<< but now will nurse for 5 max but wants to nurse every hour.>>
I'd probably spend some significant time with mom on this one,
supporting the normalcy of this. I tend to find that this is very
typical behavior. Once a mom is supported in nursing this frequently,
and once they fully understand the physiology of the normalcy of this,
they begin to find it easier....easier to nurse for five minutes at a
time than for 15-20 at a time. Also, if they're shown how to nurse in a
sling, then the five minutes isn't even noticeable: they can stop what
they're doing if they want to, but don't have to.
<<I was on vacation and mom spoke with another consultant who said that
baby
doesn't know how to recognize when his stomach is full. She had her
pumping
and feeding him by bottle so that she can control how much he takes. >>
Hmmm.
<< Mom
discovered something interesting when she started pumping. She gets a
letdown
pretty quick and milk flows for about 5 minutes and then stops. She
continues
to pump, but the next letdown doesn't come for 15 minutes. >>
Makes perfect sense then why the baby wants to nurse every hour for
five minutes.
<<Mom is getting frustrated with breastfeeding, and father, who was
supportive a
month ago, is now ready to reach for the bottle and get it over with.
Thanks.
>>
Short frequent nursing would increase total fat content, possibly
solving any lactose overload and baby would be able to nurse the five
mins every hour that he wants....
Two birds with one stone so to speak:)
I'd probably give her a handout with some info from Kathy D regarding
nursing frequency and milk composition, some info explaining how said
frequency could resolve a lactose overload issue and offer to teach her
to nurse in the sling, or point her in the direction of a LLL group that
is very good with sling usage to get some help with it.
If at that point, he's still always irritable, I'd offer mom info on how
to go to a very basic diet (cook up a big batch of turkey, rice,
millet, summer squash, zucchini and carrots - using only salt, pepper
and olive oil), then slowly introduce new food groups every 4-5 days.
There is info on this in several parenting books...a friend used the
info in one of the little books authored by Martha Sears. The reintro
actually goes pretty quickly and sometimes you have a startlingly
different baby on your hands in a very short period of time. I find
that this is much more helpful than trying to omit things individually,
to get no benefit, then find that the offending food never was ommited
or was never *fully* ommitted (sneaky little additives).
:)
katherine in atl
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