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From: eisaman@ihlpl.UUCP (Eisaman)
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Subject: Re: Breast Feeding  HELP!!
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Date: Thu, 20-Mar-86 13:14:21 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar 20 13:14:21 1986
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> In article <419@fritz.UUCP> lauri@fritz.UUCP (Lauri McFadden) writes:
> >
> >
> >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...  
> >
> >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.
> >
> There is a small plastic devise that mothers with inverted nipples use
> that you may find helpful.  It gives the child the feeling that she is
> feeding from a bottle, but in reality you are both still receiving the
> benefits from breast feeding.
> >
> >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.
> 
> You should also avoid oranges, strawberries, cabbage, brussel sprouts,
> broccoli, spinach, cauliflower,and anything spicy.  It sounds like alot,
> but all these things really upset my baby's tummy. Every baby is different,
> so you can try these foods and see if it upsets her before you totally
> eliminate it from your diet.
> 
> Laura J. Morrison
> Guest on this account
> -- 
> jeannette haritan
> 
> yeah sure

My wife has had problems breast feeding our son.  In the hospital,
without our consent, the nurses gave him a bottle.  We didn't know
about it until we left the hospital and called after the next couple
of days because he wouldn't eat.  One of the nurses suggested using
a beast shield and eventually wean him from that.  We tried that and
he ate for a while but it still wasn't what he wanted.  He would take
her milk when she pumped it and put it in a bottle but not from her
breast, even when she dripped it into his mouth.  We tried everything
we could think of to get him to breast feed but he wouldn't do it.
When he was about four weeks old, and losing weight, we put him on
formula.  I think that the main reason is that he was bottle fed several
times in the hospital.  The nurses feed him despite our requests to
wake up my wife and have her breast feed.  Also I don't beleive that
the nipple sheild helped.  I would suggest that you keep trying to
breast feed your baby as long as you can.