Dear friends,
What I do see quite a lot is not real breast refusal at this age, but miscommunication between mom and child, or rather mom having unrealistic expextations of normal bigger baby behaviour. At this age many babies seem to need/want multiple little snacks at breast during the day, where mom tends to expect the cultural norm of ''decent meals''. So babe pops on and off after a couple of minutes, ready to continue playing, where mom has been installing herself for a a meal of one breast-burp-other breast-burp and both breasts for a certain amount of time in order to ''reach the good milk''.
Warmly,
Gonneke, IBCLC in PP, LC lecturer in powder-snow dusted southern Netherlands
--- On Sat, 12/19/09, Anne Eglash <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
From: Anne Eglash <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [LACTNET] 9 month old refusing breast
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Date: Saturday, December 19, 2009, 1:44 AM
Susan Johnson's post about the 9 mo old refusing the breast is right-on. I see this alot in my practice- the very active 9mo old who is way too busy to sit on mom's lap to nurse.
I always remind parents that you can bring a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. I agree that trying to nurse the baby at nite, nursing in a quite, less stimulating environment can help. I don't find that it is primarily due to a low milk supply, although sometimes it can be the reason.
Some of my moms will pump and provide milk in a cup or in the baby's food instead of weaning, but I know that is hard. I like Susan's ideas, thanks.
Anne Eglash MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Dept of Family Medicine
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
600 N. 8th St.
Mount Horeb, WI, 53572
608-437-3064 (O)
608-437-4542 (fax)
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