Visit the links below to see what other parents of premature babies have to
say about feeding their babies, or to share you've learned.
Not exact matches
Incorrect information: bleh you can write so much on that - but suffice to
say I think that is CRIMINAL for a health care provider to not know
about breast
feeding, the way that human
babies get human milk.
I found this very interesting I would
say that if a mother is choosing to breast -
feed for the health of her
baby it could show that she is more worried
about her child's needs.
As Annie
said there and I will repeat here, «This is not
about what you chose to
feed your
babies.
Learn what Dr. David Geller has to
say about the correlation between your
baby's alertness,
feeding, and wetting diapers and hi...
Schattauer, who
said he's been a family physician for
about 26 years and delivering
babies for 23,
said there is an «explosion» of research on the benefits of using breast milk to
feed infants, as opposed to using formula.
I did not know
about this 3 - 4 hour switch and was hesitant because all medical people
say that a
baby should have 6 - 8
feeds a day.
Instead of
saying, «We can't go to the park until after I've
fed the
baby and changed his diaper,» you can try, «How
about we go for a walk to the park after you've eaten those crackers and seen how high you can build those toy bricks?»
We were flapping our jaws
about something or other, when my friend paused for a second, looked down and
said, «God, I wish someone had just shown me how to get comfortable like that when I was still
feeding my
baby.»
Long gone are the days of nursing mothers being asked to cover up, of moms
feeding their
babies in the bathroom, or of new mothers breastfeeding in the car because they're too worried
about someone
saying something derogatory.
«I went to my superintendent [
about CEP] and she
said, «I want that — I want to
feed my
babies»,» recalled Hagar.
So, with my first I was all
about spending every second with her, googling everything, setting alarms for
feedings, making my own
baby food and wipes and everything else «they»
say to do.
Let's
say that you put your
baby down and they sleep for
about an hour and then want to eat again (when they usually sleep longer) do you do wake time after the
feeding or try to put them back down to finish a nap (never seems to work)?
It's so funny... Laurel has been
saying, «Mom, don't be lazy
about the bottle this time around because I want to
feed my
baby sister!»
When people
say nursing or
feeding a
baby is a full - time job this is what they are talking
about.
«You can also utilize a
baby carrier while your
baby is in this cluster
feeding stage so you are free to move
about your home and be with your other children, too,» Sproat
says.
Great post and tips — I wrote a similar post when I was breastfeeding Little B as I think it's so important to break the taboo and shout
about the fact it's perfectly ok, like you
say all you're doing is
feeding your
baby #twinklytuesday Crummy Mummy recently posted... A last letter to my Granny
Yes, I feel proud of myself for sticking at breastfeeding and planning to continue until my
baby wants to stop but I can't help but worry
about what people are going to
say when they see me still
feeding him at a year old.
as to
say about how you can
say give your
baby cancer due to formula
feeding.
Maybe we can all try not
saying anything at all
about how families
feed their
babies?
We're constantly bombarded with articles, blog posts, celeb stories, news reports, studies and images
about what mothers should look like and be like and
say and do and wear and buy and how we should
feed our
babies and where and when they should sleep and when they should do each thing and when we should do each thing and how we should be angry at people who don't chose our choices and how many Instagram likes we should have on each photo and you know what?
«Cluster
feeding is very normal and by itself isn't a reason to worry
about your milk supply or that
baby isn't getting enough — as long as
baby is pooping and peeing often and is gaining weight well,» O'Brien
says.
While reading comments they
say font give your
baby water I just have to
say if your
baby is constipated they need the extra water to help soften the stool helped my boy took a week BUT when he got constipated again I used probiotics and in 2 HOURS he was pooping again he also started cereal at 2 months he was going through 24oz of milk at each
feeding and he has a milk protein allergy (gets hives) so having him on special formula cost
about 100 $ every 2 days so pablum was best for him now 7 months on finger foods, solids, cereal, and formula (of course) 2x a day and doing fine.
About 40 moms, many carrying hungry
babies, staged a «nurse - in» in downtown DeKalb on Thursday at a shop where a young woman
said she was told to stop breast -
feeding.
The Mayo clinic
says this
about colic, «Colic is a frustrating condition marked by predictable periods of significant distress in an otherwise well -
fed, healthy
baby.
If you ask a pregnant person prenatally how they intend to
feed their
babies,
about 90 % of pregnant people in this area
say they intend to breastfeed.
There is so much conflicting advice
about when to stop night time breastfeeds: One book
says, «when your
baby weighs ten pounds he will no longer need night
feeds» (Three of my own
babies wouldn't have had night
feeds from birth).
Unfortunately, I've experienced all kinds of shaming for formula
feeding from other moms, from subtle comments
about «breast is best» or that I need more «education» or «support,» to
saying I don't love my
babies enough.
«It sounds like this is less
about feeding and more a developmental stage your
baby is going through,» Fournier
says.
As I
said earlier when I was talking
about chubby cheeks and little rolls, a double chin is a sign of a healthy and well -
fed baby.
Amen to not feeling guilty
about breastfeeding!My
baby boy and I struggled and suffered breast
feeding for 2 months before my Doc
said enough was enough and actually encouraged me to stop.
«I think one of the biggest surprises
about breastfeeding is discovering just how often your
baby needs to eat,»
says Carol Huotari, IBCLC, director of the Breast
Feeding Information Center at La Leche League International in Schaumberg, Ill..
Part of my email reply back to J
said, «What I think is interesting
about your insight is that clearly if you were working through this material as a class / community, there would be opportunity for someone (leader or class participant) to
say, «Oh, hey, you know my cousin
feeds her
babies on demand and they are truly Christ - centered and have a solid marriage blah blah blah» so that there isn't this FEAR FACTOR of what MIGHT or WILL happen if you don't follow the Ezzo's advice.»
Those in favor of allowing breastfeeding in public
say feeding your
baby is
about as natural as it gets, so if you have a problem with it, just look elsewhere!
The same can not be
said about those of formula
fed babies.
While many mothers who formula
feed their
babies often
say they've been shamed by breastfeeding mothers (which isn't a very kind move, people: knock it off) breastfeeding mothers are in the minority and many of us make up for our smaller numbers by being super-vocal and passionate
about our right to nurse and the benefits of breastfeeding.
See what other parents have to
say about their
baby's food likes and dislikes, and get ideas for what to
feed your
baby.
Can I just
say that recently the Academy of Breast
Feeding Madison wrote a blog
about lactivism and the breastfeeding backlash, I think it was in October of last year, and what they
said that any woman who has just had a
baby would probably see a lactivist as the enemy.
By Tania Archbold IBCLC If you ask a pregnant person prenatally how they intend to
feed their
babies,
about 90 % of pregnant people in this area
say they intend to -LSB-...]
If I talk
about it at all, I
say, «So how did you decide to
feed your
baby?
Norene, I like how you
said just that if the car is some place you're comfortable just go with it, that just great you have to find where your comfort zone is and however you are able to
feed your
baby in a comfortable place and that what you should stick with it and then use it as your launching point if you would like to but it's really all
about finding a place where you are going to be the most comfortable and then
feeding your
baby.
I mean, it's one thing if you're actually
feeding the
baby in public — then no one should
say anything
about what you may be showing.
Find out what lactation expert Susan Condon
says about tailoring a
feeding schedule to your
baby's needs.
See what breastfeeding experts Karen Pryor and Gale Pryor
say about how often to
feed your young
baby.
She had also
said that since he was born
about 2 1/2 weeks early, he was considered a late preterm
baby, and he wouldn't have some of the full term newborn
feeding instincts until we were closer to his due date.
As I
said before, there is a chart at the very bottom of this article that will show you
about how many bottles to
feed your
baby in a day.
So my own personal experience and the research would lead me to believe that no, breastfeeding past infancy isn't messing up our kids and I'm going to go out on a limb here and
say it's because all that love, all that connection can't be a bad thing and I'm glad my daughter has a friend so secure and so confident that understands the natural biological function of breasts as
feeding tools for
babies that they can laugh together at the messages the world sends them
about the female form.
CRISTI LEWIS: So, for women who are exclusively breastfeeding and when I
say exclusively breastfeeding, I mean that you are
feeding on demand and that you are also
feeding your
baby during the night, so that come typically to
about 4 hours during the day and 6 hours during the night.
«This study goes against everything that's been published for several years now from very reliable clinicians and researchers
about the potential hazards of supplementing exclusively breast -
feeding babies with formula,»
says Dr. Kathleen Marinelli, an associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and the chair - elect of the U.S. Breastfeeding Committee.
One thing you should know
about this bit of advice: «If your
baby wakes up several times, it's best for one parent to do all of those
feedings, then you can switch the next night,» Dr. Kryger
says.