Hi All,

 

To answer a few questions:  Baby is NOT getting solids and is not ready for
them - he pushes anything that goes into his mouth immediately out.  I think
this may also be related to the force feeding - not sure exactly when that
started - sounds like it was last week but moms answers don't always 'jive'.
I am trying to piece together a puzzle with pieces that aren't always
fitting together correctly.

 

Baby nurses all night long - last chart showed feeds about every 1.5 hours.
Whether or not those were forced by mom or asked for by baby I don't know.
According to mom she offers the breast many more times per day than 8-10.
Again, not sure if she is pushing baby to eat or if he is asking.  He
interpretation of his cues is interesting actually.  She takes his desire to
chew on clothing as a hunger cue - could be - who am I to disagree?  He is
teething so is chewing on his hands frequently and loves to suck on his
fingers!  Heck if I thought we could tape an SNS onto his finger he could
darn near feed himself!  :-)  Mom is desperate for this baby to eat more and
to take a bottle.  

 

It will be very difficult to encourage this mom to stop force feeding this
baby.  I tried last night by stating several times throughout the consult
that ALL feeds MUST be happy and relaxed.  Her response continued to be an
insistence to forcefully dropper feed to make sure he got enough milk in.  I
am not sure how to stop the force feeding without coming off in a manner
that suggests to her that she is doing something really wrong thereby
alienating her completely.  She is so thoroughly convinced her supply is
failing that I doubt I can convince her to simply watch the baby and feed
when he asks.I need her to stay in contact, trust me and talk to me.any
suggestions on how to word this would be appreciated.  

 

Re: The scale - she is not obsessing on it.  My reasons for this were to
determine exactly what was going on with this supply and to show her that
baby IS getting milk.  She only has it for a week.  Provided she is charting
and weighing correctly (which we went over thoroughly) then it will give me
and her some good information.  I don't think this will cause her any grief
- she was pleased to see that her breasts are not completely empty as she
thought they were.

 

Re: Fenugreek.  She is taking 4 tsp of the seeds soaked in water (as per her
culture) per day.  She smells like maple!  Is this an appropriate dosage??
I am much more familiar with the capsules or liquid tinctures and told her
so.  Input on that would be helpful as well.

 

I think that is it - to those who have posted publicly and privately THANK
YOU!  You are really helping me piece this all together and giving me other
things to look for.

 

Warmly,

Jaye

 


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