In a message dated 3/28/2006 1:24:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
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Finger feeding...most babies appear to pattern very quickly on any method of
artificial feeding. I found this out the hard way many years ago. I
rarely have Mom/Dad only FF for more than 24 - 48 hours. I will suggest
alternating cup feeds with paced bottle feeds and breast, with or without the NS,
and have great success with most of these determined intelligent little ones.
Ann,
This is helpful. I wish this baby had been able to eat in those other ways,
we tried cup feeding, and paced bottlefeeding, with no success. Baby also only
even partially succeeded at breast with NS or without, when I was there for
some reason, mom just couldn't get anything to work consistently except the
FF. She also refused to try the bottle at all, when I first recommended it as
an option, thinking the finger feeder was as least part of a human being.
After a hugely traumatic postpartum week for both mother and baby, I figure she
really needed to exert some control over her relationship with her baby, and
with such poor weight gain in the two weeks before I saw her, wanted
anything that the baby would do consistently. With a tight, type 3 type/4 tongue
tie, that just wasn't much. I am very interested in your statement that you
don't use FF as a tool for more than 24-48 hours. As a private practice LC with
no hospital resources, the mothers I work with have to buy the FF for
themselves, is this a tool your hospital provides for free? I would think spending
so much money on something one uses for a day or two might be a issue, just
wondering how you deal with this.
Thanks so much for your response.
As an update, since some of you asked for that, the baby is now doing paced
bottlefeeds, though still needs a lot of coaxing, waiting, helping, and with
some constistency since yesterday. I know this mom and babe, and I know I
could be hearing something totally different tomorrow. Thanks to everyone who is
giving input.
Judy
Judy LeVan Fram, PT, IBCLC, LLLL, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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