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feeding questions - geez today is like questionmania

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we breast feed but also use bottles for my pumped milk  and sadly we have to supplement because i am not producing enough for both.  So its 80 %BF 20% formula - I have tried all the help me things to produce more... constant lasting, naked breastfeeding, herbals supplements, oatmeal, lactation cookies.. You name it -

Anyhow we use Dr.  Browns bottles and one of our girls does great nursing and with bottles - the other is not a great latcher and certainly not a great sucker- usually always falls asleep - on the boob but get so frustrated and does ok with the bottle but makes a mess and we are using the slowest nipple... Dr. Browns make-  how do we know when to switch to a faster flow ...

 Anything we can do to help our poor sucker  become abetter sucker and less messier of a sucker - we feed her sitting up but there is still spillage out the sides and tons of dribble...

- Just wondering 

JM

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Re: feeding questions - geez today is like questionmania

  • cadencaden member

    I found Dr Brown's nipples to be faster flow than Avent. Have you tried other brands? My DS2 was a super messy feeder for a while and then one day he just got better. I don't remember at what point it happened, but he improved on his own. My friend who is a NICU nurse also told me to hold 2 of my fingers under his chin while he sucks to keep his jaw tight to the nipple. (sorry, it's hard to explain by typing). That helped a little, but mostly with time he just got better on his own. I put extra formula in his bottle to compensate for what he drooled away.

    I upped the nipple size when my kids either started falling asleep during feedings or went from quicker feedings to randomly taking forever again.

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  • jdancer5jdancer5
    I don't have any advice on the bottles, but I just wanted to say what an amazing job you're doing BFing. At 8mo we're about 75% BM and it's no small task!! I figured out that by the time my two were about 3.5mo old, I had done nearly 1000 BFings!!! The gift you're giving your children is immeasurable. I got the sense from your post that you weren't entirely happy with the 80/20 situation, but I hope you're giving yourself the proper credit you deserve. 80% is Awesome! GL
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