Is it too late?
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Topic: Is it too late?
Posted By: tiptoes
Subject: Is it too late?
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 12:41pm
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Last week Cooper started refusing breastfeeds and would happily take the bottle and over the weekend I ended up giving in completely and bottlefeeding him.
Now I've started feeling upset about it and don't want to bottle feed. I really wanted to go for at least 6 months and apart from that I'd really like to also save the extra $20 a week on formula for as long as possible and only occassionally bottlefeed. Anyway - is it too late? Can I start back up again? He doesn't want to BF though so how do I go about it if I can start back up again? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">  
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 1:30pm
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Do you have a breast pump? Pump often to help keep your supply up - you can give a bottle of expressed breast milk at night to get a big feed into him.
Offer boob often, just stop the bottles (he will not starve himself, but may have less feeds for the first day or so). ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 25 March 2010 at 11:15pm
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Yep what Free Spirit said! Offer boob as much as possible, does he dreamfeed well? Maybe you could try dreamfeeding him and getting him used to that action again. Ditch the bottles for as long as you can. Pump when you can. Maybe try hand expressing before feeding to get the letdown going. It shouldn't be too late FX ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: tiptoes
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 8:14am
Thanks guys, I gave it a go this morning and he won't even latch on - just screams
We've never done the dreamfeed thing, maybe I'll give that a go tonight and see if that makes a difference. ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 1:24pm
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He will scream, and protest - a bottle is easier. He WILL NOT STARVE himself. If you have made the decision to breastfeed, keep pumping. If you are worried about dehydration, give him SMALL bottles of EBM. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: HoneybunsMa
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 5:33pm
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Or you could try syringe feeding him rather then the bottles. It's time consuming yes, but its better then a bottle. Try if you can get him at a super drowsy time to just lie in bed with him and see if he will latch don't stress out and keep it low lit relaxed etc The more you stress the more he will. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 26 March 2010 at 6:17pm
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That's a really good idea HoneybunsMa - a syringe of EBM, often, to keep him hydrated but not fill him up. Sooner or later hunger WILL get the better of him and he'll look for a big feed. ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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