Marilyn writes:

<< This may well be true, but I have found that some moms call for help with
 their
 fussy baby and tell me that they would like to give their baby a bottle of
 formula. I suggest that perhaps instead they could give a bottle of
 breastmilk to see if it helps any, and it usually does. This tells me that
 the baby wasn't getting a good 'mix' of the foremilk /hindmilk at the
 breast.  >>

I wonder if it may also be the delivery of the milk.  Many babies gulp
substantial amounts of air as they cope with the first couple of minutes of
nursing.  By the time they would come off the breast and burp, the air that
has been swallowed is past the tummy and into the intestines where it hurts!
Having the mom stop to burp the baby after the first pause after the initial
MER may prevent a lot of between-feeding fussiness.

-Debi Page Ferrarello, RN, IBCLC
Abington, PA, USA

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