Re: What's in your tool kit?

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I do have a bag of stuff I bring. It looks like a big black doctor bag. I think it makes some of the dads feel more confident when I arrive. The one item I like to have is gauze squares. If I am trying to hold the baby's chin down to get a better latch the gauze soaks up the milk or saliva from baby so that my fingers do not slip. Another IBCLC taught me this one many years ago. Another item I try to keep is medicine syringe things. If the baby will latch a bit then we can syringe in some milk and keep baby sucking (when they will not latch and/or are attached to the bottle). I keep a pump in my car if they have not asked for one ahead of time. I will look in there to see what else I bring.

I had three calls for pumps in the last two days and am all out. I felt really bad! My business pump business was getting smaller because moms were getting pumps at the hospitals. I sent a ton of them back to Medela.

Annette Leibovitz, IBCLC

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5 french tubes

Do you use these instead of the SNS Temp or Double? Do you use the french tubes in a bottle ala Jack Newman style? I find it somewhat cumbersome, so I am wondering. Thanks, Ann

Ann Conlon-, IBCLC

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oh, yes, i forgot, i bring periodontal syringes too ...

the ones from Chele Marmet? With soft tips or without?

Ann Conlon-, IBCLChttp://www.trianglelactation.comBreastpumps, Slings, Pillows and moreBreastfeeding Saves Lives If more infants worldwide are exclusively fed mother's milk-no food or formula until the age of six months-at least 1.3 million lives could be saved this year, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said recently.

If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything...

[Guest guest]

At 07:46 AM 1/22/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>For those of you who do home visits, what do you carry with you? I

>know many folks have scales, and an electric pump or two. What else do

>you like to have on hand? Nipple shields? SNS/Lact-aid? A hand-pump?

> Any visual aides? Books? Hydrogel?

I usually have all of the above. a scale, a pump, a kit, different sized

nipple shields, a starter sns, 5 french tubes, a full size sns, a lact-aid

if appropriate for the presenting issue, sometimes a hand pump, always

different sizes of pump flanges, handouts on common topics, second skin or

hydrogels, not usually books, although we do carry them, and not usually bf

pillows, although we carry those as well, so i will bring if someone asks

for one. I also bring the " follow-me-mum " video, which i sometimes show

mom while i am there, or leave as a loaner. i also have the happiest baby

on the block dvd, in case that comes in handy. i would say the items i use

most are the 5 french tube, the larger pump flanges, and the second skin

(and the scale of course.)

>Also, if you have a laptop do you print out instructions/suggestions

>for the mom, or do you have a form you fill out by hand?

i have a laptop, but i have handwritten care plans, as i don't have a

portable printer. i also do the intake on paper. but i can show moms

articles or if they have a wireless system in their house, i can even show

them web sites on my laptop, occasionally.

>

Lyla Wolfenstein

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I do home visits as a LLLL now, since I don't yet have my ibclc. I

like to carry:

a cloth breast and plastic doll, to teach positioning and latch

concepts

nipple shields, starter sns, bottle nipples of varying types,

Hale's and Breastfeeding Answer Book

larger pump flanges

flashlight and nonlatex gloves for oral-motor assessment

Diaper Diary sheets

Lynnette Hafken

> For those of you who do home visits, what do you carry with you?  I

> know many folks have scales, and an electric pump or two.  What else

> do

> you like to have on hand?  Nipple shields?  SNS/Lact-aid?  A

> hand-pump?

>   Any visual aides?  Books?  Hydrogel?

>

> Also, if you have a laptop do you print out instructions/suggestions

> for the mom, or do you have a form you fill out by hand?

>

> I'm beginning to seriously think about getting a small practice going,

> and since we're due to get 12 - 24 " of snow in the next 48 hours this

> seemed like a fun thing to consider ;-)

>

> Thanks!

>

> Kennedy , IBCLC

> Wellesley, MA

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

At 11:21 AM 1/22/2005 -0500, you wrote:

> Another item I try to keep is medicine syringe things. If the baby will

> latch a bit then we can syringe in some milk and keep baby sucking (when

> they will not latch and/or are attached to the bottle).

oh, yes, i forgot, i bring periodontal syringes too ...

>Lyla

>

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[Guest guest]

don't know if they are what chele uses, the are small (10 cc i think) and

have a curved tip. no soft tip, although i know they exist.

At 12:11 PM 1/22/2005 -0500, you wrote:

>In a message dated 1/22/2005 11:58:50 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

>lylaw@... writes:

>oh, yes, i forgot, i bring periodontal syringes too ...

>

>the ones from Chele Marmet? With soft tips or without?

>

>Ann Conlon-, IBCLC

><http://www.trianglelactation.com/>http://www.trianglelactation.com

>Breastpumps, Slings, Pillows and more

>Breastfeeding Saves Lives If more infants worldwide are exclusively fed

>mother's milk-no food or formula until the age of six months-at least 1.3

>million lives could be saved this year, the United Nations Children's Fund

>(UNICEF) said recently.

>

>If you don't stand for something you'll fall for anything...

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Hi All,

I have enjoyed all of your posts - we are always constantly learning from each other.

Regarding the tool kits - as a NYC based PPLC I have to keep things quite simple as I do not travel by car - except the occasional taxi. I am finally breaking down a buying a scale, which I resisted for a long time for many reasons, and the practicality of it being one. I carry in my bag a few nipple shields, an SNS, finger cots, and hand outs - mostly from LLL - I especially like the Safe Sleep as I show almost all of my moms side lying. I also have a handout of local resources - community centers, support groups, websites, PP Doulas, and a list of some books I like. I also have my client notebook - I keep receipts and Lactation reports which I try to fill out ASAP after my visit.

Thank you all for your collective energy!

Leigh Anne O'Connor, IBCLC, LLL(AAPL)

NYC

What's in your tool kit?

For those of you who do home visits, what do you carry with you? I know many folks have scales, and an electric pump or two. What else do you like to have on hand? Nipple shields? SNS/Lact-aid? A hand-pump? Any visual aides? Books? Hydrogel?Also, if you have a laptop do you print out instructions/suggestions for the mom, or do you have a form you fill out by hand?I'm beginning to seriously think about getting a small practice going, and since we're due to get 12 - 24" of snow in the next 48 hours this seemed like a fun thing to consider ;-)Thanks! Kennedy , IBCLCWellesley, MA

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I carry the basics: nipple sheilds in all 3 sizes, 27 and 30 mm flanges, a

Universal kit, extra barrier filters for 015s (they can get wet), tubing, St and

regular SNS, surg slippers or peds to wear if I take off shoes, etc

Here's what I learned to have also: extra tape dispenser for Starter SNS, 3 way

plug adapter for pumps, cup feeders, Haberman feeders (mini too), extra

membranes and valves, PIS face plates and port caps, a back-up scale with

batteries, gel pads, storage bags, gloves, Soft feeder, and shells for sore

nipples, phone book, and now Easy Expression pumping bustier in 3 sizes (had a

mom with carpal tunnel that lived 50 mil round trip away) See

www.easyexpression.com....this bustier is a dream for moms that have to pump

alot and can eat, read, STS baby.....

Jan Ellen in cold Charlotte, NC where high school Sadie Hawkins dance was just

called off!