My Husband feeds our daughter pumped breast milk through a syringe at night so i can get some sleep? The nurse gave us formula and a syringe but i DO NOT want to give into formula unless its a must. I already got suckered into it and they did it at the hospital once. But My baby isnt even a week old so i cant give her the bottle yet (i dont want nipple confusion) so can i syringe feed her breastmilk or do you think this is a bad idea? And if you think its ok how many sessions would be too many?
2007-12-11 11:19:45 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
As long as you are trying to breat feed as much as possible, I think a syringe feeding once a day is fine. The first 3 months are tiring but breast feeding at every feeding will help in the long run if you want to breast feed long term.
But, and this is my personal belief, getting the breast as much as possible will lessen the possibilty of nipple confusion or rejection. Getting that beautiful baby to get used to the texture and the flow of your breast in those first 6 weeks is important to long term breast feeding.
2007-12-11 11:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by hadadat1996 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way to tell when you go from the syringe to your nipple or breast is to use the syringe and put some of the breast milk on your nipple. This way your baby will start the association between your nipple and food.
Eventually, and with some luck, she will just latch on to your breast. You could also just squeeze some of the milk out from your breast ans let it remain on your nipple and try to get her to latch on. But I'm going to assume that since it's so soon after the birth that you might not have enough milk in yet and that once you pump, you're supply is gone for a good while.
I applaud you for attempting to breast feed. Congrats on your daughter and enjoy the incredible times to come.
2007-12-11 11:27:32 · answer #2 · answered by shayne_civic 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Having your husband feed your baby at night is not going to be a problem as long as you are keeping your supply up. Honestly I would suggest that you use a bottle rather than the syringe. Sucking is natural for your baby, and sucking on a bottle should be an easier transition than being fed with out any sucking at all. I wouldn't worry about nipple confusion too much. If you are only doing this for a couple of feeds a day you should be fine.
Best of luck, and remember to sleep as much as you can.
2007-12-11 11:53:35 · answer #3 · answered by rainwriterm 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The nurse gave you formula? That's actually illegal in some places (in Spain you can't advertise formula for newborns, only the follow up one, from the 6th month).
The syringe is better than introducing a bottle at this point. How many sessions? Your baby has to fed in demand regardless. Be careful with engorgement and pumping too much now, your supply could be affected, try to skip one feeding only.
2007-12-11 11:28:37 · answer #4 · answered by Pitusi 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
I think you need to feed her its hard to start with not getting much sleep but it gets better im sure you wouldnt like beeing feed like that or give her the bottle my son and daughter had both and they were fine
And if you feel you cant breastfeed dont put yourself down about giving her the a bottle and formula i wouldnt put them in bed with you everyone told me to do that with my first and it took me so long to get him out of my bed Good luck
2007-12-11 12:02:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once is fine but please toss the formula. You do not need it. When you are sleepy and exhausted, it's easy for it to look like a good option.
What would I do? Sleep with your baby. Neither one of our babies ever slept alone. Place your baby on a pillow lenghtwise- so your baby's head and feet are at the long ends of the pillow. Lay them flat on their back and pull them up next to you. Nurse the night away- and you get some much needed sleep as well. There is a reason that every breastfeeding mom swears by co-sleeping- and this is the number 1 reason.
Also, I put our mattress and box spring on the floor and up against the wall.
Good luck!
2007-12-11 11:35:20 · answer #6 · answered by NY_Attitude 6 · 5⤊ 2⤋
You need to empty your breasts so your supply doesn't decrease. Sometimes when a momma is overwhelmed with caring for a newborn, it's easier to go someplace and pump and let daddy feed the baby with expressed breast milk.
2007-12-11 18:24:29 · answer #7 · answered by buterfly_2_lovely 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
maybe for one feeding a night, but your breasts really need to be nursed or pumped every 2-3 hrs for now to keep up supply. try to tough it out, it will get better soon!
2007-12-11 11:26:28 · answer #8 · answered by parental unit 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I don't think you should feed her the entire time with a syringe. I think that would confuse her more. She won't learn to latch on, or the whole sucking action. Just because you don't want to give her formula doesn't mean you can't give her a bottle. I think feeding her through a syringe is crazy. Who wants to eat like that when you don't have to?
2007-12-11 11:28:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 5⤋
You can, but it would e best for you to breasfeed her. Letting him do it could become a habit and then you might start producing less. In my experience nipple confusion was an old wives tale. All of my kiddos had the breast and the bottle and they were all fine.
2007-12-11 11:36:37 · answer #10 · answered by been_there_done_that 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋