Breastfeeding your baby.
We have three healthy and beautiful children, and I breastfed all three of them. With Tyler, our oldest son, I nursed him until eight months. And with Trent and Sophia, I nursed them until six months.Â
I’d love to have continued further but they called…teeth! And after getting bitten and gnawed on many times by my children, I decided to put them on formulas.
It wasn’t a hard decision for me to breastfeed my children.  There are many benefits in breastfeeding your children and also yourself, as proven by many scientific studies and they are listed as follow:
- Vitamins and minerals that can only be found in breast milk
- Fewer allergies for the babies
- Increase mental development for your babies
- Bonding between you and your baby is immensed
- Decreased chance of breast cancer for moms
- It doesn’t cost anything
- Moms will lose weight faster
- Babies are protected from many diseases
- No need to heat up the milkÂ
Just to name a few. But you know, if you tried to breastfeed your baby and he/she just can’t latch on or for any other reasons. Don’t fret! It doesn’t mean that you are not a good mother or inadequate in any way!!
I remembered being in the hospital after giving birth and had a few nurses adamantly forced me to breastfeed my baby when I was so sore all over. You’re the only one who knows what works for your baby and you.
If you decide to pump your milk, use a sterile plastic or glass bottle with a sealable lid to hold the milk. Put the date and time when the milk was expressed. If you’re going to freeze the milk, I would put the milk in another ziploc bag for more protection. Â
- Store the milk at the back of the fridge if you’re going to feed the baby within 3-8 days
- Store the milk at the back of the freezer for up to 3 months
The best way to thaw out frozen breast milk is:
- Never thaw breast milk at room temperature
- Do not use hot water or the microwave (this might create hot spots and it can also decrease certain amount of immune factors in the milk)
- Thaw out breast milk in the fridge overnight, and it must be used within 24 hours
- If immediate usage is needed, run the container of milk under warm water or put it into a cup w/warm water
- Avoid vigorous shaking, simply swirl or rotate the milk container to mix it up
- Never reuse or refreeze the leftover milk
I hope you will be able to experience this incredible bonding between you and your baby. Enjoy this time with your child as long as you can. But if you tried it and it’s not working out for either one of you…then there are plenty of baby formulas out there that have the necessary nutrients found in breastmilk.Â
Happy breastfeeding!Â
We have three healthy and beautiful children, and I breastfed all three of them. With Tyler, our oldest son, I nursed him until eight months. And with Trent and Sophia, I nursed them until six months.Â
I’d love to have continued further but they called…teeth! And after getting bitten and gnawed on many times by my children, I decided to put them on formulas.
It wasn’t a hard decision for me to breastfeed my children.  There are many benefits in breastfeeding your children and also yourself, as proven by many scientific studies and they are listed as follow:
- Vitamins and minerals that can only be found in breast milk
- Fewer allergies for the babies
- Increase mental development for your babies
- Bonding between you and your baby is immensed
- Decreased chance of breast cancer for moms
- It doesn’t cost anything
- Moms will lose weight faster
- Babies are protected from many diseases
- No need to heat up the milkÂ
Just to name a few. But you know, if you tried to breastfeed your baby and he/she just can’t latch on or for any other reasons. Don’t fret! It doesn’t mean that you are not a good mother or inadequate in any way!!
I remembered being in the hospital after giving birth and had a few nurses adamantly forced me to breastfeed my baby when I was so sore all over. You’re the only one who knows what works for your baby and you.
If you decide to pump your milk, use a sterile plastic or glass bottle with a sealable lid to hold the milk. Put the date and time when the milk was expressed. If you’re going to freeze the milk, I would put the milk in another ziploc bag for more protection. Â
- Store the milk at the back of the fridge if you’re going to feed the baby within 3-8 days
- Store the milk at the back of the freezer for up to 3 months
The best way to thaw out frozen breast milk is:
- Never thaw breast milk at room temperature
- Do not use hot water or the microwave (this might create hot spots and it can also decrease certain amount of immune factors in the milk)
- Thaw out breast milk in the fridge overnight, and it must be used within 24 hours
- If immediate usage is needed, run the container of milk under warm water or put it into a cup w/warm water
- Avoid vigorous shaking, simply swirl or rotate the milk container to mix it up
- Never reuse or refreeze the leftover milk
I hope you will be able to experience this incredible bonding between you and your baby. Enjoy this time with your child as long as you can. But if you tried it and it’s not working out for either one of you…then there are plenty of baby formulas out there that have the necessary nutrients found in breastmilk.Â
Happy breastfeeding!Â
How wonderful to hear that you breastfed all your children!
Yes, the teeth can make it difficult. Being bitten isn’t much fun. I’ve been biten quite a few times, but nothing too painful. I think it depends on the child as to how hard and how often they bite.
Thanks for sharing all the helpful information!!!
Good information thanks!
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hello, i really got something out of the informations you have given!it really helped me a lot in my nursing lessons and reports..