Thanks everyone. I realized that she was feeding my son more than he needed because her knowledge was outdated and because she had not worked with families who exclusively breastfed as well. I offered her pay for taking professional development and she welcomed it!

What? That's ridiculous. Just tell her what to feed your baby and when. Don't pay her extra because she can't do her job.

Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

This is so wrong. Kids get on solids around 6 months and continue on breastmilk or formula til age 1. My pediatrician even told me that most nutrition should come from milk or formula in the first year (not solids).

24 oz a day of formula or milk plus solids should be fine, but some kids require more (like 30 oz or so). Tell your nanny to give him 24 oz. If he seems more hungry, she could always add an extra jar of a pureed food here and there.

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Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

A 9 month old shouldn't be on breastmilk anymore? None of the professional health associations agree with you on that. I hope you're not a nanny.

Who told you that wrong information?

Um, just look up the AAP's and WHO's recommendations online. If you're going to spew bad information, it's YOUR job to say where it came from. So please - tell us why a baby eating solids shouldn't be drinking breastmilk anymore.

Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

You are either a troll or stupid, but just in case someone reads this and believes you, you are wrong.

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Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

A 9 month old shouldn't be on breastmilk anymore? None of the professional health associations agree with you on that. I hope you're not a nanny.

Who told you that wrong information?

I'm that director, thank you. And I think it's simply amazing that a woman's body will adjust the caloric content of breast milk over time! Amazing. I will say that a baby may drink more breast milk during he day as he or she's sleeps more at night. From what i understand, a child will drink approximately the same amount in a 24 hour period. If you are up nursing every 3 hours then baby will need less during day than if the baby sleeps 8 hours at night and then will want more during the day to get the 24 or 30 oz he/she usually drinks. Kind of the opposite of reverse cycling.

Thanks everyone. I realized that she was feeding my son more than he needed because her knowledge was outdated and because she had not worked with families who exclusively breastfed as well. I offered her pay for taking professional development and she welcomed it!

^^ you sound like a great director. I wish more childcare professionals were open to receiving new information. It's so frustrating to be countered with "I've never heard of that." Staff development days are so important.

Anonymous wrote:Standard breastmilk consumption is 24-30 oz per day. It is completely crazy that you are pumping 30 ounces a day + nursing 2-3 times on top of that. I've never heard of that ever. A typical baby eats 12-16 oz of breastmilk while at daycare. That is completely totally insane that your nanny is demanding so much milk.

With formula, you have to keep upping the quantity because formula is stagnant - always the same from age 0 to age 12 months. Breastmilk is dynamic and changes as your baby gets older. It becomes more calorie dense over time, so even though your baby is taking in generally the same number of ounces at age 8 months as she was taking in at age 3 months, your baby is getting more calories. Honestly, I would ask your nanny to attend one of the infant feeding courses at the DC Breastfeeding Center - I would arrange to be home to cover the hour myself and have it be paid, mandatory training on her part.

This. I bet she doesn't know that breastfed babies don't need to increase their intake because breastmilk is dynamic. I didn't know it for many years, then I learned it, and then promptly taught my teachers (I directed a center at the time). I wouldn't know this because I never breastfed, but once I and my staff learned it, the teachers stopped asking for more breastmilk (like you would for formula) as a child got older.

Great idea to have someone come do a training at childcare centers, or have a nanny go.

Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

You have no idea what you are talking about. You should state your opinions as such and not word it as factual information. Turn off the computer and read a book!

Every time I read these posts on DCUM and see so much misinformation, I'm relieved to at least know that hospitals are providing more and more resources to families in those first few days of a baby's life and free access to breastfeeding support postpartum. I'm sorry for the people who didn't have access to these resources when they were having babies and would encourage anyone working the childcare industry who hasn't had a chance to attend a training in the past 5 years on infant feeding to take one of the free courses offered at the Breastfeeding Center of DC. New things are being discovered about infant feeding and the guidance changed even between the births of my two girls, just 2.5 years apart. You may have been doing this a long time and feel like what you've been doing is working -and sure, it has - but if there's new info out there, why not go hear what the current best practices are for your industry? I'm expected to do that for my work, and I like to think most people want to offer the best in their field of work.

Honestly I'd stop feeding him rice cereal as it's just empty calories stick to oatmeal and other high fat foods like avocados. Also food before one is more for learning and fun and baby's main calorie intake should be from breast milk or formula. It does sound like she resorts to milk easily but maybe your son is still hungry

Anonymous wrote:If your son is eating solids he shouldn't be eating breastmilk anymore.

Oh look, an idiot.

Anonymous wrote:Your child is hungry.

Possibly.

OP still has not indicated if baby is consuming all or if most is going to waste.

A child his age is unlikely to overeat, and it is common for a child his age to somewhat fluctuate in in take 24 might be fine one day and 30. The next.

It's not about what LLL claims is average, what nanny thinks, and what MB thinks it is what baby needs.