Sentences with phrase «instead of nursing your baby»

I am NOT about to suggest that you give formula instead of nursing your baby.

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We co-sleep, I have never sleep - trained or put my baby on a schedule, I nurse on demand instead of using pacifiers, and I have listened to my heart when it comes to parenting my VERY spirited, energetic, strong - willed little girl.

I might not have had that horrible surgical experience, might have been able to hold my baby sooner than 8 hours after birth, would not have had my system pumped full of drugs I'm allergic to, and would have been able to nurse my baby, instead of the uneducated hospital staff shoving bottles at him.

Instead of capturing that milk in a lightweight container, like the Haakaa, milk from the breast my baby wasn't nursing on ended up all over my sheets.

And, if your baby refuses to go to sleep nursing, strolling, riding in car seat, rocking, or walking, and you throw out your back bouncing your baby to sleep several times a day, you might consider putting a nursing pillow under your swaddled baby so that you can support all of their weight on your lap instead of using your back.

For one, this sometimes draw unwanted attention especially from male strangers which render a lot of breastfeeding moms self - conscious and anxious instead of being encouraged to nurse her baby.

(Pumping instead of nursing and feeding your baby solids also make LAM less effective.)

Gourley also notes that your baby may be nursing differently so their gums rub on your breast to help relieve teething pains, or one of you may be breaking suction at the end of a feed by just pulling your nipple out, which causes friction, instead of releasing suction first.

Instead of nursing, you might offer your baby his or her thumb or hand to suck on.

Supplementing with a bottle, pumping, and using a pacifier to sooth your baby, instead of nursing, will all interfere with your milk supply.

And there is no good reason to think that the advice would be any different for a baby who is drinking formula instead of nursing.

Public Eye Award 2005: Overwhelming winner of the «People's Choice» award for «for its practice of marketing baby food and formula in the developing world by encouraging women to use their products instead of nursing their children.»

So far I have freaked out about doubling the amount of children in our house, where the babies are going to sleep, cloth diapering, starting completely over with baby clothes instead of trying to sort through what would be usable, nursing two babies at the same time, buying a bigger house, how I'm going to drive four kids around (thank God we just replaced my husband's car in January with a full size SUV with a usable third row), traveling with four kids, what happens if my husband has to start traveling for work, getting the big kids to and from school with two babies in tow, how the big kids are going to feel once there are two new babies in the house, how I»M going to feel with two more babies in the house, and so on and so forth.

Telling her to feed a bottle of formula instead of letting her baby nurse when they need to, is effectively the same as telling her to confuse her body about how much milk it needs to make.

Mother of one 8 - month - old Playards - YES Bassinet - NO (used the pack - n - play) Swaddle Blankets - YES (Aden + Anais) Crib - YES SnuggleU - HAVE N'T USED Rocking chair / glider - NO Activity gym - YES Bouncer - YES Bumbo - YES (I didn't have one, but I have tried it and would get one on sale for my next baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -baby) Exersaucer - YES Jumper - HAVE N'T USED Front Carrier - YES Stroller - YES Wet wipe warmer - NO (I haven't actually used one, but I didn't use one and diaper changes were fine) Changing table - YES Swing - YES Lilly Padz - HAVE N'T USED Nursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe wateNursing pillow - NO Milkies - HAVE N'T USED Nipple cream - YES Nursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe wateNursing nightgown - NO (I slept in nursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe watenursing tanks and they were fabulous) Bottle warmer - NO Bottle dishwasher basket - YES (also good for small toys and various things) Bottle drying rack - NO Highchair - NO (used a booster from the start) Booster Seat for Meals - YES (we used this instead of a high chair) Burp cloths - YES (I still have the littered strategically around the house) Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -Baby bathtub - NO Nasal aspirator - NO (I use the free one from the hospital, but I wouldn't buy one; I haven't found them to work so well) Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water -Baby fingernail clippers - NO (I use adult cuticle clippers and they are wonderful) Video monitor - YES Audio monitor - HAVEN «T USED Gas drops - NO Gripe water - YES

I could see pumping hurting supply if you did that instead of having baby nurse.

Also, I saw on another comment, you recommended giving a snack at 4ish instead of nursing to get where baby can eat dinner with the family around 6.

Instead of bringing your breast to your baby, O'Connor also stresses bringing the baby to your breast when nursing.

In the womb, baby has access to 24 hour nutrition, and so breastfeeding can be done on demand, instead of a schedule, to develop a strong nursing relationship and milk supply.

Also, swaddling does work really well for some babies (it did with mine), but I found it very hard to replicate the superb swaddling job that the neonatal nurses do, because when I tried it with a regular swaddling blanket she quickly wormed her way out of it, so instead I used a swaddling sleepsack (my favorite was the Kiddopotamus, but others swear by the Miracle Blanket or the Halo), and actually continued swaddling until quite recently because it helped her sleep so much!

After 8 weeks of maternity leave, when I got back to work, initially I tried to get to my baby to nurse her once during the day, but it affected both of our day time routines so much that I started pumping while at work instead.

So if I'd been nursing my baby instead of pumping, he would've gotten at least 40 - 60 ml colostrum (maybe more — aren't babies more efficient than pumps?).

Or perhaps the limited amount of time with a nurse will be squandered on a pointless discussion about the advantages of the competing brands, instead of learning the baby's cues or how to know that the baby is getting enough to eat.

Many times after nursing, the nipples will be corrected from the baby nursing, especially if the mother nurses for years instead of months.

However, the one exception is if you are a breastfeeding mother with a very young baby — sometimes it's simply too hard to deal with the logistics of pumping at a wedding and it may be more acceptable to bring a nursing newborn instead of excusing yourself every two hours and schlepping a pump and cooler around with you.

I too would spend my few hours at home being woken by an alarm to pump instead of my baby to nurse.

If the nurses hadn't suggested Kangaroo Care, and instead left my baby in the incubator in those early days when my sense of motherhood was most fragile and yet impressionable, I don't know what approach to parenting I might have adopted but I do know that it would have taken me much longer to get to the current place in my parenting journey.

i do nt want her to nurse at night, if any of you do nt want that either - offer your baby a bottle (could be with water) instead.

Instead of suffering and hoping it will correct itself, taking a few small, proactive (or corrective) steps now will teach both you and your baby the correct way to latch for a pain - free, successful nursing session.

The point is - it happens, but according to Kelly Mom, for some women low milk supply can be fixed and increased using a few techniques like nursing or pumping more frequently, using a supply and demand cycle instead of scheduling your baby's feedings, and using a galactagogue, which is a supplement that increases lactation.

Always nurse on demand instead of on a schedule and your milk supply will steadily increase and baby will be happy!

I could go anywhere with my babies in a sling, nurse them and let them nap, instead of running home or driving them in a car to get them to sleep.

You may try offering your baby more frequent nursing sessions and / or bottle feedings instead of solids; you will find that within a week or two, your baby is oftentimes over the growth spurt and back to feeding «as usual».

If your baby sucks on a pacifier instead of nursing at the breast, she won't be getting as much breast milk.

If they instead keep up with their baby's higher demands by nursing more, they will usually quickly boost their supply of breastmilk, and their baby will resume their usual schedule.

It is common for mamas to have a tough time getting baby to nurse once introducing solids because baby may be full of solids or want solids instead of nursing.

«When we went on our first date, my mother, who had been a pediatric nurse and raised five children of her own, put hand sanitizer on the baby instead of diaper cream!»

Instead of thinking of your nursing relationship as «on demand», try thinking of it as «on cue», because babies don't really demand anything.

Instead hand express a teaspoon of breast milk into a clean container, add 4 drops of Colief, feed to baby on a sterilized spoon, and continue nursing as normal.

«I chose a homebirth because I don't enjoy hospitals and nurses telling me what I'm allowed and not allowed to do from a legal standpoint and hospital policies instead of what's best for me and baby.»

I would not include formula as either a mother chooses to nurse, or if she can not she likely will choose one type instead of switching baby around.

This mother had been struggling with her baby's slow weight gain and had recently started nursing more often instead of sticking to the feeding schedule she had first adopted.

So instead of giving your baby a full feeding of breast milk, nurse for several minutes and then stop and give your child a bottle.

Sent your baby to the nursery instead of nursing?

I sadly pumped instead of breastfeeding my baby, and the nurse came in again, instructing me to use the bottle so we could accurately measure his milk intake.

Breastmilk is high in calories, so when a baby receives solids instead of nursing, they fill up his or her tiny stomach.

He pointed out that nothing terrible happened, yet nowadays, if the baby won't nurse for the first x number of hours, they start formula instead of giving the baby some time.

Once baby has her latch down, you can try to soothe her with a pacifier instead of nursing all the time.

Instead, nurse your baby first (or offer her a bottle); then, when she's had her fill of milk, offer her a few spoonfuls of solid food.

Instead, use a nursing pillow or some form of support to raise the baby to your breast's level.