tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post1663486750526258054..comments2024-02-26T06:06:10.884-05:00Comments on Adventures of a Thrifty Mama on a City 'Stead: Baby stuff overload!Chris K.http://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-85147898242089361572012-02-08T17:19:59.116-05:002012-02-08T17:19:59.116-05:00Actually, many people would argue that breastfeedi...Actually, many people would argue that breastfeeding for more than 7 1/2 years, reading numerous books and scientific articles, and helping countless women (many of which THOUGHT they couldn't produce enough milk) successfully nurse their infants DOES make me an authority. You are correct, there are women that can't produce enough milk and I didn't say anything at all about those women in my statement above, other than specifically stating that I think formula SHOULD be available by prescription for those situations where there is no other option. HOWEVER, the percentage of women that CANNOT produce enough milk is very small, less than 5%. The number that SAY they can't is much higher; over 50% of women that give up breastfeeding within the first year list that as their primary reason ( http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/122/Supplement_2/S69.full ). Even when a doctor or nurse thinks a woman isn't producing enough milk, that isn't conclusive that the statement is accurate. After my 4th child was born, he was failing to thrive for a while. I don't know HOW many times the hospital staff asked me was I SURE I was producing enough milk. Since I'd successfully nursed three other children and nothing had medically changed, I assured them I was. They still wanted to admit him to the hospital and feed him formula to bring his weight up. My husband and I declined and instead began working with the hospital lactation consultant to figure out what the REAL issue was and resolve it. Ultimately, it was determined that he had a weak suck and was falling asleep before he could eat enough. We, as a team, decided that I should feed him then pump, and he should be given a bottle of pumped milk after each attempted feeding at the breast. It wasn't long after we started implementing this plan that he lost all interest in the breast. I resigned myself to pumping milk for at least a year to make sure he got the nutrition he needed. Even after he lost interest in breastfeeding, we were doing exercises with him to increase his sucking strength, as suggested by ANOTHER lactation consultant (who had to consult even MORE lactation consultants to come up with this idea since she'd never run into this situation before--most moms would have long just assumed they weren't producing enough and moved on). After about a month on exclusively pumped milk, one day, he started rejecting the bottle and miraculously asking for the breast again and he's been a champion nurseling and flat out boob monster ever since. So don't tell ME I don't know anything about breastfeeding.<br /><br />Oh, and I never said your kid was stupid, but studies consistently show that breastfed children are smarter than formula fed ( http://jama.ama-assn.org/content/287/18/2365.abstract This is just one of many, many studies done that show the same thing.) I'm sorry you feel you were unable to breastfeed or find a wet nurse or donated milk and instead made the choice to formula feed your baby, but that doesn't negate the science, just like religious people can't wish the cosmos to rotate around the Earth.Chris K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-24679892035189316672012-02-08T06:40:23.236-05:002012-02-08T06:40:23.236-05:00You don't know sh*t about breastfeeding. Ther...You don't know sh*t about breastfeeding. There ARE mothers out there (me) that do not produce enough milk no matter how much massage, blessed thistle, etc you use. I double dare you to call my child stupid again.<br /><br />Touchy subject...before you try to speak like an authority...do some research.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-29470019267817519312011-02-08T17:05:53.516-05:002011-02-08T17:05:53.516-05:00Yay for boobies!!!!Yay for boobies!!!!Chris K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/12054057713267875769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4007490949582525706.post-78241599249651461642011-02-08T16:27:48.938-05:002011-02-08T16:27:48.938-05:00she will read this as I will send it to her and ye...she will read this as I will send it to her and yes she's serving up boobies! :-)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17118154472098618617noreply@blogger.com