Breast Feeding discussion

Gingham_Ribbon

I have a 9 month old that likes his sippy cup but he still needs the sucking for comfort as much as milk. If you're giving up completely I'd proabably go for a bottle but if you want to still give the baby a morning or evening feed of BM then maybe a sippy cup would do the job during the day.

Good luck with work.

sarmia

Unfortunately I have tried expressing but even with my electric Medusa (sp) pump hardly anything is coming out and I dont have the time to wait for it to trickle out. I have used any EBM I may have when I have been away from him.

Thanks eveyone for the advice on the cup situation - he has what I think might be a Nuby cup ... yes says Nuby on it which he has his water and sometimes juice from which he loves to use. I think I will buy another one for him just for his milk!

He had about 6oz of a FF feed last night and pretty much slept 8.30-6 and has just had a bf now! I think I will try and not give him any BM today until tonight and just see how it goes. My one boob hasnt feed since about 4 yesterday and feels ok so we just go with the flow.

Oh when I said stacking up... I only actually bought two ready made cartons rather than the powder boxes, as he took 6oz of the SMA last night should I stick with this or maybe try him on Aptimal to see if he drinks more.

Thanks everyone again
Sarah x

amandada

If your wee one's having a balanced diet, there isn't any need for follow on milk. It's an evil marketing ploy to guilt us all out!

Seriously, I BF my youngest for 10 months, and when I stopped, I used Aptimil milk as it's thought to be the closest thing to breast milk due to the long chain fatty acids, so I felt that although I was no longer BF, he was getting the next best thing.

sarmia

Thanks I have seen Aptimal, is Stage 1 enough or should I go onto stage 2??

heather38

step 3 is best as it has added iron, step one is newborn, step 2 hungry baby step 3 follow on from 6 months, at 12 months you can swap to cows milk

flea72

as said above, follow-on milk is a marketing ploy. manufacturers arent allowed to have 'offers' on milk aimed at babies (something to do with not encouraging mothers to bottle feed), so they get round this by calling it follow-on milk, as they can then give discounts to get you to buy it

first milk is perfectly fine for a baby and contains all the nutriments they need, until they are of an age to be able to digest cows milk. its also more similar in flavour to breast milk so isnt such a shock for your baby to move over to.

its quite easy to combine breast and formula feeding. currently i use formula in the daytime, and then breast feed for the last feed at night, and first one in the morning (i say last at night/first in the morning, but seeing as DD doesnt go through yet, its more like feeding all night lol). you may think you have no milk in your boobs as they dont feel firm anymore, and you dont get that engorged feeling, but the milk for older babies is produced on demand, so you only create milk whilst they are feeding on you, so dont worry about your supply drying up just yet

I also agree with using the tommee tipper closer to nature bottles, as their teats are very similar to nipples/boobs

hth Flea

alm721

Have also been told my health vistor that aptimil is the closet to breast milk.

heather38

flea72 wrote: »

as said above, follow-on milk is a marketing ploy. manufacturers arent allowed to have 'offers' on milk aimed at babies (something to do with not encouraging mothers to bottle feed), so they get round this by calling it follow-on milk, as they can then give discounts to get you to buy it

first milk is perfectly fine for a baby and contains all the nutriments they need, until they are of an age to be able to digest cows milk. its also more similar in flavour to breast milk so isnt such a shock for your baby to move over to.

but 1st milk doesn't have as much iron so you should suplement the diet with lots of green leafy veg, pulses and meat (if you're not veggie)
also i have never seen aptamil step 3 on offer, and it is the most expensive of all the milks at nearly £7 a tin.
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/edu/bottleWeaning.html

floss2

If you can express any more milk, your local SCBU maybe able to take it off you for prem babies.

flea72

heather38 wrote: »

but 1st milk doesn't have as much iron so you should suplement the diet with lots of green leafy veg, pulses and meat (if you're not veggie)
also i have never seen aptamil step 3 on offer, and it is the most expensive of all the milks at nearly £7 a tin.
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/childrens/edu/bottleWeaning.html

by the time a child has reached 6m (the age they recommend follow-on milk to be used from), they should also be going through the weaning process, so needing forumla milk that contains more synthetic proteins, iron, and chemicals, is not really necessary. Its perfectly fine to continue with first milk, until your child is totally weaned, and doesnt need milk as a food anymore.

Also the reason you dont tend to find aptamil on offer is they dont need to advertise. ask any mum, which formula milk they think most resembles breast milk, and the answer will be Aptamil. Its the other manufacturers, ie farleys, sma, hipp, who basically all sell the same product, that have the offers, as they want to lure people into buying their milk.

Flea