Providers With Their Own Newborns?

[KatieNK]

If she doesn't like it, try all different holds or even different type of slings and if that doesn't work, just keep trying every week or so. Lots of babies actually don't like the sling (even though they want to be held) but grow into it.

[Ariana]

Great post!! I've been thinking about having #2 and these questions always come up in my mind so this has been great. In a lot of ways having play-mates for my daughter will be much better than having to deal with her and a newborn on my own

sorry to hijack the thread but....For those of you that breastfed, what did you do for privacy? Or did you just do it right there with the kids around etc? I had an easy BF experience the first time around so wanted to do it again with a 2nd but with a newborn nursing every 2-3 hours I'm not sure how to go about it. I hate pumping!!!

[PolarCare]

I used a sarong

They're big, and come in every color and pattern you can think of. They're handy for about a billion different things, they're light and let a lot of air through, and they're big enough that they really cover any skin that anyone might see. They're easy to tuck in to your clothes, brastraps, etc, if you have to nurse while walking around or doing something else. They wash up and dry nicely and are cheap. Plus you can use them later after baby is no longer nursing.

I tried flannel receiving blankets initially but my daughter has IBS and if she gets too hot, she gets explosive blowout diarreah. You can imagine how exciting that was during breastfeeding, because of course they get warmed up then. Poo Poo Grenade!

[SilverSabre25]

Great post!! I've been thinking about having #2 and these questions always come up in my mind so this has been great. In a lot of ways having play-mates for my daughter will be much better than having to deal with her and a newborn on my own

sorry to hijack the thread but....For those of you that breastfed, what did you do for privacy? Or did you just do it right there with the kids around etc? I had an easy BF experience the first time around so wanted to do it again with a 2nd but with a newborn nursing every 2-3 hours I'm not sure how to go about it. I hate pumping!!!

I just nurse with everyone around. After the first few days when the group was learning, "We do NOT touch the baby!", few of them even seem to notice that he's here. They barely look at him and not a single child has asked about what I'm doing while I'm feeding him. If they do, "I'm feeding the baby" is the simple answer.

The nursing tank tops from Target are my friends, though. They feel a bit bulky and warm under summer shirts, but not exposing my whole ugly tummy while nursing is a godsend. I don't worry much about exposure unless it's near pick-up time; near pick-up time I try to arrange my shirt all nice and pretty so not even the tank is showing.

[KEG123]

I don't plan to do anything different nurisng wise around the littles. I mean, to a certain extent I'll keep as covered as possible (Not gonna let it all hang out, ) but they're little, they're going to be interested in what the baby is doing, and IMO especially if baby is covered up.