Please allow me to rant!!
I just got off the phone with a mother who took her
baby for her 2 week check up.  BW 7# 8oz. and wt today
8# 3 oz.  Great, right?  No.  Baby nurses both breasts
ad lib, usually q 2-3 hrs.  Mom stops baby and moves
to 2nd breast after 15-20 mins.  Has 12-15 mustard
yellow,although "watery" stools.  Not gassy, not
fussy.  Ped take a stool sample and tells mom that her
milk has too much lactose and to start using soy
formula, at least every other feeding!  Then schedules
next check up for 2 months!  I guess formula fixes
everything.
Luckily, this is mom's 2nd baby and she called me
first before just "following Dr's orders."   Mother
doesn't think baby really has a problem, at least not
enough of one to start formula.  I recommended that
she offer only 1 breast per feed for the next 24-48
hrs and see if there are any changes.  I explained
about hindmilk/foremilk,etc.
It just burns me up at the cavalier attitude of some
peds toward bfing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for letting me rant.

Warmly, (no,actually quite hot at the moment)

Diane Tate RNC,BSN,IBCLC



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