After that I vowed never to
feed her formula ever again if I could help it.
Not exact matches
So I just don't get the «too much pressure to breastfeed» when all around me are images of bottles, ads for
formula telling me a happy
feeding makes a happy mom, bottlefeeding moms, moms and doctors and nurses telling new moms that
formula is «just as good» and «not to feel guilty», women getting «the look» for nursing in public, or feeling weird about doing it (I sure did)-- to me, any pressure out there is NOT to breastfeed, or do it as little as possible (not if it's not immediately easy or you don't love every minute, not past 6 mos, not in public, not around male relatives and friends, not around children, not if you
ever want to go out alone sometime...)
Now my babies aren't really babies anymore and, looking back, I shake my head at my former self for
ever wasting any time feeling guilty about
formula feeding my boys.
What might help you is knowing my 18 - month - old twins (
formula fed since day one, and exclusively since month three) are just as smart and healthy and cranky and crazy as every other toddler I've
ever come across.
Ok, I had a planned C - section, husband was the first person to
feed the baby, attempted to breastfeed about twice & then switched to
formula, took dostinex to dry up breastmilk (nothing
ever really came in so had no pain or anything) and husband does at least one of the night
feeds each night.
They insist that every mother in every country make
formula feeding as inconvenient as possible, mixing up powder
formula with boiling water and allowing it to then cool... to kill the
ever - present, lurking - around - every - corner — cronobacter.
The OR is full of people who do not
feed people
ever, and won't even care for people who have recently been
fed, so we had no clue whether or not infant
formula was sterile, and whether «commercially sterile» meant «ok to pour onto the sterile field.
«If I had such a birth I could prove that I was the best mother
ever, much better than those C - section,
formula feeding, unattached mothers.»
Because babies
fed with
formula tend to have more formed, solid poops that can be plopped into the toilet and flushed away before your baby's diaper is
ever placed in your washing machine!
The «debate» started when I made a post about infant
formula and it's effect on gut flora (the topic at hand) and everyone who has
ever formula fed had something to say about my non controversial statement.
Thus, I strongly support the critical statement «human milk is the recommended source of nutrition for infants» in the FDA's proposed guidance, and urge a guidance revision that any breast milk comparison claims (e.g., «closer than
ever to breast milk») made by
formula companies must also be substantiated by studies that use a control group of exclusively breast -
fed infants.
For some, it is certainly just fear - mongering by those pediatricians using the
formula fed babies» charts or by grandmothers who believe that all babies should be chubby that lead new mothers to believe they have low supply, but there does seem to be an
ever - increasing number of babies legitimately labeled as failure - to - thrive with low milk supply labeled the cause.
Consider the post, 5 Cool Things No One
Ever Told You About Nighttime Breastfeeding, which claims that the number 1 coolest thing about nighttime breastfeeding is «breastfeeding moms actually get MORE sleep than their formula - feeding counterparts,» and concludes with the rhetorical question: «Did you ever think, when you hear your baby rouse at 2:00 am, that they are actually giving you the gift of MORE sleep...?&ra
Ever Told You About Nighttime Breastfeeding, which claims that the number 1 coolest thing about nighttime breastfeeding is «breastfeeding moms actually get MORE sleep than their
formula -
feeding counterparts,» and concludes with the rhetorical question: «Did you
ever think, when you hear your baby rouse at 2:00 am, that they are actually giving you the gift of MORE sleep...?&ra
ever think, when you hear your baby rouse at 2:00 am, that they are actually giving you the gift of MORE sleep...?»
Stopping exclusive breastfeeding or exclusive breast milk
feeding (baby has only
ever been given breast milk and never given
formula, solid foods or any other liquids McAndrew 2012) before four to six weeks postpartum for each baby.
Infant
feeding was defined as current milk
feeding (exclusive breast milk, mixed
feeding, or
formula), whether the infant was weaned onto solids, and, for
formula fed infants, whether they were
ever breast
fed and for how long.
In fact, they may even get all up in
formula feeding moms» business and list all of the ways that breastfeeding is the only option and how they are disgusted that a mom would
ever even consider
feeding her baby
formula.
The extent of benefits and significant difference between nursing and
formula feeding for the lifetime health and well - being of mother and baby is soooooo BIG, that working through any other issues and being persistent and focused on the big picture is the most worthwhile choice you may
ever make in your lifetime.
Hi, my baby is 4 weeks old and she was in d the hospital for a week as she had jaundice, she was given bottle
feed at that time and when she came home i tried to
feed her, i had sore nipples initially but now iam fine, i give her the
formula milk as she gets fussy when i
feed her, she starts to cry when
ever i try to
feed her.
At the other end, breastfed babies have nearly smell free bowel movements whilst
formula fed babies have some of the smelliest bowel movements
ever.
Why is it that when the baby of a smoking,
formula feeding mother dies in a crib that is full of stuffed toys and bumpers no one
ever accuses her of taking a risk with her child's life, yet parents who make educated, informed decisions to co sleep and lose a child are lamb basted?
Try to remember this if you
ever feel guilt about this aspect of parenthood: no one gives a shit if you were breastfed or
formula fed.
I completely understand that there are cases when breastfeeding is not possible and I don't
ever want to make any mom feel guilty for needing to
feed formula.
How
ever did you reach that conclusion based on this:» The study... compared infant marmosets
fed cow's milk — based
formula with others that were
fed soy - based
formula.
Have you
ever checked whether there are any enteral
feeding formulas that more closely resemble the PHD?
Next were the protein bars: They're designed to provide 20 grams of grass -
fed whey protein in a
formula developed to maintain blood - sugar balance and to satiate your
ever - present desire for sweets.
It was the
ever - besweatered Sergio Marchionne's exasperated face that appeared on the world
Formula 1
feed from the Russian Grand Prix on Sunday, not Amedeo Felisa's, after Red Bull driver Daniil Kvyat bumped Sebastian Vettel's car twice in two turns to knock the Ferrari star out on the first lap of the race.
My poor dog has been on cortisone for 3plus years now, I finally took her off,
feed her «Eagle Pack» holistic select anchovy, sardine and sweet potato
formula dry dog food, also I give her Benedryl twice daily, she hardly
ever scratches now and her coat has grown back beautifully, I highly recommend this for those who have bad skin allergies, cuz that cortisone is bad news for the long term.
She is a rescue and when I first got her I tried different foods on her, then I discovered the Royal Canin Persian
Formula and have been
feeding it to her
ever since.
Formula E's braking systems are pretty simple as it is, and allowing brake - by - wire systems would let teams maximize the amount of energy a car can regenerate under braking, manipulate how much power is
fed to each wheel, and bring the series» brakes
ever - closer to the state - of - the - art systems running in places like the World Endurance Championship.