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Help. Daughter has electric pump, but it takes her 20-30 minutes to express 50ml, surely there must be a faster machine??

Also, baby needs to be given piriton at night and she just squirts it out with her dribble. Daughter has tried using pipette and a syringe. The only time it was vaguely successful was when I hel her slightly tipped downwards and she choked it down!

Dont remember having this problem myself so any suggestions to either problem gratefully received xx

Kalamiphile Wrote:

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> > Already using syringe, she still spits most out!


If you out it in the mouth itself, they do. If you squeeze in small amounts into the cheek, they can't


Nurofen syringe is best, for some reason, I have found

We had the same problem with our 6 month old, and never found a proper solution. The only reasonably successful method was to tag team it, with one holding her still with her head slightly tipped back and the other using the syringe. If you can get it in the cheek it helps a lot but it's easier said than done, when baby is clamping her mouth shut, shaking her head and sticking her tongue in the way! Good luck...

Re: the pumping amounts, it may not change with a different pump. If I remember correctly, it would take me about that much time and I might get a bit more, like maybe 70 mls? I found I had to pump at the same time every day in order to easily get a decent amount. At other times of day I could put the pump on and not get a drop.


I always found Kelly Mom really helpful for pumping information: http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/


The Kelly Mom site says, for e.g., that a single pumping sessions usually yields 0.5-2 oz, so 50 mL would be on the high end of that range.

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