Breastfeeding: Nursing Supplies

Boppy

• Don't Buy Used
• Barely used for nursing in both round one and two.
• Per lactation consultant: the bigger chested you are the more useful it is to help prop the baby.

Breastmilk Storage Bags

• Best Deal I've Found

Burp Cloths

• Can't ever have too many :)
• Prefold cotton cloth diapers seem to work best.
• Tutorial 1 on how to make prefolds into pretty burp cloths.
• Tutorial 2 that is supposed to be best for babies with acid reflux.

Nursing Bras/Camis

• No underwire!  Underwire can encourage infection and clogs.
• Removable foam cups for lining and modesty are helpful.
• Have a minimum of two bras for the day.
• Night time bras are ok once supply figures itself out.
• Best Nursing Bra Ever :)
• DIY Nursing Cami  Liked but ends up being lower cut than I would like so can't really wear as undershirt.  Great to keep rest of me covered when out nursing.  Use camis that don't have shelf lining.

Nursing Cover

• DIY Instructions
• Super important to have the stiff neckline!
• Consider making one out of the muslin swaddle blankets to make it more breathable.

Nursing Pads

• Went through super quickly!
• Really liked these!
• If don't change out fast enough they'll start to smell bad and the smell passes onto nursing bra.
• Make sure you change out the trash frequently because rotting milk smells horrendous.
• Make cloth nursing pads next round with baby once milk supply settles in... 1) DIY Contoured Nursing Pads  2) Second Tutorial  3) Third Tutorial

Tracking All Things Nursing Related

• Baby Feeding Log App  Available to time each feeding, keep track of what side nursing on, bowel movements and sleep times.  Personally found it to be overwhelming so would just do ten seconds for breastfeeding on time so it would remind me when to next nurse at the three hour mark.
• Round Two: Used this for the first six weeks or so because you can set a timer.  Next round will probably just use my timer on my phone because the app timer silences pretty quickly.
• Used to keep track of bowel movements only and made sure diapers were regularly wet.
• Bowel movements are especially important because they prove the baby is receiving nutrients.
• Also used to keep track of baths and had reminder go off every two days but needed to bathe every three days at latest.
• LactMed App to use as a reference next baby.  Allows you to look up drug and see possible side effects with breastfeeding.
• Cute ways to remember which side you last nursed on: Mammary Minders or DIY Ribbon Reminder
• Never ended up making and using.