Janet Simpson's scenario is one I hear a great deal too. I tell moms that
the baby is making up for lesser cream with more volume and that this too
will get better as babies get bigger and milk supply becomes "more
estabslihed."  It is also interesting to note that many of the mothers who
compalin about this have other children they chase during the day and that
the only time they have to really sit and nurse the baby is at night after
children are in bed, etc. This may be a perception, but I also believe it
is the baby's way of getting idnividual attention in the only way s/he
knows how.  (Sometimes these are working outside the home moms, too)

A bottle of formula may make the baby stop crying, but that doesn]t solve
the problem, does it? How will her milk supply meet baby'ds need if that
need is surfeited with something else?

I often recommend a quiet walk around the block if mother simply CANNOT
nurse the baby again.  Often, such a change of scene/pace calms baby and
mother.




Def. of LC service: "We are all faced with a series of great opportunities
brilliantly disguised as impossible situations."
Kathleen G. Auerbach,PhD, IBCLC - [log in to unmask]