The differences between powedered milk, from the co. that create Aptamil and C&G.

Jewel_2

There is no way I would try to continue breastfeeding when I went back to work. With a twelve year old who moans about cucumber, I find it highly irrelevant. Trying to do everything just leads to an unhappy mum

got-it-spend-it

For me the important thing is that you don't have to give up breastfeeding when you go back to work if you don't want to. Neither do you have to choose between bottle/cup feeding (formula, expressed milk, cow's milk) and breastfeeding. You can (and I did) do both.

I would have felt incredibly sorry not only for my baby, but also the person looking after him if he was only able to have milk when he was with me.

SusanC_2

Jewel wrote: »

My how nutritional experts go round in circles!

You quoted my post and said this but I wouldn't like to assume what you mean as it could be taken more than one way. Feel free to clarify.

Nicki

There is a difference IMHO between a baby who refuses to take formula milk coping with two breast feeds a day when mum goes back to work, and deliberately depriving a hungry 6 month old baby who would be happy to take a bottle of formula of milk for a 9 hour stretch out of a misguided dogma. That seems to me to be little short of abusive parenting.

My middle child wouldn't take a bottle when I went back to work when she was about 9 months old and was able to survive on feeds before and after work, but she was still offered the milk even if she only took a very small amount and she was considerably older than the child being discussed here.

Fitzio

building_with_lego wrote: »

Same here. My friend's little one refused all milk drinks during the days she was in nursery, preferring to feed feed feed once she and mum were reunited. (Bless). I found it astonishing that she went so long, but she seemed to cluster feed during the evenings of the nursery days. Probably had the usual amount of milk, just at a different time of day!

Was your friend's little one as young as 6 months old? Even if she was, from what you have said, she was being offered milk, but preferred to hold off until her mummy was home. At least she has the choice. I think it's quite cruel to withold milk from a baby all day. Yes, babies can adapt, but perhaps parents should adapt within reason, to suit the baby too?

If a mother has to unbutton her shirt as she is walking through the door, then it sounds like the baby is gasping for milk and that does sound cruel.

kindofagilr

Interesting post, thank you

My LO was put on cow and gate when he was in special care for a week, we continued with that at home

But then colic hit and after talking to HV and some mummies a lot of them suggested aptamil comfort milk over C&G comfort milk so we used that (to be honest he preferred the taste, he went from having millions of 2ozs bottles of c&g a day to having 5 or 6 9oz bottles on the aptamil)

We then changed him to aptamil follow on when he turned 6 months, wished I didnt cos he then got the runs for 8 weeks, spoke to sil who is a baby dietician and HV and they both said that lots of babies dont take well to follow on milk and there isnt actually any need to change them onto it if they are getting a healthy varied weaning diet

So he is back on aptamil comfort milk and his runs have stopped lol

kindofagilr

SusanC wrote: »

I'd be suprised if a six month old baby could go a full working day with no milk though - mine was still fully breastfed.

Yeah I agree

My LO isnt breastfed, but at 6 months he was just starting to be weened so there is no way he would only have two bottles of milk a day

Now at 8 months old he does (well he has 3 cos he still wakes for one in the night) but he has one when he gets up, then has breakfast, lunch and tea, and a bottle before bed

But at 6 months, no way

PS what is cluster feeding?

galvanizersbaby

csh wrote: »

Just what every full time working mother needs: to be up all night feeding...

lol! :rotfl:agreed - sounds like a recipe for disaster for all parties concerned.

I think all babies are different as this thread shows - I don't really get why people have to make such sweeping statements and generalisations though - we are all different

SusanC_2

kindofagilr wrote: »

PS what is cluster feeding?

Apparently some breastfed babies have lots of little feeds really close together so they are almost being fed constantly. Usually in the evening I believe.

tiamai_d

I don't feel so bad about being too cheap to buy Aptimil long term