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Breastfeeding Tip: Use Two Boppy Pillows – Baby Tip by Babble Soft
Jul 9 2007

babytipteetherHere’s a tip on breastfeeding a newborn:  Use TWO boppies.  When I had my son in 2002, I received a boppy (breastfeeding pillow) at my baby shower.  I really liked using it but discovered that I often had to put cushions or pillows beneath it to get our newborn son at a comfortable position for feeding.  The cushions would slip out or somehow (I don’t know how) he would kick them out.  I would then find myself hunching over and my back aching a bit after a while.  When my daughter was born in 2005, I received another one and happened to try stacking them and putting them both around my waist.  It was great!  Since I’m a bit short-waisted having the two breastfeeding pillows made me sit up straight thereby forcing me to maintain good posture (a plus).  Having two boppies was helpful to me in the cradle, cross-cradle, and football positions.  In the football position, I would put both boppies stacked on each other to my right or left and then I would place my daughter with her head toward me and her body/feet behind me resting on one of the sides of the boppy.  I used two for the first probably 12-16 weeks of her life.

Of course it’s not that easy to take a boppy with you when you are breastfeeding/nursing-in-public so on those occassions I propped them on our big, fat diaper bag because I always had it handy. 😉

If you can’t afford another boppy, try to find a really sturdy/hard cushion that you can place under the boppy for the football position.  You’d have to find two slightly firm cushions if you want to use them for the cradle and cross-cradle positions.  You can also ask a friend if they are done with their boppy…I just gave one of ours away to a friend.  We also used our boppy for tummy time, sitting support, and all sorts of fun things that I’m sure you are not supposed to use it for. 🙂

Aruni

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2 Comments on “Breastfeeding Tip: Use Two Boppy Pillows – Baby Tip by Babble Soft”

  1. 1 Carole Hayes said at 7:24 AM on July 15th, 2007:

    I’ve actually had better luck with my My Brest Friend Pillow: it has a small backrest that wraps around and velcros in place, so it stays where you want it to; I can actually get up and walk around while using it, as long as I keep a hand on the front (so baby doesn’t roll off).

    I also saw one linked on another site that looked promising: http://www.summitbaby.com/

    It’s inflatable, so you can make it high enough that you don’t need another pillow under it! : )

  2. 2 Aruni said at 8:17 PM on July 15th, 2007:

    I actually didn’t hear about the My Brest Friend Pillow until after I finished breastfeeding my kids…but I hear it’s a really nice pillow. The inflatable pillow sounds really cool…I especially like the back pillow support they have.

    Aruni