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Bf help please
What I was wondering before and now is how often should she be nursing in a 24 hr period? At least 6 or 7 times in 24 hours, although 12 times would not be unusual in a 4-month-old, and 8-10 is most typical. In addition to the things others have suggested, I would encourage you to carry your DD around in a sling as much of the day as you can -- especially during that 3-9 crazy period -- and learn to nurse her while she's in it. She's likely to eat more often and more calmly that way, and you may be able to learn how to break up a fight between your older boys without having to unlatch her. :-) Holly Mom to Camden, 3yo EDD #2 6/8/04 |
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Bf help please
Penny wrote:
Ok that's 1 thing I was not sure about ,if it was just dairy or a lactose thing.With the boys we thought it was a lactose thing because the 1st reg formula gave them big problems then tried soy same trouble so the only formula they could eat was nutramigen (very expensive!) Nutramigen has hydrolysed protein which renders it non-allergenic (or mostly non-allergenic); it is generally well tolerated by babies who are dairy protein allergic. Your baby can drink your milk; hence, your baby is not lactose intolerant. Period. If a health care worker tries to tell you that lactose intolerance is the diagnosis, fire them and get someone who knows what he or she is doing. Your baby reacts to dairy in your diet; this means that your baby has an intolerance of dairy _protein_. The difference is important. Congenital lactase deficiency (lactose intolerance) in infancy is a _vanishingly rare_ metabolic defect, with maybe fifty cases reported in the world. It presents with severe symptoms in the first week of life. Babies with this disorder are completely unable to tolerate mother's milk regardless of her diet. Lara |
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Bf help please/update
I was going to reply to each reply I got but its just been busy busy around
here and its been several days since I have even got the chance to check email or newsgroups anyway wanted to give a quick update . Our problems seem to have passed ,Mandy is back to bf with no problems She is teething though but it's not causing any problems with bf except for having to pry her fingers out of her mouth. she chews on them constantly. Tomorrow I am going to get some of those teething tablets mentioned here . Thanks for the advice! -- Penny 12/16/70 Mom of Blake 5/30/94 Anthony 9/24/95 Cody 6/21/00 Amanda 11/25/03 Austin Tx |
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