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pandapaws

Batgirl wrote: »

Yeah I thought that, we asked in english and German if our baby couldn't have it even put it in writing, said i wanted to breast feed fully and didn't want anything to hinder it so they agreed. They then took him to the nursery when he was born ( again I asked to keep him but that was a no go) went in to check him after a couple of hours and there at the bottom of his crib was a bottle of fennel tea and a dummy :mad::mad::mad: I wasn't best pleased to say the least. But when he started with colic I did do the whole fennel tea business and have said about it to others and if you can get it down them ( thats the hard bit) it is good for bunged up babies or colicy ones.

It's amazing how they do things differently in different places. I was quite taken aback at the attitude of the 2 paediatricians that we saw last week - rather than being pleased that he's been exclusively breastfed, one was indifferent and the other was actually a bit negative about it. Apparently in this area, only about 5% of babies are breastfed which was a shock at first, but with attitudes like that from medical professionals, I'm not surprised.

chevalier

That is truely awful that so few babies are breast fed. How sad for both baby and mum.

Ref the breast feeding and poos. The thing I got told by someone at the time, is that you have to remember to keep YOU hydrated when you are breastfeeding. Ie you have to up your liquids intake as well. It is a bit sad I know but whenever I went to the loo, I then had a medium sized glass of water afterwards and that seemed to work fine. hope that wasn't too much info!

chev

Keeping_Positive

My midwives and healthvisitors were pretty much useless. If I struggled or the little on didnt put on wieght according to the chart (based on bottlefed babies!?!) they made me feel as though I was starving them. Did the same to my sis to.

I fed the first 100% myself she was offered the odd bottle especially when I went back part time but would never take it. Second and third were tricky and ended up mostly bottle feeding and me feeling bad.

Breatfeeding is poorly supported in this country.

Welshlassie

Hey PP
My DS used to go up to a week between poos when exclusively BF. Was told it was because Breast milk has just what a babies needs to survive and nothing more so very little waste.

Batgirl

Breastfeeding is fab and certainly not encouraged enough. It seems the only people publicly supporting breastfeeding is the people who breastfeed their kids til they are 8yrs old which grosses me out so badly and I breastfed both mine. I remember when someone at my OHs asked if my first was bottlefed I said "No" and she said "urgh i just couldn't do it, its just not natural !":rotfl: I was so grateful for pelvic floor exercises because I nealry wet myself laughing, of all the stupid things to say "Its not NATURAL!!!!" :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

hypno06

PP, just shown my children your photos of the boys and they both made suitable Awwwww noises!

Glad that Adam is settling in to the new routine - it was quite a lot for him to deal with too -new house, new brother, new school all at the same time (although obviously not quite as much to deal with as you!!)

pandapaws

hypno06 wrote: »

PP, just shown my children your photos of the boys and they both made suitable Awwwww noises!

Glad that Adam is settling in to the new routine - it was quite a lot for him to deal with too -new house, new brother, new school all at the same time (although obviously not quite as much to deal with as you!!)

But at least we knew what was going on and why! Poor Adam really has been chucked from pillar to post the past couple of months, and considering that he's not the easiest child at the best of times (read: lousy parents!) he's been amazingly good about it all. He seems so grown up now compared to the baby!

Chev, you're right about keeping hydrated, every time he latches on I instantly get an unquenchable thirst. DH knows now that as soon as I pick up baby he has to get me a drink, and I take 3 pints of weak squash up to bed with me at night! In fact, thinking about it, perhaps that's something to do with the poo thing this week - DH has been back at work past couple of days, so a lot of the time I've been feeding without a drink as I've been on my own. Eureka! Will get a bottle and keep it beside the sofa.

Batgirl, totally with you about the 8yr olds getting breastfed! The thought of feeding any kid old enough to ask for 'bitty' makes me want to vomit!

Welshlassie, ta for the reassurance, 3 days is a long way off a week! Not quite as mad as Wendy's 10 days though!

chocaholic110

Wow, Greg looks so big!! I think he might even be bigger than Tom (10lb 8oz now - nearly double his birth weight). Is he asleep being bathed??? Now that's laid back!

As for breast fed babies and pooing, Tom pretty much poos every time I feed him, then I change his nappy and he poos again - he seems to like doing it in a clean nappy but it's not very DFW as it means we're using twice the nappies we should! I don't think there can be a high incidence of breast feeding where I live either as I saw only one other person doing it in hospital (and I met her mother who told me she only did it for a week) and a LOT of people came and went while I was there.

I was out with a group of DD's schoolfriends and their mums last week and only two of us had breastfed (Incidentally they were in the class I taught last year and the two breastfed children were the quickest at learning by miles. They are by far the brightest two kids in the class - wonder if there's any connection??)

Plus, I live in quite a deprived area (according to statistics) so you'd think more people would breastfeed just because of the cost of formula but they don't.

However, I am getting a bit sick of people telling me I've been doing it long enough now / should put him onto bottles because there's more nutrients in formula (!!??) / shouldn't be breastfeeding in public etc (though to be fair, most of the people in County Durham have now seen my boobs!)

pandapaws

Hi Choca! I just posted on your diary and noticed you hadn't been around for a while, so good to hear all's well with you and the family.

You're totally right about the inverse proportion of poorer families and breastfeeding. It's crazy. Greg is nearly a full pound heavier than Tom now, so he mustn't be missing out on too many of those 'nutrients' that you can only find in formula!!! He might be bigger, but he's really 'babyish' - floppy head etc whereas Tom looks like a proper little boy already, he's gorgeous!

I totally agree with your assumption about the bright kids/breastfeeding, although perhaps there's something to do with social class there too (sorry, I really don't mean that to sound snobby at all), as generally better-to-do kids are brighter, and it's often the better-off families who go for the more organic methods. I recently saw a woman in S!!!!horpe High Street topping up her baby's bottle from a can of Pepsi, and handing it over to the kid with a fag in the same hand. Couldn't believe it. Adam is a really bright boy (I know I'm his mother, but he honestly is!), and in 3.5 yrs he's only had one cold that I can remember, no other illnesses, rashes or anything which I put down to the breast milk. Poor little Greg, however, has a face like a sheet of sandpaper, bless him, so perhaps that cancels out my argument for the moment - maybe he's missing some of the nutrients only found in Pepsi!

Why do babies always love to poo in a clean nappy? Glad it isn't just mine!

Floxxie

Hi Pandapaws,

A belated congratulations to you all.

Like you I am also struggling to get any money-making done and am currently trying to type this one-handed with a screaming baby. My little one also had jaundice and is currently covered in a horrible rash where his milk spots have taken on a life of their own!

Thought you might be interested in knowing that jaundiced babies need milk to rid their bodies of the extra bits that cause the jaundice (can't remember for the life of me what it is called) but it comes out in their poo and not their wee; hence why water is no good for them and they need regular topping up with milk.

Floxxie