Electronic Breast Pump

I acquired a Little Tikes plastic shopping cart, and wiped it down with a Medela Quick Clean Wipe- made for breast pump accessories OR toys, high chairs, etc., and just the YELLOW plastic color rubbed off onto the wipe. The red and blue plastic did not do this. I am concerned that this yellow plastic color dye will harm my child in some way..why would it wipe off like that?

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I am a stay at home mom to my daughter (2) and I am 4 months pregnant about to be 5 months.
I wasn’t able to breastfeed my first daughter because I did not have the right supplies, was to embarrassed to ask for help, and I was 17 and finishing my last few months of high school. But I really want to breastfeed this baby! I am so excited, and better prepared financially. I was really excited with my daughter but me and her dad were havin some issues due to my family. But, we are happier than ever now we moved as soon as I graduated high school and haven’t looked back since. I wish we would have moved before I had my daughter but we can only move forward.

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Our youngest sons are four months and three days old and so far our experience with tandem nursing has been chaotic. I have the feeling that this situation will fix itself with time and patience, and so far the boys are eating well. It is I who is going crazy.

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**NOTE: I don’t want to hear any BS from people preaching "breastfeed, don’t pump!"**

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That is what it seems like. The past few days my son does not seem to want to breastfeed. I give him pureed jar food maybe once a day. And tastes of actual real food (soft foods) He will be 6 months on Aug 3 , started solids at 4 1/2 months because he wasn’t gaining a lot of weight even though doc said it was okay about his weight gain. DS does not want to sit still to eat unless he wants to take a nap, then he will stay on my breast until he falls asleep. He kicks, scratches, looks around then goes back but won’t stay very long. I tried the making him hungry route but that doesn’t help either.

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I’m expecting my second child. If it is a girl my friend is going to throw me a "diaper shower." Since I have mostly everything I need, I will just need clothes and diapers as gifts mostly. I will still be making a registry however cause there will be some things that I will need again even though my son will only be 20 months old when the new baby arrives, like breast pump accessories, bottles, crib bedding, and crib (since my son will still be using his). There is also a 9 cube storage cubby thing that I would like to register for with the fabric draw bins. I want 2 of them so my kids will each have their own. Is it ok to ask for 2 and register for green bins for one, and pink bins for the other? I won’t do it if it’s not appropriate, but my husband is a mechanic and i’m a stay at home mom, so there isn’t much of an income to purchase stuff like that ourselves. Is it ok to have one thing on there for my son too?
The baby won’t be in our room. Our son was in his crib since day 1 and so will this baby. Modern days it’s ok to have shower’s if it’s been more than 5 years since your first, or if you are having a different gender child. I saved all my sons clothes too, but I can’t wear boys summer clothes on a girl born in January. My stroller, carseat, pack n play, and high chair are all blue, but I still would use them on the girl cause I wouldn’t feel right getting new stuff just cause I didn’t go gender neutral. But I do need to have a registry cause I need specific brand of items, like medela pump accessories and bottles.

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Someone gave me a used breast pump today and I’m never about giving my son a disease. The pump is a closed system. I washed the breast shield and accessories about 3 times, boiled it in a pot for 20 mins, washed it 3 more times then put it in the medela steam bags. I think I cleaned it well but I’m so serious now that I used the pump for the first time. Have you ever heard of someone getting a disease from a used breast pump???

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Ok so baby #2 is coming along in just 9 more weeks! (yay!) However the great breastfeeding debate is coming along. My last child I had an EXTREME LACK of support, including my husband. (which loves me so, but doesn’t agree with any BFing benefits and thinks it takes his daddy time away) So talking about it to him isn’t really going to help…..to make matters worse I have but maybe 2 mommy friends that BF exclusively that I can talk to and I am unable to attend classes.
After reading books I still came across issues with my son.
1. IT HURT!!!!! My nipples were so raw and sore even the lanolin did so much to help
2. I was never sure my son had enough to eat even if both breasts were drained
3. BFing at night was horrid, I lost sleep and if I didn’t get up to feed or pump I couldn’t sleep anyway cause I’d be in pain from engorgement.
What can I do to ease these issues. WIC is so robot like when it comes to explaining BFing and offer little help, "Just keep trying. It’s the latch, fix the latch by doing this.It’s the best thing for baby." The same shit over and over again. BUT I really don’t want to waste oodles of money on formula! So any EXPIERENCED moms out there no tips to fix this mess before my daughter is born.

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My wife and my sister have always had a rocky relationship. My sister is very ungrateful, like if you do something for her she acts as if you HAD to do it so no gratitude is necessary. She has a habit of TELLING people that they are going to do her favors instead of asking them.

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Our plan is to have the essentials for our babies and avoid the cluttering and expense of unnecessary toys, gadgets and accessories. We are on a tight budget but the things we don’t want to ignore are safety and health. Please look at our list of "stuff" and give me your point of view. I don’t know many moms or babies. We came up with these conclusions by reading and asking questions.

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