Problem called nipple - teat confusion may occur if your baby starts to
refuse feeding at the breast as the action differs to bottle feeding.
Not exact matches
The most common ones included general difficulty with infant
feeding at the
breast - such as an infant being fussy or
refusing to breastfeed - nipple or
breast pain and not producing enough milk.
I didn't perform some sort of magic that I can pass on, I just had the good fortune to have it work out with a minimum of fuss... I know a mum who has struggled for weeks and months, expressing, sns - ing, mixed
feeding, and then getting from that point back to exclusive breastfeeding, only to have baby point - blank
refuse the
breast a few weeks down the line and having to
at last admit defeat.
Sometimes older babies will start to
refuse to
feed at the
breast.
The hospital must have written maternity care and infant
feeding policies that address all ten steps, protect breastfeeding and adhere to the International Code of marketing
breast - milk substitutes (must
refuse to accept supplies of formula and
feeding supplies
at no cost or below fair market cost to protect new parents from influence of vendors of such items).
We kept bottle
fed him with
breast milk
at least twice a day, and he never had problem taking bottle in the first two months of his life, but for the past 4 weeks he has been
refusing to take the bottle.
In the Maternal Healthcare Facility: The mother's right for her baby to stay with her after delivery to facilitate beginning breastfeeding immediately; to insist the baby not receive bottle
feeding; to be informed about and
refuse any drugs that may dry up
breast milk; 24 hour access to the baby with the right to breastfeed
at nay time.
During these months, you'll still be providing the usual
feedings of
breast milk or formula, so don't be concerned if your baby
refuses certain foods
at first or doesn't seem interested.
Once I realized that nursing was not the path our story was taking (my son
refused to latch and attempting to nurse was too emotionally stressful for both of us), and that it was not the only way to
feed my baby my
breast milk, I felt
at peace with exclusively pumping.
A baby might
refuse the
breast at all
feedings.
A baby may
refuse the
breast at some or all
feedings,
at any age, and his reasons for doing so will vary with his stage of development or even his health
at the time.