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From: lauri@fritz.UUCP (Lauri McFadden)
Newsgroups: net.kids
Subject: Breast Feeding  HELP!!
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Date: Sun, 16-Mar-86 00:03:22 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 16 00:03:22 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 21-Mar-86 06:57:01 EST
Reply-To: lauri@fritz.UUCP (Lauri McFadden)
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Keywords: baby crying, irritating foods



I am having a frustrating experience with my daughter.  She is six weeks old
and she has decided that she doesn't really enjoy breast feeding.  Her first
feeding in the morning always goes well.  She sleeps through the night so
she's really hungry at this point and I have no problems.  However, with her
subsequent feedings she almost invariably decides that she wants to cry at
my breast.  Sometimes she will feed for about five minutes and then she will
decide to cry, sometimes she doesn't really feed at all.  Needless to say,
this can be very frustrating for both of us...  

What my husband and I have decided to do is to let her cry it out and
really get hungry.  This seems to work eventually, but she really gets worked
up and I'm not so sure that's good for her and she doesn't seem to be
learning from it.

I think it might be our fault because we have fed her out of a bottle when
we go out, so I think she might prefer to eat out of a bottle.  Today she
was crying at my breast, so I grabbed an empty bottle and gave it to her
to see if she would suck and sure enough she did.

I'm torn about bottle and breast feeding.  Breast feeding is definitely
better for her and it's cheaper and I can enjoy it but.... bottle feeding
is faster and my husband can help me.

Also, I have heard that certain foods can be irritating to a baby's tummy.
One of these such foods is chocolate.  Do any of you out there know any
other things I should avoid.

I would appreciate all the help I can get as soon as soon as possible.

Thanks in advance!!  

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	Lauri L. McFadden
	trwrb!felix!lauri