Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

BF is fine if you SAHM. It seldom works if you work. Its unfair to the nanny too! MB can barely produce enough so you are rationing it out to a hungry baby. Its harder to prepare. You have to warm it a certain way. Eventually, MB will need to supplement with formula. Its not good for the baby to keep going back and forth. Once supplementing was introduced, I would just dump the BM in the sink and bring my own container of formula to feed formula all day.

If I caught you dumping my breastmilk you would be fired immediately. This is outrageous.

+1000

This is outrageous! What terrible advice and horrible, horrible childcare. All of the parents I've worked for have BF exclusively until 1yo and all of them worked outside the home. No supplementing with formula was required.

I sincerely hope PP has moved on to another profession or is just trolling, because that is grounds for immediate dismissal. OP, don't listen to her or you'll be risking your job and your reputation.

Anonymous wrote:

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

BF is fine if you SAHM. It seldom works if you work. Its unfair to the nanny too! MB can barely produce enough so you are rationing it out to a hungry baby. Its harder to prepare. You have to warm it a certain way. Eventually, MB will need to supplement with formula. Its not good for the baby to keep going back and forth. Once supplementing was introduced, I would just dump the BM in the sink and bring my own container of formula to feed formula all day.

If I caught you dumping my breastmilk you would be fired immediately. This is outrageous.

THis is normal fase, soon you is in The charge..

Anonymous wrote:

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

BF is fine if you SAHM. It seldom works if you work. Its unfair to the nanny too! MB can barely produce enough so you are rationing it out to a hungry baby. Its harder to prepare. You have to warm it a certain way. Eventually, MB will need to supplement with formula. Its not good for the baby to keep going back and forth. Once supplementing was introduced, I would just dump the BM in the sink and bring my own container of formula to feed formula all day.

You are quite possibly one of the most ignorant posters I've seen on these boards. I really hope you are not taking care of anyone else's children.

Anonymous wrote:

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

BF is fine if you SAHM. It seldom works if you work. Its unfair to the nanny too! MB can barely produce enough so you are rationing it out to a hungry baby. Its harder to prepare. You have to warm it a certain way. Eventually, MB will need to supplement with formula. Its not good for the baby to keep going back and forth. Once supplementing was introduced, I would just dump the BM in the sink and bring my own container of formula to feed formula all day.

The majority of the MBs I've worked with BF for at least a year and worked successfully. I truly hope that you're trolling. Dumping breast milk?? That's NOT your decision to make. Smh.

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

BF is fine if you SAHM. It seldom works if you work. Its unfair to the nanny too! MB can barely produce enough so you are rationing it out to a hungry baby. Its harder to prepare. You have to warm it a certain way. Eventually, MB will need to supplement with formula. Its not good for the baby to keep going back and forth. Once supplementing was introduced, I would just dump the BM in the sink and bring my own container of formula to feed formula all day.

Anonymous wrote:Could you gently suggest that she switch to formula? Let her know that you'll be able to bond faster with the baby if the mom isn't breastfeeding.

This is horrible advice OP, ignore it! Breast feeding is good for a baby, and a mother who has made the choice to do so will not take kindly to a suggestion that she stop. Just give it time and keep doing a good job.

Could you gently suggest that she switch to formula? Let her know that you'll be able to bond faster with the baby if the mom isn't breastfeeding.

The infant will benefit from the attention of the mother and attention from you, and will like both of you. It is not as though babies have a limited supply of affection that is being all spent on the breastfeeding mom. The baby probably does have a particular attachment to the one feeding it, but that's about it.

I would not worry about the baby attaching, or the mom either (unless she has concerns) -- if you are providing loving care, all the pieces will fall into place.

Have you asked MB is she has a particular naptime routine that she does with him? Does she nurse him to sleep for naps when you're not there? It's possible that the baby is used to being put down for a nap a certain way and is reacting to it being different with you. Is the problem just surrounding nap time or are there other times you are unable to soothe him?

Another quick question--can a baby that young ACTUALLY not like you? I find that to be ridiculous. I feel bad because I do not want to think that. The baby is usually happy and then before naps cries hysterically. For example, i cant really soothe the baby without walking out and letting himself cry it out. whenever i go in and try to calm him down, he just screams and his mom comes right up. I guess I want to do a good job and have the baby adjust to me, but I guess it will just take a really long time.

The baby is only 4 months old and mom is doing breast feeding on demand. This is fine and doesn't last forever. In another two months the situation will be different.

Thank you for your response. In the mean time, I do some dishes or put toys away. Other then that, I am rethinking if this is the part-time job I should keep. I like autonomy and doing my own thing without the constant thinking if I am not doing something wrong. It gets overwhelming with a baby screaming, knowing the mom is hearing and coming straight up to intervene.

If the mother is happy with the job you're doing, don't worry about it. Or, be pro-active and ask if there are tasks she'd like you to do in your down time.

I am currently nannying part-time with a WAHM. I am watching a four-month-old who is gradually warming up to me; this is my third week of working. The mother works from home, but constantly comes up to breastfeed the baby and soothe him when he is crying. I feel that all my abilities and authority as a nanny is pushed to the side. I am only here a few hours of the day, but I feel the baby is not warming up to me because his mother is constantly coming up and checking on him. I am a very nice person and try my best to interact with the baby and get him to know me. I want to feel as if I am doing a good job, I just feel that I really sit and do absolutely nothing I feel very annoyed, but I am not sure if I am overheating--any thoughts?