shes almost 7months and Ive been home the whole time. since she takes some baby fruit ans veg, cereal etc my supply had diminished to match her daily intake so i really cant pump too much to stock up before going to work. I have tried Enfamil powder and liquid, Similac powder, Good start liquid. I have mixed then half and half with breastmilk. I even got the recipe for home made formula from the pediatrician of evap. milk with iron and water. She doesnt want any of the above. Ive tried multiple times with each one. Other people have tried. I even wen tout all afternoon 330p-830p and left her home with Dad to try it when Im not even home. People said dont worry she'll take it when shes hungry well guess what she starved herself the who evening until i returned. I have no idea what to do. No one want to starve their baby into submission. Im desperate now! I dont want her to be screaming all day at a babysitters driving some1 nuts, who knows what can happen then. Did any1s baby do this?
2007-12-08 08:06:05 · 7 answers · asked by charli_red1218 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
At seven months, you should be able to nurse her when you're with her, and let her have food, not formula, at the sitter's.
"MYTH: Babies need to drink milk when the mother is not at home.
Not true. Three or four good nursings during a 24 hour period plus a variety of solid foods gives the baby all he needs nutritionally, and thus he does not need any other type of milk when you are at your outside job. Of course, solid foods can be mixed with expressed milk or other milk, but this is not necessary.
MYTH: If the baby is to get milk other than breastmilk, it needs to be artificial baby milk (infant formula) until the baby is at least 9 months of age.
Not true. If the baby is breastfeeding a few times a day and getting fair quantities of a variety of solid foods, infant formula is neither necessary nor desirable. Indeed, babies who have not had infant formula before 5 or 6 months of age often refuse to drink it because it tastes pretty bad. (If you want to convince yourself of how little we know about breastmilk, ask yourself why it is that, although breastmilk and infant formulas have the same amount of sugar, breastmilk is so much sweeter). If you want to give the baby some other sort of milk, homogenized milk is acceptable at 6 months of age, as long as it is not the baby’s only food. In fact, if the baby is taking good quantities of a wide variety of foods, breastfeeding 3 or 4 times a day, and growing well, homogenized milk or 2% milk is good enough, but also not necessary."
http://www.kellymom.com/newman/17feed_baby_working_moms.html
Pumping more should bring your supply back up, though, if you want to see if she'll take your milk from a cup.
See "Increasing Low Milk Supply" @ kellymom:
http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/low-supply.html
2007-12-08 08:18:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
well, why don't after you finish nursing her, pump for five-ten minutes on each side, and pump in between feedings, it might take a few days, but it will bring your supply back up. A baby that old knows already what she likes, and wont take something she doesn't. I wouldn't starve her either, but there are ways to get your supply back up. Plus, whatever you pump one day at work, you can take to the daycare the next, so you don't really need bags and bags of frozen milk before returning to work! Just do what feels right for you! Only a few more months, and you can have her on whole milk, which is much better tasting the formula!
2007-12-08 16:39:24 · answer #2 · answered by snox84 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well thats my daughter in a nut shell....shes 4 1/2 months and hasnt taken a bottle of breastmilk or anything i even tried watered down juice she refuses it...i went back to work last week and my mom is watching her so her first meal after im at work at 11 is oatmeal cereal and fruit or veggie than at her 2:00 feeding my mom brings her to me to nurse.....its working great so far and i pump at 11 as if she would be nursing...maybe you can head home for a lunch break? or the sitter can bring her to you? thank god my mom can bring her to me after shes done working or i duno what id do!!! i hear ya with the pumping situation i can only get 3oz the most when i pump but i use that to mix in her cereal so shes still getting my milk....good luck! Oh and the "they will eat if theyre hungry, they wont starve" is BS to me sorry i cant have my baby go 4 hours without food (except for night time she sleeps 9 hours straight)
2007-12-08 21:22:54 · answer #3 · answered by Renee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You didn't say how you are trying to give it to her. Many breastfed babies wean directly onto a sippy cup rather than a bottle. Even if your milk supply diminished, breastfeeding or pumping more can increase it again. It doesn't just go downhill, your body makes breastmilk on a supply and demand basis.
2007-12-08 16:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Dawn 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Give her cheese for her calcium intake and juice & water for her liquids. See if she will take soy milk or soy formula.
2007-12-08 16:17:09 · answer #5 · answered by mrsdebra1966 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no my son did not but i would feed her when our with her and give her baby food while your away.
2007-12-08 16:33:02 · answer #6 · answered by tgl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get an older boyfriend .........
2007-12-08 20:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋