I am a hopeless multitasker.I cannot stand to do just one thing at a time. I leave every faculty meeting with a detailed grocery list. I blog while nursing baby C. But I've met my match. Yes, the breastpump.
It is IMPOSSIBLE to pump milk and accomplish a secondary task that a gal can feel proud of. If you've never been hooked up to one of these beauties, should know that it takes two hands on-deck at all times.
What makes this situation so awful is that I pump at work several times a day. So I'm staring at so many tasks that need my attention, and unable to do any of them.
I have tried a few secondary tasks and failed. My least embarrassing failure was trying to text with my nose. My nasal dexterity just wasn't up for the task. And I think I may have licked my desk. That wouldn't be such a problem if I wasn't an elementary teacher. But since it's flu season, I'm giving up on that one.
I have started drinking Diet Dr Pepper through a straw while I pump. It works, but it doesn't give me the satisfaction that true multitasking does.
I need help, ladies! Give me your best suggestion of what I can do hands-free while milking myself.
lol, another point for the adoption side. :P I can't think of anything you can do, but then again I am so A.D.D. I don't do much for a long period of time.
ReplyDeleteI can sympathize, as I am pumping at this very moment. My best suggestion: learn how to pump one-handed. I just about went crazy before I figured it out. I am also a multi-multitasker; need to do 5 things at a time. Try this... hold one bottle in the crook of your arm and the other bottle with that same hand. I'd send a picture, but that would be inappropriate. -Devon
ReplyDeleteTexting with your nose? Ha!
ReplyDeleteSadly, I have no suggestions. I have pumped many, MANY times. Can't say I miss those days. All I could do was stare at the t.v. Since you are at work, um, pray? Meditate? Practice memorization of some sort?
Good luck!
Joy I have been where you are (except a corporate situation and jerks mooing through my office door)THe pump was invented by a very wise and smart momma. It was made as God intended - to SLOW YOU DOWN! Us multaskers will only slow donw when forced - embrace it, you will miss you real excuse to just sit and be once you are done!
ReplyDeleteON a side note at one point i bought a huge sports bra and pulled it over the top of them.
hey joy! they make bras that hold the pumps in place (it's graphic, so ck it at home LOL):
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Oh my goodness! I was sick for a few days, and look at all I missed. Hilarious! I am laughing out loud. Thanks, Joy!
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