Baby More Hungry But LC Said Not To Feed More

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP’s post doesn’t make sense. If she’s breastfeeding except for one bottle/day she wouldn’t know how many ounces at each feed he’s taking anyway. LC might have been talking about the one bottle/day as a supplement to breastfeeding assuming OP will also offer the breast (although I still think give the baby as much as he wants).

OP here. I said multiple times that I’m pumping and feeding him by bottle. He had latch issues and I pump. I don’t make enough and was supplanting with one bottle of formula a day. We are now adding in more formula since he’s eating more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pumping likely isn’t keeping up with how much baby wants to eat like breastfeeding would. Just feed the baby until full. I’d jump to solely breastfeeding if at all possible. My breasts could always keep up but pumping couldn’t.

OP here. I’m pumping because he won’t latch. People still have supply issues even if breastfeeding.

[Anonymous]

OP, please let baby drink more if he wants more. If he is simply "nursing at the bottle" while drunk and sleepy and satisfied, then you can replace with a pacifier. But if he is actively hungry, please feed him. This is confusing, I know, but trust your instincts if you have a hungry baby.

[Anonymous]

Op, did you start feeding the baby more? I literally woke up this morning thinking about this thread, the negligent lactation consultant, and this poor hungry baby. Please start feeding more. It can be really dangerous not to and there is no reason for your baby to go hungry when you are able to provide food.

I also had a terrible lc experience. I was given horrible advice at the hospital and my baby lost too much weight. Luckily the pediatrician caught what was going on right before we checked out and set me straight. I still had to take my son to an extra ped appointment his first week to make sure he gained the weight back. I still shudder to think what would have happened if we had gone home still following the lcs advice. Babies actually die from under feeding.

[Anonymous]

You can over-feed some babies who don't recognize the feeling of being full. Op, what you describe seems like true hunger. Feed your baby.

[Anonymous]

Since you are feeding pumped milk and needing to supplement and LCs are all crazy people who hate formula, I suspect she is telling you this so you don't need to supplement even more formula than you already do. Screw her.

Feed your baby. I listened to a bunch of crazy LCs for the first 3 months of my DS's life desperately trying to breast feed and feeling awful about the formula I supplemented with and I ended up with HANGRY baby who didn't gain weight. I had to start food at 4 months, when he immediately bulked up and his disposition changed. Oh, and he started sleeping incredibly long stretches.

Feed your baby. He will be happy. He will sleep. Formula is okay. Fire your LC and do not seek out another one/google their advice. AWFUL PEOPLE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since you are feeding pumped milk and needing to supplement and LCs are all crazy people who hate formula, I suspect she is telling you this so you don't need to supplement even more formula than you already do. Screw her.

Feed your baby. I listened to a bunch of crazy LCs for the first 3 months of my DS's life desperately trying to breast feed and feeling awful about the formula I supplemented with and I ended up with HANGRY baby who didn't gain weight. I had to start food at 4 months, when he immediately bulked up and his disposition changed. Oh, and he started sleeping incredibly long stretches.

Feed your baby. He will be happy. He will sleep. Formula is okay. Fire your LC and do not seek out another one/google their advice. AWFUL PEOPLE.

THIS.

I was concerned my DD wasn’t gaining weight and she said DD looked fine. DD looked like a skeleton.

At her 2 month checkup we found that she gained barely any weight since birth and was in the 1st percentile. Switch her to 100% formula and she fattened right up.

LCs have an agenda. I would never listen to one again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since you are feeding pumped milk and needing to supplement and LCs are all crazy people who hate formula, I suspect she is telling you this so you don't need to supplement even more formula than you already do. Screw her.

Feed your baby. I listened to a bunch of crazy LCs for the first 3 months of my DS's life desperately trying to breast feed and feeling awful about the formula I supplemented with and I ended up with HANGRY baby who didn't gain weight. I had to start food at 4 months, when he immediately bulked up and his disposition changed. Oh, and he started sleeping incredibly long stretches.

Feed your baby. He will be happy. He will sleep. Formula is okay. Fire your LC and do not seek out another one/google their advice. AWFUL PEOPLE.

THIS.

I was concerned my DD wasn’t gaining weight and she said DD looked fine. DD looked like a skeleton.

At her 2 month checkup we found that she gained barely any weight since birth and was in the 1st percentile. Switch her to 100% formula and she fattened right up.

LCs have an agenda. I would never listen to one again.

Yep. I’m the poster above whose baby lost too much weight at the hospital. I agree that lcs absolutely have an agenda and it is NOT to make sure every baby they see is fed and healthy. It’s to push breastfeeding above everything else. I get so upset about this.

[Anonymous]

A good LC will not recommend no formula. That is a fallacy. They can and do support combination feeding. Their goal is to support establishing breastfeeding, however that looks. It’s something you can screen for when hiring though if that’s a concern.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A good LC will not recommend no formula. That is a fallacy. They can and do support combination feeding. Their goal is to support establishing breastfeeding, however that looks. It’s something you can screen for when hiring though if that’s a concern.

Also that is not point of this thread. Let’s keep it clear to support OP? Offer her what we may not have had. A clear unbiased space to ask for presence.

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby YES but only when breastfeeding. You CAN over feed from a bottle. Let the baby comfort suck if they seem to still want more after the bottle. Listen to your LC, OP

[Anonymous]

Feed the baby.

And get some sleep! ( Which means feed baby during day so you can sleep at night, baby send to be aware of his/her needs)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feed the baby YES but only when breastfeeding. You CAN over feed from a bottle. Let the baby comfort suck if they seem to still want more after the bottle. Listen to your LC, OP

She is feeding pumped milk. OP, I'm on team feed the baby.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feed the baby YES but only when breastfeeding. You CAN over feed from a bottle. Let the baby comfort suck if they seem to still want more after the bottle. Listen to your LC, OP

No. Feed the baby period be it breastfeeding or formula. Listen to your baby. The baby is most important. And babies spit up if overfed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op, did you start feeding the baby more? I literally woke up this morning thinking about this thread, the negligent lactation consultant, and this poor hungry baby. Please start feeding more. It can be really dangerous not to and there is no reason for your baby to go hungry when you are able to provide food.

I also had a terrible lc experience. I was given horrible advice at the hospital and my baby lost too much weight. Luckily the pediatrician caught what was going on right before we checked out and set me straight. I still had to take my son to an extra ped appointment his first week to make sure he gained the weight back. I still shudder to think what would have happened if we had gone home still following the lcs advice. Babies actually die from under feeding.

Same here, except for our terrible advice came from the hospital. I am so glad we ended up seeing the pediatrician before the LC. She still tried to convince me that the 12% weight loss from birth was due to “IV fluids” but at that point I had already seen how alarmed the ped was and how obviously starving my baby was when he gulped down 2oz in her office. (She wouldn’t let us leave until she saw him drink it, then sent us for a stat bilirubin test.)