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Vitamin D Supplement for Newborns
Our doctor recommended we give her a vitamin D supplement due feeding her only breastmilk. I checked out the ingredients on a couple of products. ...
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- A little sunshine is all it takes. Get a second opinion and be wary of anyone who recommends supplements for a healthy, BF'd baby.
- My doctor also suggested a multi-vitamin and I used it. She didn't mention anything about Rickets and she is a young and very conservative doctor when it comes to medi...
- get a 2nd opinion. I have never heard of that unless your child is under weight and not eating?
Breastmilk Mixed with Formula?
Like you, I wasn't producing enough to feed my daughter and found the only way I could continue giving her breastmilk was to also supplement with the ...
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- It is Ok to mix breastmilk and formula. When my son was being weaned he didn't care for the taste of formula so we mixed it with breast milk for a few weeks till he g...
- you can mix the two, but I wouldn't. EBM is precious stuff, and I always wanted to make sure she got every last drop. I would hate to mix it, then have her not finis...
- When my son was an infant I my breastmilk started drying up so I started mixing the BM with the formula. The only thing that was bad that happened because of that was...
Breast Milk Not Coming in Fast Enough!
But the more you supplement, the less supply you are creating on your breasts. Make sure you pump every time he eats and try to always give him breast milk. ...
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- Some things I have heard that will help is having baby room in with you at night, nurse often, even if he is just suckling, and when you see your baby show signs of ro...
- The best thing you can do is BE CONFIDENT THAT YOUR BODY WORKS. Just think - if you were exclusively breastfeeding your baby and not pumping or supplementing, you'd h...
- L.: what type of pump are you using? nothing is as effective as a baby nursing... you might benefit from the assistance of a lactation consultant ...
Breastmilk Slowing Down
Dec 31, 2009 ... If she has to nurse more often then she does, but supplementing is only ... At this time I transitioned to part formula/part breast milk, ...
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- This happened to me. The only thing you can do is pump more often and for a longer time. You should use a commercial grade double pumper. It might come back, but ne...
- I've heard that drinking a beer a day really helps the supply. My friends sister in law got sick and had to go into the hospital for several days and totally dried up...
- Because your body produces milk in a supply and demand, you need to increase the demand...in other words, pump more. After nursing your baby, pump for about 10 min......
Wine Consumption While Breastfeeding - Is It Okay If I Am Supplementing?
I instead supplement with pre-pumped breastmilk or with formula. So if I have my wine at 7 pm let's say, (two 5 ounces glasses), I will not give the baby my ...
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- I dont know - but it sounds like you are driving yourself crazy with this! Poor thing. Dont stress. If your child is properly taken care of and your not getting lo...
- I am a lactation counselor, and having a glass of wine or two is perfectly fine, AND you can still nurse your baby as long as you don't feel the effects of the alcohol...
- There are a lot of women on here taht are tyring to make you feel bad. It is a personal decision for you. I drank wine (which by the way, is heart healthy when it's re...
Ok to Breast Milk Thru Bottlr and Formula Feed?
The most important thing is for your daughter to get the food that she needs... so give her all of the breast milk that you have, and then supplement with as ...
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- Congrats on the new baby! Aren't they precious! Yes, you are doing the right thing. If you can't breast feed the regular way that is fine bottles will work just as wel...
- New stuff added to reply: In case I hadn't put everyone to sleep with my original post (yes, I know I can go on a bit!) I thought of something else I wanted to say....
- Hi A., I have an 11 month old little girl. I breast fed her for the first three months. Towards the end of the third month my milk supply wasn't enough to fill her ...
Milk Allergy and Breast Feeding
We found out about his milk allergy when I started supplementing him .... Mix it with breast milk. I feed her rice cereal every morning and i put the ...
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- I would cut out of your diet whatever affects him and continue breastfeeding. My daughter also has a milk protein allergy and I gladly breastfed her until I knew what...
- Milk allergy is usually an allergy to lactose, the sugars in milk. You may be able to keep using milk in your diet if you use the type for lactose intolerant people, s...
- why are you stopping bf? lots of babies start out with dairy allergies and most outgrow it. my 1st was allergic to yogurt for a while, and outgrew it. you are in a gre...
Putting Breastfed Baby on Formula
I found that when I had to supplement my kids with formula that they liked the carnation good start. It was the most like breast milk and easy for them to ...
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- she'll be hungry and she'll eat. :) for our daughter, we mixed the breast milk and formula. Half and half. I also used Earth's Best Organic formula. She tried others, ...
- I am sure you will get the same response from other moms....the baby may be more likely to take the formula from someone that she doesn't associated the breast with. S...
- B.- I'm a mother who nursed all 5 of my children until they swere almost 2 yrs. old. One of mychildren (the 1st born)never took a botle.) Then I learned-like others...
Help! I Need More breastmilk...fast
It might be the "big guns" you need if Mother's Milk tea (with Fenugreek) isn't effective. You can also supplement with formula at the breast using a ...
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- have you tried pumping after you feed your child? and i am not sure that the breast milk you are producing now has enough nutrients for a newborn but i am not certain ...
- I've never been in this situation, but do know lots of ways to help increase milk supply. 1. frequent nursing. It is supply and demand. Put the baby and your ch...
- Oh, how sweet of you to be helping this girl out. I used to watch my sisters daughter for her and we had infants the same age so we would just breastfeed each others ...
He Won't Take Formula
I was reading in a health book that when you need to supplement breast milk, you should use a soy-based formula and then add a small amount of papaya (put ...
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- Hey there. I've breastfed all my kiddies, never had any problem with weaning, but I have some interesting info for you. I was reading in a health book that when you n...
- Maybe you should pump some breast milk and put that into a sippy cup or bottle. I have daughters that are now age 3 and 5 and both of them never took formula or any m...
- Try milk! I switched my daughter at 10 months from formula to milk. He may just be ready! Good Luck!
