don't need to loose weight.I need to gain weight!!Now, i am at blow the underweight line.I eat lots and lots everyday.My meals could be as much as the fat ones eats.However, no single kilos i gained from week to week.It's stagnant.I believe bcos i am breastfeeding my baby and that;s why it's hard to gain weight.However, this never tells me to stop breastfeeding bcos i love breastfeeding very much.I objected any kinds of proposal that resulting to stop breastfeeding.I can't help my self from mumbling that i'm thin, tired and etc.It's all because i want to be heard.That's it!!I can't eat foods that i like, which wil cause my son's eczema getting worse.I mumbled.But never put me to stop breastfeeding.Because i love breastfeeding and never ever wanted this thing to leave me very soon.

Actually before getting married, i'm already underweight but not like now.Now it's more.I drink protein mixberries which costs me a lot during that time.And miraculously, my weight was gained within a month.That was fantastic!Like a dream comes true!Yes, the happiness never stayed as long as it wants to.Now i'm getting worried again since i know it not safe to conceive when u r underweight.But it' is still OK since i'm on family planning now, maybe another year, and i'll to conceive.For now, i need to find ways to gain my weight.

Alternatives that've been tried so far:

1-Eat 6 meals per day
2-Drink full cream milk 3 glasses per day
3. Drink weight gain milk 2 glasses per day
4. Drink protein mixberries 2 glasses per day (the only one that works but hard to get at dealers' price)

Oh stool...

Baby is almost 10 months but still no sign of starting to crawl.Lately, he passed stool very frequent that worried me so much.I surfed the net to find the cause.And here is the list that I compiled:

1-Baby doesn't get the hindmilk, mom's milk might be oversupply. (Facts)
2-He is getting too much nutrition from what he eats. (Facts)
3-Virus infection since he's teething and bite evrything he finds on the floor.(My thinking)
4-It's a way to release the inner heat out of from body since the weather is slightly hot.(My thinking)

What else?The stool colour patterns are this way:

Day 1: Dark yellowish mustard - Greenish mustard during the nite.
Day 2: Greenish mustard with slightly brown mucus - Greenish seeds during the nite.
Day 3: Dark yellowish mustard - Greenish seeds during the nite
Day 4: Greenish seeds & slightly watery.

The frequency however is improving:

Day 1: 2 times morning, 2 times afternoon, 3 times nite
Day 2: 1 time morning, 2 times afternoon, 2 times nite
Day 3: 1 time morning, 2 times afternoon, 2 times nite
Day 4: 1 times morning, 2 times afternoon, 1 time nite.

Somewhat better, the frequency has lessen from day to day.There was a time where he hardly passed stool, once in 3-4 days.I asked a friend who is a doc-to-be, it is still OK for a breastfed baby to have frequent stooling as long as he is active, not vomit, not feverish and happy.

Wonder if there is any tips to heal this matter very soon because I myself have no idea except bringing to paedtirician and given some drugs that my son really hates of.Oh stool...