Boy, you hit my hot button for this week! After I work all day to help the
sleepy baby to latch, I come in and find exactly the same--bottles all night
because of "no Milk." I have begun to tell the moms to take a nap afternoon
of day 2 because the baby will probably nurse all night- - a very good thing
and not a sign of "no Milk." However, the longing for sleep and the
seduction of the staff to quiet the baby and mom leads inevitably to bottles
all night long, and my work is undone. I am extremely discouraged and I am
trying to find solutions to change this attitude/behavior, but it is so
ingrained. I am ready to get a tattoo on my forehead that says "yes, you've
got milk!" The fact that the baby wants to nurse frequently keeps being
totally misinterpreted as a negative sign, rather than a cause of
celebration. I could use suggestions and support.
Thank, Patricia Ellis, RN, IBCLC, New Jersey, The Mother and Child Reunion
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Date: Monday, August 14, 2000 8:20 AM
Subject: "NO" milk
>Esther said,
>
><< but this
> unfortunately always happens in the middle of the night and the night
> demons tell her that of course she has no milk. Now isn't it
> interesting how these babies who are marathoning on day 2 all do the
> same thing? They have this great feeding frenzy for 3 or 4 hours
> straight and then if someone pops a bottle in their mouths, they take
> about 5 cc's and go to sleep for a few hours. The mom is then really
> sure she has no milk >>
>
>Oh yes, yes!!! Exactly the scenario here -- happens over and over again.
I
>explain the caseinomorphins in the formula which essentially drugs the baby
>the first few times they get it, as well as the casein/whey ratio which is
>WAAAY different than early milk -- especially Similac which has a
casein/whey
>ratio of 82:18!!! But it is SOOOO frustrating!!
>
>Jan in Wheaton -- this scenario just (yet again) played out this morning
when
>I made rounds....
>
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