Problem With Formula...for Those With Babies** Posted: 07-26-04 16:47pm
Err I am so frustrated right now I
have been breastfeeding kaelyn for the
whole time since i've had her on july 8th
and she does good but she eats so
irregulary and I can't get her on a
schedule and it is so frustrating!!! When
she was first born we tried her on similac
advance but she was crying real bad that
night because of the gas and the
pediatrician put her on pro sobee which
still did not help. Well now I am getting
so frustrated with breastfeeding that I
just wanna quit sooo bad!! I mean I feel
bad but I can never tell if she gets
enough and she doesn't eat regularly,
sometimes she sleeps for 4 hours without
waking up to nurse and when I wake her
myself, she refuses. So today I called
her ped. He told me if I wanted to quit
then keep her on the pro sobee and mix it
with more water (?? I know lol) so I did
that and it doesn't really seem to help.
Did anyone else have a prob with formula?
And what did u do?
Im dying over here!!! Lol
~christina~
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newlife
Active User, Really EHEALTHy
Joined: 13 Jun 2004 Posts: 874
Posted: 07-26-04 17:13pm
Well, I haven't had my baby yet, but why
don't you try using a breast pump, my doc
says that you can freeze it for months at
a time. Plus if you want to use formula,
you can mix the formula with the breast
milk (like half and half). As for a
feeding schedule, I am not saying to
starve her or anything, but have you ever
thought about making a schedule, and not
giving it to her when she wants it, but
going by the schedule. She should get
used to it after a couple of days. I
think it should work b/c docs say to do
the same thing with babies that have day
and night confused. Your supposed to wake
them up during the day, when they try to
go to sleep, and they'll be knocked out by
night fall,and after doing this for a
couple of days they'll know what to do.
I would agree.. Try a breast pump, some
babies just don't tolerate formula well...
However I used good start and that worked
great on the days my babies didn't nurse!
Best of luck I know its hard hun, your
doing an awesome job keep up the good
work!
I
have been breastfeeding kaelyn for the
whole time since i've had her on july 8th
and she does good but she eats so
irregulary and I can't get her on a
schedule and it is so frustrating!!! When
she was first born we tried her on similac
advance but she was crying real bad that
night because of the gas and the
pediatrician put her on pro sobee which
still did not help. Well now I am getting
so frustrated with breastfeeding that I
just wanna quit sooo bad!! I mean I feel
bad but I can never tell if she gets
enough and she doesn't eat regularly,
sometimes she sleeps for 4 hours without
waking up to nurse and when I wake her
myself, she refuses. So today I called
her ped. He told me if I wanted to quit
then keep her on the pro sobee and mix it
with more water (?? I know lol) so I did
that and it doesn't really seem to help.
Did anyone else have a prob with formula?
And what did u do?
