Question For Those Who Have Had A Breastfed Baby In Daycare

[SilverSabre25]

OR!!!!!

Here's a thought...what does the milk smell like? Does it have an odd/strong smell, sort of soapy and almost sour or metallic?

Do you get bottles of fresh-pumped milk or bags of frozen milk that you thaw?

[Evansmom]

Yeah some breastmilk with too much lipase can taste bad the longer it sits. It isn't bad for the child but they may not like the taste. If the father feeds fresh breastmilk that may be the reason the baby will take that bottle and if you are feeding stored milk it may taste soapy or like metal. If that's the case here are a few links to help you trouble shoot:

http://forums.llli.org/showthread.php?t=297

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/lipase-expressedmilk.html

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html

Hope that helps.

[nannyde]

She has been here over a month. It is rough. I love her a ton, but it has become a source of stress because I have a house FULL of rambunctious boys and have to sit for an hour to get her to eat 2 oz!!! I asked dad what he does and he says he just forces her to eat. Just keeps trying. I think it must take him half the day to get her to take 4 to 6 oz!!!

It makes me wonder if she isn't really eating with Dad and if Mom is coming to rescue him while he has her and feeds the baby.

You need to have Dad come and feed her in front of you a full bottle to show you how he does it.

[dEHmom]

I'm still wonder what type of nipple it is. It may be too fast.
The way you described the way she gags on it etc, makes me think the flow is too fast. DCK is probably blocking off the nipple, and not drinking, and that's why it takes so long, OR chugging it back, which is putting too much air in tummy which is creating other issues, and could possibly cause her to not want to feed.

[AnythingsPossible]

I have a 5 month old who only comes 2 days a week and is exclusively BF at home. For the first few months, when I tried to give him a bottle, he would gag, turn his head, push the nipple out of this mouth, every feeding was a fight. A few weeks ago, Mom had issues pumping and we needed to use formula exclusively while he was here. When he drinks formula, he doesnt fight the bottle at all. Yesterday, she brought one bag of milk and I tried to give it to him his second feeding. Again, he gagged, and did all the things he used to do, I fixed him formula and he ate fine. Mom may not be open to the idea of supplementing with formula, but it may be something to try.

[momofsix]

I'm still wonder what type of nipple it is. It may be too fast.
The way you described the way she gags on it etc, makes me think the flow is too fast. DCK is probably blocking off the nipple, and not drinking, and that's why it takes so long, OR chugging it back, which is putting too much air in tummy which is creating other issues, and could possibly cause her to not want to feed.

This was my first thought too.

[sahm2three]

I'm still wonder what type of nipple it is. It may be too fast.
The way you described the way she gags on it etc, makes me think the flow is too fast. DCK is probably blocking off the nipple, and not drinking, and that's why it takes so long, OR chugging it back, which is putting too much air in tummy which is creating other issues, and could possibly cause her to not want to feed.

We were using a slow flow nipple, but then she would **** and **** and get NOWHERE and get frustrated. They moved to medium flow, and it is ok once I get her to latch on. It went better this morning. I warmed it up more than I normally do. I warmed the water in the microwave and then put the bag of breastmilk in it. She took it no problem. But is such a wiggly thing when she eats. It seems we are burping every 1/2 oz. It took me an hour to get her to take 3.5 oz. I just don't know what to do because I just don't have an hour to sit down and feed a baby like that!

Thank you all for your advice. I am hoping she gets it soon, because I would hate to term because I don't have the time to feed her!

[Evansmom]

There are other ways to feed a breastfeed baby though not optimal choices. You can spoon feed or syringe feed too. Just a thought. I agree an hour is too long to feed an infant when you have other kids to take care of. Hope the best for you!

[dEHmom]

ok so more than likely it was the temperature of the bottle....

if it's the little tiny nipples though, it makes them more gassy. are they the small nipples or the big ones like the playtex ones? I think that makes an even bigger difference. as long as you get the air out of the bottle, they can go half way through the bottle before burping.