nightingale
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How about trying the pacifier? Sometimes when my girl is fussy my confinement lady pops the pacifier into her mouth, turns her to her side and pats her bottom to sleep. Or she may rock her crib. This settles her quite quickly. At first I had reservations about using a pacifier - bought it as a back-up haha - but I think so long as we don't over-depend on it, it should be fine using it to soothe baby when he/she cries (and you've tried everything else like feeding & changing diapers). Confinement lady suggested not rocking baby in our arms because once baby gets used to it, will be difficult to put baby to sleep some other way.Yes I agree with you. So what do you mummies do to put little ones to bed. I hold her in my arms n pat but can be time consuming as my son also want my attention. Sigh.
Am using Medela Freestyle, so far so good although I've not tried any other types so can't really compare... I had to buy different sized shields though, because the ones that come with the set are too small to fit me properly (I keep leaking precious drops of milk!) so I went to buy larger sized ones, which solved the leaking problem.Hi mummies, just wondering what breast pump r you all using? M using AVENT manual but my friend told me to use medala electric ones. Any review?
I suppose electric compared to manual would save you some work since the motor does the job; although my cousin, who also used the Avent manual pump, is of the opinion that sometimes the manual pump empties the breast more effectively than an electric pump would. I'm not sure how to tell when my breast is 'emptied'... normally I would stop expressing when I see the flow slowing down or come to a stop. How about you ladies?
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