Supplements with BM

Padmini, Go through 'bottle or not' thread. Ramya too is joining work when her LO would be 5+ months. She has been using cup&spoon and planning with sippys. Do contact her, she is not bottling her LO, i guess.

 

Yes Pon. I am giving her expressed BM in sippy spouts atleast once a day. I plan to do it the whole of her fourth month so that she will be ready to take it from MIL when she is 5+ months.

Supplements - Actually my Pead suggested that I start Nestum when LO is four. But I am not planning to do it now. I will start it only after 5.5 months.

Padmini - Vidya has been working since her LO was 2.5 months and she is exclusively BFg LO. So, I think you can start supplements after 5 months (best is to do it after 6 months).

 

Padmini, bottle nursing techniques are often recommended by attachment parenting sites for parents who want to engender that attachment... I note your concern, but frankly it is going to take more than introducing bottles to bring in that detachment if your parenting is oriented towards meeting the needs of the child. If your baby is 5+ months, it is safer to start solids. Go for homemade ones. In the end it does depend on whether she would want to eat or not.

 

Here is how the WHO uses nutrition terminology. Formula like lactogen is a supplement. Solids are any kind of food you introduce to start the weaning from milk process be it liquid-y kanji, semi solid purees or even solid finger foods.
Maybe I should start talking about weaning food, which would mean everything else except breastmilk and formula.
It is absolutely ideal if you can breastfeed for 6 months or longer, but given that your careprovider at 5+ months is going to give you a hard time about your wanting to bf and you do need her help to look after your child, it is better to arrive at a compromise. Do you think your MIL will be interested in going to the doctor with you and have the doc explain why 180 days of exclusive bfing...
Most children are ready for solids between 4 and 6 months, 6 months is recommended because that is the most absolute safest time before the child's gut is mature enough to handle anything other than milk. Ifyour child shows readiness to take weaning food by 5+ months, there is no harm in introducing them.
I hope I have been clearer this time.

 

See if that is the only thing your mom in law will agree to and you NEED her to look after the child, do you have a choice? If she were to listen to a third opinion from doctors may be then you can do something about it, right? I know with an NICU baby, it is best to keep bfing for as long as possible. But when there is very little option, it is best to pick your battles. I am so sorry to sound so cynical.

 

Padmini - am i missing something here? you are going to direct feed your baby only in the mornings, evenings and nights. assuming you would pump then and there for morning to evening feed, i am not sure if the quantity you pump would be sufficient to meet the demands of the baby for say, 8 hours while you are at work. so i see a point in your MIL's argument. if you give her a better plan, say coming home for lunch or something like that, then it could be acceptable. or you should be able to pump in large quantities if otherwise, how can you manage?

Vidyaa goes home for lunch, and her work duration is lesser i guess.