Hi Judy:

It is challenging wooing an older baby into breastfeeding -- they are 
getting ready to use their mouths in new ways for solids, and aren't as 
interested in learning more about sucking.  Sometimes it also helps to 
play up that all the attempts are good for the baby -- all that touch 
and interaction and face-to-face and skin-to-skin are valuable, so even 
if the baby doesn't latch that day, she's not wasting her time.  Being 
pulled in all those directions with her busy family, it's good for this 
youngest member to get some special time.  If she stops if the baby 
seems frustrated, she's also conveying that the world is a lovely place 
where we all listen to each other -- no one is trying to make the baby 
do anything.

Perhaps look at all the stuff about wooing an older adopted baby into 
breastfeeding, in little baby steps, with the bottle alongside the 
breast, turned into mom's body in a breastfeeding position, etc..  She 
has the added advantage of having a lot of milk waiting for the baby 
(not usually the case in an induced supply), which is very motivating 
for his learning.  A shield is difficult to use with an active older 
baby with busy hands, but it might be a little bridge between bottle and 
breast.

Margaret Wills, IBCLC Maryland.


--- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2013 20:32:39 -0400 From: Judy Campbell 
<[log in to unmask]> Subject: getting cardiac hx baby to breast @ 7 
months PTP:We'd like to connect with anyone with experience in getting a 
baby with cardiac history to breast at 6-7 months old. Toddler sib is 
tandam nursing with pump for 100% MOM baby. Mom is really busy with 
several small children & pumping, but very invested in bf this little 
one. New teeth= biting when going to breast at all. Anyone have tips/ 
experience/know of on line connections with other cardiac bf moms, 
please? thanks so much, Judy 
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