SnowBirdie
10-28-2006, 06:46 PM
i just read on another board about what a ped told a bf mom when her baby didnt' gain as much at 6 months as he thought she should...you ready for this? mind you i am not copying and pasting a post, but the ped's comments.
"The paediatrician suggested we breastfeed her for 15 minutes then offer her a bottle of formula (not EBM as “pumping pulls unready milk from the breast which is lacking the proper nutrients”) and if she takes more than 1 oz then, at the same feed the following day, we drop the breast and just offer her formula. His reasoning is that “she may be too tired to suckle sufficiently”. Huh? This is a 6-month old baby who, until recently, was happy to feed for half an hour. He also tried to suggest that maybe I wasn’t producing enough milk (over the same period her sister gained more than enough)." :lmao
the mom knew it was rubbish, and i am not making fun of her at all...but that doctor needs to get a brain, and i thought you guys would appreciate how bizarre that sounds. that doesn't even make any sense, not to mention would really mess up her nursing and the baby's tummy (reflux). :roll
i almost peed my pants reading that one! i think that takes the award for the most idiotic and uninformed comment from a ped that i have ever heard. what does he think??? we have little timers in our breasts that are ticking down the time it takes to "cook" a batch of milk and add nutrients???? unready milk????? what the heck would that be made of, and where do the magic nutrients get "added" to this unready milk???? on some production line somewhere in our breasts (when the milk passes this point nutrients are added by the magic breastmilk fortifier?)????? sad thing is he was serious:shakehead :jawdrop
"The paediatrician suggested we breastfeed her for 15 minutes then offer her a bottle of formula (not EBM as “pumping pulls unready milk from the breast which is lacking the proper nutrients”) and if she takes more than 1 oz then, at the same feed the following day, we drop the breast and just offer her formula. His reasoning is that “she may be too tired to suckle sufficiently”. Huh? This is a 6-month old baby who, until recently, was happy to feed for half an hour. He also tried to suggest that maybe I wasn’t producing enough milk (over the same period her sister gained more than enough)." :lmao
the mom knew it was rubbish, and i am not making fun of her at all...but that doctor needs to get a brain, and i thought you guys would appreciate how bizarre that sounds. that doesn't even make any sense, not to mention would really mess up her nursing and the baby's tummy (reflux). :roll
i almost peed my pants reading that one! i think that takes the award for the most idiotic and uninformed comment from a ped that i have ever heard. what does he think??? we have little timers in our breasts that are ticking down the time it takes to "cook" a batch of milk and add nutrients???? unready milk????? what the heck would that be made of, and where do the magic nutrients get "added" to this unready milk???? on some production line somewhere in our breasts (when the milk passes this point nutrients are added by the magic breastmilk fortifier?)????? sad thing is he was serious:shakehead :jawdrop