Your post is just how I felt when I had to wean my own baby and bottle
feed. A huge light bulb went on and I could so clearly see the difference
(even though I had the "book" knowledge of it) and how bottle feeding should be
done and the work and attention it requires. And should require, though
most do not feed in the correct manner. My baby is weaned and I am now
babysitting a breastfed baby that I give expressed breamilk in a bottle and again
it is so important how we feed a bottle fed infant no matter if it is
formula or breastmilk in the bottle. All of this has been extremely helpful in
truly understanding besides just the "book" knowledge of how different
bottle feeding and breastfeeding is.
Rachel M wrote:
" I am distressed whenever I see a young baby lying in a pram with a
bottle,
no one holding the baby or the bottle. No idea how long it takes for
bottle-fed babies to be left alone to drink their milk, but it is
totally acceptable to be out and about here with the baby and not hold
it while it is drinking from a bottle, even if it's a baby who can't
sit on its own. I can't recall the last time I saw a parent of either
gender in public, holding a bottle fed baby in an en face position. I
wouldn't even be slightly less bothered if it was guaranteed to be
expressed milk in the bottle. Guess that's what we mean when we say
it's not about the milk. Yes, that too, but the holding is VITAL."
Yes! Holding is important! It also gets me upset when babies have propped
bottles or even feeding themselves alone. I always get question, even from a
breastfeeding moms recently, "when can the baby hold the bottle
themselves?" I say, never! We should be making bottle feeding like nursing. And a
baby, old or young does not go off by themselves to nurse. I tell them it
really should be about the connection. I, myself, did not allow my baby/toddler
to have a bottle to walk around with or alone. I made should I held them
for the feedings even when they had the ability to feed without me holding
them or the bottle.
Kim Ann Lorber----LLL Leader Quad Cities IA/IL
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In a message dated 6/1/2012 8:52:52 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
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OK, this might sounds more than a bit wacky, but please bear with me
and bear in mind that I have a pretty bad cold. So I might not be
thinking so rationally.
Here is the story. Totally unexpectedly I ended up with a tiny kitten
(about 4 weeks old). Not that I wanted it or anything. I just could
not let it die. As simple as that.
The kitten is too weak to drink the milk by itself, so meanwhile I am
feeding it with the syringe. As I do that I keep feeling thankful that
I did not have to do that, or bottle feeding for my own seven kids.
Nursing is just so much easier! I think I am also getting a much
better perspective on the pitfalls of bottle feeding. The compulsion
to overfeed, since one does not really now when the little creature is
full. And also I guess becouse I want it to take in as much
nourishment as possible each time. It is very tempting to shove
another half of the syringe into it. And since the process is time
consuming and unpleasant for both of us there is that thought at the
back of my mind that if it eats more it will sleep longer and I will
not have to feed it so soon again.
Why am I writing about it here? Probably becouse now I better
understand the subtle harm of artificial feeding. The little things,
that do not show up on the nutrition tables or the medical exams. Yes
baby is not a kitten, but the parallel to me seems very clear.
Of course it might be just my cold-clogged brain and nothing else.
All the best.
--
Henya
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