>>A mom called me, she has been advised to take the medication iodoquinal
(yodoxin) 650 mg, for twenty days. so far all the sources I have checked
agree with her doctor's recomendation to pump and dump for the safety of
the baby who is 4 months old. She had nursed her first child 4 years and
wants to nurse this baby as long as possible. The baby doesn't like finger
feeding, will take a bottle. She is going to try the haberman feeder.<<
In my humble opinion, a regular slow flow bottle teat that is straight with a
wider base is as good or maybe better than the haberman with its easier flow.
Baby doesn't need suck training nor help with a suck problem. A baby with a
good suck will suck correctly on a bottle and should be able to return to
breast just fine----- if she wants to. And if she doesn't, I wouldn't be
surprised if time and work wouldn't change her mind.
I have been working with a mom since late September whose 3 month old baby
had severe reflux, refusal to eat, and colitis. The good news is that *they
are breastfeeding* again. Before they got to that point, baby was bottle-fed
for the majority of 6 weeks(what a story for another time!). Breastfeeding
was tried 2 times early in that period. Both times, baby's symptoms returned
and baby had to be taken off breast again. At the end, baby was not at
breast for 3<4 weeks straight. When they returned to breastfeeding, Mom said
baby went back like it was just yesterday.
(This is a baby who *loves* breastfeeding. Fought bottles terribly each time
the breastfeeding challenge didn't work and the bottle had to come back in
the picture again--- and baby denied the breast. ...So mom decided to be sure
breastmilk was going to be ok the last time before actual *breast*feeding
again. The emotional upheaval of repeated weaning was terrible for them
both.) This baby would be about the same age. So, it has been done before.
I don't know anything about the meds or mom's condition, but would it be too
risky to breastfeed once a day or once every other day just to keep baby
familiar? If not, what about comfort breastfeeding post-pumping? That is,
if the baby doesn't mind doing both breast and bottle.
The critical point for mom here I think is that she get a heavy duty rental
grade pump and protect her milk supply!
Hope all goes well,
Natalie Shenk, BS, IBCLC
Findlay, Ohio USA
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