How to Use Medela Pump In Style Advanced Breast Pumps
If you are planning to breastfeed your baby, you will probably get a breast pump at some point. Not only is it nice for Mom to have some more flexibility and freedom, but it gives Dad and your baby a great opportunity to bond. This is a tutorial for mothers with a Medela Pump In Style Advanced double electric breast pump (tote, backpack, or metro bag).
So you finally opened up the breast pump, washed and sterilized all the parts, and have produced a magical bottle of “liquid gold” that is now sitting in your fridge. GOOD JOB! That first bottle is such an accomplishment, isn’t it? Even though I had been nursing for weeks, I still remember growing wide-eyed with wonder as I watched actual milk come out of me the first time I pumped. Sure, I felt like a cow, but I also felt amazed that I was actually producing life-giving, drinkable, white milk. Weird.
This is my students’ raffle prize bin.
You think I’m kidding.
Okay, I am. But only a little.
It started on a lazy Friday afternoon, the time for desk clean-outs, and the room was buzzing with activity
As Halloween was approaching this past year, one of my male coworkers joked about wearing a onesie to work. I’m pretty sure he meant something like this:
…but I immediately pictured him in this:
Sorry, buddy.
Male coworker #2, a new dad, started howling with laughter and explained what a onesie technically is. Kudos to him for knowing the difference! I, on the other hand, tried to focus my mind on rainbows and butterflies. Suffice it to say, some of us need to brush up on our layette lingo.
How to Clean and Sanitize Your Medela Pump In Style Breast Pump
It’s important to keep your parts clean and sanitized to keep your baby happy and healthy. Here is a tutorial on how to do that quickly and effectively with just a few handy tools!
How to Store Your Breastmilk
Now that you’ve got this precious bottle of liquid gold in a bottle, be sure to store everything properly so that your baby has as much safe milk to drink as possible!
“I used to be a WM but now I’m a SAHM! BF is way easier than pumping bottles LOL. But now DS is no longer taking bottles, and I feel trapped in the house. DH and I had no problem with our first LO taking the bottle (but DD also SSTN at two months with no CIO!). Any tips on how I can get R to take my BM with a bottle? TIA!” – Ridiculous Person
Why. Just why.
But that’s how it is. I’m guessing the only acronym you got there was LOL (yes, it still stands for Laughing Out Loud), but the forums are littered with this kind of silly. I’m sure I will start using them, too. SIA (Sorry In Advance (made that one up myself!)). So here’s a quick key for the most commonly used acronyms specific to the parenting forums
How to Assemble Your Medela Pump In Style Advanced Breast Pump
We had our baby: AWESOME.
She was breastfeeding well: WONDERFUL.
I was waking up every 2-3 hours to feed her: EXHAUSTING.
I wanted to start pumping milk so my husband could help with feedings: REASONABLE.
But here’s the problem: I was so, so exhausted that the thought of reading that thick booklet and figuring out how to set everything up properly was overwhelming. It’s actually not too bad, but when you are as tired as most new parents are those first few weeks, it can really be daunting.
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