How do you get to appointments on time?!

Lilmiss1 · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:33 AM

My 13 week old sets his routine from when he wakes, anytime from 6-7am. So he will wake, be up for 90 minutes, where the first 20-30 minutes will be bf. then he wants to sleep again. We do this until 7/8 pm until its bedtime. So what my question is, how do we arrange dr's appointments etc around this? Do you wake the lo? Feed earlier ( I find this makes him sicky)?

RebeccaG · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:38 AM

Your LO is still very young hun. We still struggle to get to appointments lol. I find I am either early sometimes very early or a tiny bit late!

CazM 2011 · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:39 AM

I'll be watching this thread for hints and tips, I know our LO is only 25 days old but leaving the house takes me hours so needs all the help i can get lol

_jellybean_ · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:42 AM

We bottle feed on demand. For appointments, we just bring the bottle with us. We actually usually try to feed him while we're in the waiting room, so he's calm. Basically though we just get him ready and go, and don't worry about his schedule for that day.

lynnikins · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:45 AM

i just try to plan them for just after a feed or anytime not in the middle of feed time lol lucky though the doctor is just over the road , on hospital appointment days then i just have to work with what they give me ive fed him on the bus on the way to the hospital before lol

victorial8 · Apr 11th, 2012, 03:50 AM

I will try to feed not long before but basically, my bag is always packed and I am usually prepared the night before. With hospital appointments, as we have an hour drive to them, I drive through earlier do that I can feed just before. If this is not possible, I will have an expressed milk bottle with me so I can feed where ever I am without having to worry about breastfeeding in public x

kosh · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:07 AM

i have exactly the same problem!
so far we've managed to make our appointments in time,but mainly because my DH was taking us in the car. no idea how i would do it on my own and it's really worrying me!

nicb26 · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:13 AM

I try and feed so she's finished just before we have to leave, she normally takes it whether she's due a feed or not. Then get her into the pram and off asap! X

Leeze · Apr 11th, 2012, 04:40 AM

I normally feed LO then set off for the appointment - and with mine she tends to awake at around the same time and go for her first nap at around the same time - so I try to arrange appointments for about midday. I'll wake her for the feed if she hasn't woken up so we can still get there on time. Or if she wakes up early and wants to be fed then I'll just go with it and then sometimes leave the house a bit earlier and hope she might have a little nap on the way to the appointment in her sling. If she misses a nap then she'll tend to catch up on it later on and want to sleep for longer in the afternoon.

SweetChilli90 · Apr 11th, 2012, 08:51 AM

We just get up and go, if LO's hungry we feed her and if she's sleepy she sleeps in the pram. We try to pack the changing bag the night before so we just get ready and go

Apr 11th, 2012, 03:33 AM	#1
Lilmiss1 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: London Posts: 1,935	How do you get to appointments on time?! My 13 week old sets his routine from when he wakes, anytime from 6-7am. So he will wake, be up for 90 minutes, where the first 20-30 minutes will be bf. then he wants to sleep again. We do this until 7/8 pm until its bedtime. So what my question is, how do we arrange dr's appointments etc around this? Do you wake the lo? Feed earlier ( I find this makes him sicky)?

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Apr 11th, 2012, 03:38 AM	#2
RebeccaG Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: South Wales Posts: 3,149	Your LO is still very young hun. We still struggle to get to appointments lol. I find I am either early sometimes very early or a tiny bit late!

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Apr 11th, 2012, 03:39 AM	#3
CazM 2011 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 392	I'll be watching this thread for hints and tips, I know our LO is only 25 days old but leaving the house takes me hours so needs all the help i can get lol

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_jellybean_ AutoSignup (SAAB) BnB Addict Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 7,633	We bottle feed on demand. For appointments, we just bring the bottle with us. We actually usually try to feed him while we're in the waiting room, so he's calm. Basically though we just get him ready and go, and don't worry about his schedule for that day.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 03:45 AM	#5
lynnikins Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: East Midlands Posts: 15,450	i just try to plan them for just after a feed or anytime not in the middle of feed time lol lucky though the doctor is just over the road , on hospital appointment days then i just have to work with what they give me ive fed him on the bus on the way to the hospital before lol

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Apr 11th, 2012, 03:50 AM	#6
victorial8 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Scotland Posts: 2,597	I will try to feed not long before but basically, my bag is always packed and I am usually prepared the night before. With hospital appointments, as we have an hour drive to them, I drive through earlier do that I can feed just before. If this is not possible, I will have an expressed milk bottle with me so I can feed where ever I am without having to worry about breastfeeding in public x

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:07 AM	#7
kosh AutoSignup (SAAB) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Argy living in Newcastle, UK Posts: 2,615	i have exactly the same problem! so far we've managed to make our appointments in time,but mainly because my DH was taking us in the car. no idea how i would do it on my own and it's really worrying me!

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:13 AM	#8
nicb26 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Scotland but from London Posts: 2,054	I try and feed so she's finished just before we have to leave, she normally takes it whether she's due a feed or not. Then get her into the pram and off asap! X

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Apr 11th, 2012, 04:40 AM	#9
Leeze Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: London Posts: 2,913	I normally feed LO then set off for the appointment - and with mine she tends to awake at around the same time and go for her first nap at around the same time - so I try to arrange appointments for about midday. I'll wake her for the feed if she hasn't woken up so we can still get there on time. Or if she wakes up early and wants to be fed then I'll just go with it and then sometimes leave the house a bit earlier and hope she might have a little nap on the way to the appointment in her sling. If she misses a nap then she'll tend to catch up on it later on and want to sleep for longer in the afternoon.

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Apr 11th, 2012, 08:51 AM	#10
SweetChilli90 Mum (Mom) Active BnB Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Chester Posts: 246	We just get up and go, if LO's hungry we feed her and if she's sleepy she sleeps in the pram. We try to pack the changing bag the night before so we just get ready and go

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