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Have you tried giving her a bottle of Expressed Breast milk - is it
the taste of the milk that has put her off? I would try to look at
the mothers diet - has it changed - may be a coincidence with the
bleeding? As has been said before garlic is good to help to flavour
breat milk.
If it is the flavour that is - if she takes it out of the bottle then
it may be just a flow problem - wanting a faster flow - different
possitions can help this and there is a preasure spot on the shoulder that
if pressed when feeding helps with let down. I have found this often
helps when babies wont settle quickly at the breast - Mum becomes tense
and this slows the let down so baby gets irritated and you have
a catch 22. If you push on this area firm but gently it seems
to create an instant small let down of milk which gets baby going and then
Mum relaxes and problem solved. It is about 4 fingers from the
neck. Works wonders!
Hope that helps. I also believe that if things do not
work out after many efforts at breast feeding - that the babies health is
more important than "breat feeding at all costs" and if baby needs formula
and wont take anything else then so be it. We have these things here
to help in cases where they are actually needed and if baby is starving
then finding an alternative in formula is better than having a small sick
child. Nobody should feel guilty about using formula when it is
necessary - we all know that ultimately 'breast is best' but we
also need to remember common sence.
Good Luck.
Rhonda
-------Original Message-------
Date: Friday, September
20, 2002 21:06:00
Subject: RE:
[ozmidwifery] Refusing the breast
Hi
Sheena,
I’m
really cautious about recommending anything but breast, as despite my
desire to the contrary, my one year-old had to be bottle-fed from six
weeks (for reasons too personal to go into here). I was advised by our
paed to give her S26 Gold, a very reassuring name with lots of
scientific-sounding jargon on the label to allay an anxious mother’s
fears. Still deferring to medical opinion (being in a highly suggestible
post-partum state), I fed her this and several other formulas until it
became clear that her digestion was being seriously compromised by
drinking it. Each brand produced the same result: projectile reflux,
nasty-smelling nappies, skin problems
etc.
I
then went with what I had been advised against since suggesting it. I
talked it over with my husband, who was very keen to try it. It’s called
Barley Formula. You make it yourself. It’s almost totally organic, if you
get the right ingredients, and is as close to mother’s milk as you can
get, in my humble opinion.
It
worked for my little one. She became a happy, thriving little girl. She
inherited eczema from one or both sides of my family, and has some other
medical issues that are genetic in origin, so she’s a very sensitive
little possum, but barley formula confounded many who pooh-poohed it. I
also happen to personally know at least 10 people who have had total
success with it and have anecdotal evidence of success with hundreds
more.
If
you really need to supplement, please consider this formula. My email is
[EMAIL PROTECTED] . I’ll
write out the recipe for you and explain more about it off-list, if you
wish to know.
In
the meantime, good luck, I hope Ruby goes from strength to
strength.
Regards,
Lyn
Cottee
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Message-----
From:
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Johnson
Sent: Friday, 20
September 2002 7:17 PM
To:
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Subject: [ozmidwifery] Refusing the
breast
Hi
List
Ruby
Rainbow our 10 week old (3 weeks prem) baby grand-daughter is now refusing
the breast most feeds. We have been through colic and reflux. Mum has had
mastitis twice and a vaginal infection. Ruby started to refuse the breast
the same time that her Mum started her ?period. She has had an ultra sound
that is inconclusive, the doctor says that what is showing could just be
the uterus involuting, but the Mum says that babe has been refusing the
breast since she has been losing blood. Have also resorted to glycerine on
the dummy and on the nipple to entice her to feed. She only put on a
couple of ounces last week. Babe seems to feed ok during the night, but in
the daytime, starts crying and won't feed. Any advice out there. I favour
going back to her obstetrician and asking for a second opinion on the
ultrasound reading. This Mum is on Aropax 30mg a day.
Appreciate
any advice going
Thanks
Sheena Johnson
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