How to log breast feeding?

Nicholec2003
Nicholec2003 Posts: 158 Member
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How do you log breast feeding? Do you just add it on to you daily intake or log it as exercise?

How many calories do you add?

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  • worldofme
    worldofme Posts: 87 Member
    Log it under food intake as -300 calories per day for a child fully on breast milk....
  • sc10985
    sc10985 Posts: 347 Member
    I've heard 1oz = 20 cal burned. You can get a rough estimate for nursing sessions by pumping and counting the oz. And when I was nursing I'd just manually enter it under exercise.
  • holothuroidea
    holothuroidea Posts: 772 Member
    Just create a custom exercise option for breastfeeding and add it daily.

    Add 500 calories for an exclusively breastfed infant. I'd keep it that high, just to be on the safe side.
  • ammp
    ammp Posts: 107 Member
    I was never the woman who could eat an extra 500 cals while bfing. I ate like I did, but boy was I wrong ;) I also never had a perfectly adequate supply - it took lots of oatmeals, meds, herbs, voodoo, and water to be able to do it.
    My daughter is 19months old, we're still nursing (lots less, but still doing it).

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