MEDELA CALMA

Medla Calma

    As I've stated in previous blogs Molly refuses to take a bottle.  We've tried everything and she just prefers the boob!   It's very nice to have the bond with her that no one else can, but it's very tiring and I can not go anywhere without her or leave her with anyone.  I don't mind having her with me all the time but other people can't seem to understand why, or even why I chose to breast feed.  It would be easier on me if she would even just take a bottle from her daddy.  So after seeing tons of ads for it we purchased the calma.   It's not cheap! $17 for a nipple? My husband looked at me like I was CRAZY!   But we got it anyways! We did buy ours at babies r us. So the price may vary a little depending on where you go, or if you can find a coupon.

I love the concept of this nipple and I figured it was our answer.   It's pretty bulky for a nipple and after washing it and everything was a little confusing on how to get it back together and on the bottle correctly.  It does fit on all my MEDELA bottles, that came with both my pumps so that was a plus.  The calma is suppose to go with the child's flow of sucking and it does!  I tried it myself (yes I've tasted my own breast milk! Haha) and I also tipped it up side down and left it laying on its side to see if there would be any leakage.  There wasn't.  Another plus!

Over all i would recommend this to other moms, because it is true to what they advertise. I  consider MEDELA to be the best of the best in breast feeding products.  So I wanted this no matter the cost.  Unfortunately Molly didn't care that it was $17 she was not using it! She just chewing on it and still getting the milk out but she wasn't taking a full feeding.  After a few minutes she was over it.    Just because it didn't work for me doesn't mean its a bad product.  Every baby is different as well as every product.  So I hope you found this a little helpful but always do your own research to ensure your doing what is best for you and your baby.

For more info on MEDELA and MEDELA calma.  Check out their website :)

http://www.medela.com/IW/en/breastfeeding.html


http://www.medela.com/IW/en/breastfeeding/products/breastmilk-feeding/calma-feeding-device.html

Finally back up and running!

Finally I'm logged back in!  Updating my iPad kicked me off of everything and I couldn't get back in! Also Preparing for Molly's christening has been consuming all of my time!  I have some amazingly DYI  ideas that I will post after the christening!

Molly has been hitting her milestones and just had her 4 month check up? FOUR MONTHS!!! Where has the time gone?   She's now sitting up unassisted and eating more solids!  She loves bananas!  I am still breast feeding so I passed my 3 month goal.  I like to make month goals for breast feeding but since she still isn't taking a bottle I'm just going to say my new goal is 6months.

We took Molly for her first apple picking adventure! It was fun and she enjoyed tasting the apples.  Sucking on a nice juicy crisp apple while you're teething much be heaven for a baby! Apple picking in New England is a tradition for everyone, we go every year, sometimes twice!  I love tradition and I'm glad we have Molly now to share in all of it!  My husbands favorite part is the apple cider donuts haha.  So next year Molly can try them with daddy!   We always get a pumpkin too.  This year we got 3!  A big one for daddy, medium for mommy, and a small one for mollydolly!

Do you have traditions to welcome fall or any season ? I'd love to learn about them

We are thinking of our next trip with Molly.  Where should we go?   Chicago is at the top of our list but we still don't know!

That's about all for my update!  I am currently working on a review for the baby Einstein Disney jumper, anyone have it?  We've been playing with it for about a week.  Review should  be up soon!