Secrets to Working and Pumping

Written by Patty Hone


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25.Do not assume because baby is fussing it is your supply. Many times baby will fuss for other reasons. 26.When preparing bottles for day care, store them in three oz portions. Your baby will likely only need three oz at a time. If he needs more up it to four. 27.Send small 2 oz bottles of breast milk for day care provider to give to baby if you will be picking him up soon. This way baby will be ready to nurse when you get him home. 28.Nurse on your lunch break if you can. 29.Take picture of baby with you to work. Look at your baby when you are pumping. It will help with your let down. 30.Have a nurse in. Onrepparttar weekend spendrepparttar 111067 entire weekend in bed with your baby and nurse as frequently as you can. 31.During pumping session, take a break when your milk stops flowing. Massage your breast and use nipple stimulation to get a second let down. You will usually get another oz or so if you can get a second let down. 32.Cut down on caffeine. Caffeine will hinder your supply 33.Don't do extreme dieting. Eat a healthy diet. 34.Contact a La Leche League Leader or lactation consultant for advice. 35.Avoid using bottles and pacifiers when you are home. 36.Try switch nursing when you are home. Nurse on one side then switch torepparttar 111068 other when baby seems to be getting fussy. Switch sides two or three times while nursing. 37.Remind yourself of allrepparttar 111069 benefits your baby is getting and that it's worth it! 38.Keep your pump pre-assembled so that you can keep your pumping breaks shorter. 39.If your using a pump with horns put them in a Ziploc bag and store them inrepparttar 111070 freezer between pumpings. This way you can just wash them when you get home. 40.If you can, do paperwork while pumping. This way you can have more pumping breaks and you will relax more if you are not focused on pumping. 41.Don't watchrepparttar 111071 pump. Staring atrepparttar 111072 pump watching for milk will make your session more stressful. 42.Adjustrepparttar 111073 suction controls, experiment withrepparttar 111074 speed and suction until you find what works best for you. 43.Keep spare parts readily available for your pump so you don't have any emergencies. 44.If you own a hands free pump like whisperwear try pumping onrepparttar 111075 drive to work. 45.Massage your breasts while you pump. 46.Pump inrepparttar 111076 morning. Your supply is best inrepparttar 111077 morning. 47.Bring a baby blanket or item of clothing that smells like baby. Use your senses to visualize your baby. 48.Close your eyes and picture baby nursing. 49.Keep a back up pump at work or in your car in case you forget. The Avent Isis is affordable and a great pump to have for a backup. 50.Pat yourself onrepparttar 111078 back for giving your babyrepparttar 111079 best!

Patty Hone is a wife and mommy to three kids. She is also the owner of Mommiesmall.com. For quality breast pumps, slings, and other attachment parenting products please visit her site at http://www.mommiesmall.com


5 Steps to Raising an Optimistic Child

Written by Dr. Tony Fiore


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For example, if you are driving your child to school and a driver cuts you off, verbalizerepparttar link between your thoughts and feelings by saying something like “I wonder why I’m feeling so angry; I guess I was saying to myself: ‘Now I’m going to be late becauserepparttar 111066 guy in front of me is going so darn slow. If he is going to drive like that he shouldn’t drive during rush hour. How rude.’”

Step 3: Create a game called ‘thought catching.’ This helps your child learn to identifyrepparttar 111067 thoughts that flit across his or her mind atrepparttar 111068 times they feel worst. These thoughts, although barely noticeable, greatly affect mood and behavior.

For instance, if your child received a poor grade, ask: “When you got your grade, what did you say to yourself?”

Step 4: Teach your child how to evaluate automatic thoughts. This means acknowledging that they things you say to yourself are not necessarily accurate.

For instance, after receivingrepparttar 111069 poor grade your child may be telling himself he is a failure, he is not as smart as other kids; he will never be able to succeed in school, etc. Many of these self-statements may not be accurate, but they are ‘automatic’ in that situation.

Step 5: Instruct your child on how to generate more accurate explanations (to themselves) when bad things happen and use them to challenge your child’s automatic but inaccurate thoughts. Part of this process involves looking for evidence torepparttar 111070 contrary (good grades inrepparttar 111071 past, success in other life areas, etc).

Another skill to teach your child to help him or her think optimistically is to ‘decatastrophize’repparttar 111072 situation – that is – help your child see thatrepparttar 111073 bad event may not be as bad or will not haverepparttar 111074 adverse consequences imagined. Few things in life are as devastating as we fear, yet we blow them up in our minds.

Parents can influencerepparttar 111075 thinking styles of their children by modelingrepparttar 111076 principals of optimistic thinking.

Dr. Tony Fiore is a So. California licensed psychologist, and anger management trainer. His company, The Anger Coach, provides anger and stress management programs, training and products to individuals, couples, and the workplace. Sign up for his free monthly newsletter "Taming The Anger Bee" at www.angercoach.com and receive two bonus reports.


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