If all goes well, you don't need to supplement or pump.
But if you do, it will be difficult to remember the details of nursing, supplementing and pumping when you're so sleep deprived. Writing down activities helps your squad keep track of what's going on.
Click here to download and print the triple feeding log sheet pictured below.
Below this log sheet are detailed instructions for how to get organized and save time while triple feeding.
Click here to view a video with more triple feeding instructions. You can also scan the QR code that's at the top of the log sheet to access the video.
The screen shot below shows specific instructions for organizing your time while triple feeding and how to log what you've done.
As low supply or poor milk removal improves, your baby will get more milk during STEP 1, so he'll take less and less supplements (STEP 2), and thus less pumping is needed (STEP 3).
If your baby continues to gain while getting less supplements, steps 2 & 3 will eventually go away!
Until then, it's very difficult to complete all 3 steps, every 3 hours, 24 / 7.
So, it's fine to skip breastfeeding once in a while, or skip pumping sometimes.
Kay Anderson MD, IBCLC
5/23