She will not take a bottle from me so when all my milk is gone
my husband feeds her formula.
Not exact matches
Because he was so big, they were worried about his blood sugar and were pressuring me to allow them to
formula feed and YET they wouldn't bring my perfectly healthy baby to me and told my
husband that he'd be arrested if he tried to bring the baby to me to eat.
By the time I delivered, my
husband and I had everything we needed already purchased: diapers,
formula (we had to supplement for a while until I produced enough milk to
feed both babies), clothes, wipes, beds, and more.
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.
I also loved
formula feeding, as it allowed my
husband to take the night
feedings and I caught up on my sleep.
My first almost starved to death on so little milk, and my
husband wouldn't let me repeat that experience with our second, so I
fed him only
formula.
This just makes me so sad, My oldest is (8) he too named Landon had issues breast
feeding the hospital I was in for him had no issues getting him set up on
formula, My second son Liam (4) was born in another state is a pro breast hospital where I told them I had issues
feeding my first son, I WANT TO BOTTLE
FEED, that the nurse pushed and pushed breast for the first day, I was hysterical in tears, that when the pediatrician came in to check on Liam and see me upset she requested
formula right away, my
husband and mother even said something to the nurses, once we got bottles for Liam it was like we were the shunned the black sheep.
So now my
husband and I have been able to give her room temperature
formula and it's so much easier on us, especially for those late night
feedings.»
My
husband went out and bought some
formula and bottles and we reluctantly ended up having to give a bottle
feed as I hadn't been expressing.
Once we switched to
formula (and finally found the
formula that agreed with him the best) it turned out to be a blessing in disguise that I couldn't nurse... we could monitor exactly how much he was taking in, he sttn pretty early on, and my
husband and I could divide up the
feedings more evenly.
Interestingly, they followed close - to - the - exact growth pattern as my
husband, who was entirely
formula -
fed.
My
husband took one night
feeding and the girls got either expressed milk or
formula.
I'm not saying to completely wean them, but think about cutting down the amount you nurse them and think about introducing
formula so you can enlist your
husband in middle - of - the - night
feedings, or evening
feedings.
That's what my
husband wondered as well when he realized that I was serious about
formula -
feeding.
My
husband removed the bed frame from our bed and we slept on the mattresses only, with the boys besides us, so they wouldn't roll off the bed and fall, or roll under the bed.As infants, they were both
formula fed as I had no breast milk, but they slept on my arm, no pillows, just mom's chubby arms, that way if one moved away or woke up, I would also wake up because I didn't feel a warm, small,, fuzzy head on my arm.Now they are 3 and 6 respectively, and awesome little guys, who are independent and happy, and they now sleep on their own bed frame-less bed.
I joke with my
husband that I saved us a TON of money by having a natural delivery, no drugs; breast
feeding the babies, no
formula, and letting the kids go naked most of the day while we are home - saves on diapers and laundry (we live in a tropical climate, so it is easy to do this!)
Amy and her
husband would never have been able to make an informed decision on how to best go about
feeding their babies if they did not have the research and information to look at about the importance of avoiding
formula if possible.
My
husband would stick a tube and I pump what I could which at that time we were only 3 or 4 days post partum so I getting a quarter of an ounce to a half ounce at that time and so then we had to make that up so that I have to give her an ounce and a half of
formula then to help fight the jaundice and also to help fight the significant weight loss that she had have and so we were doing that then after we would
feed her then I would pump as much of I could then again usually a quarter of an ounce to half ounce and an hour and a half later we would start the process all over again
-- get a front / back stroller — don't be afraid to have them in the same room (they won't wake eachother up)-- if you breast -
feed don't be afraid to supplement with
formula so you can get some sleep — get a double boppy if you plan on breastfeeding — get two baby bjorns & two backpacks; one for you, one for your
husband
I don't
formula feed my baby by choice, but once my
husband convinced me that I wasn't hurting my daughter by
formula feeding her I was FINALLY able to enjoy being a new mom.
Plus, my
husband and I were both
formula fed.
I have a question about a more extended disruption in routine... I came down with the stomach flu on Saturday, and my
husband had to bottle
feed our 3 month old
formula for me.
Formula feeding also helped us in another way — my
husband was 100 % of the picture from day 1 allowing me to get more rest and deal with the grueling schedule of my residency.
On a better note when I found out my vegetarian niece (different sister) was
feeding her infant soy - based
formula I sent her
husband a copy of your book.
My
husband and I suspected that she was having a reaction to corn and the «corn syrup solids» in her
formula but again felt at a loss about what to
feed her and were scared to just give her water.