What if this post read:


>I would like to know how you other [teat]netters deal with difficult moms and
>other staff who acuse you of "pushing  [bottle]feeding."  I work as an OTR in
>the NICU helping babies learn to feed..... and when I see a mom
[breast]feeding..... I tell her that the sooner the baby goes on the
[bottle] the
>sooner s/he will learn to [bottle] feed. Even if they are not doing well on the
>[breast], that it is not necessary to wait until they do well on the [breast],
>etc, etc....  I just heard that a mom I worked with last week (Class
>A diabetic mom, baby born at 30 weeks, saw him at 32 weeks, poor tone,
>semi-alert,) who was [breast]feeding complained that I "bamboozeled" her
>into [bottle] feeding and was "pushing" her  into [bottle] feeding before
she was
>ready! This is a very difficult mom anyway, and unfortunately, she complained
>long and loud, and this went very high up in the hospital. Unfortunately, I
>think this is Patient Satisfaction Week at the hospital. Very bad timing.
> She is still [breast]feeding and told me she does not want to [bottle]feed,
>and I have been told to not talk to her at all.   I know these
>moms are stressed out.   But now I am being cautioned NOT to "push moms into
>[bottle] feeding"! Am I wrong to assume that even if a mom is
[breast]feeding that
>she will want to [bottle] feed sometimes?   It is very important for these
premies to get used to the [bottle] as soon as possible. So why do I have to
apologize for suggesting this? I am REALLYfuming- And the
>NURSES all agreed that I was being "insensitive to the mom".


Is this too convoluted to get my point across?!!

Patricia Gima, IBCLC
Milwaukee
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