Eating TOO MUCH!!! (long)

Re: Eating TOO MUCH!!! (long)

• tokenhoser member

  October 2011

  Your mom is overfeeding her.

  You need to teach your mom how to properly bottle feed a breastfed baby. Look for some resources like this to show her, and if she won't stick to it... either you change caregivers to one that respects your choices, or you end up with formula. You can't match that rate of overfeeding.

  https://kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html

  https://www.llli.org/toolkit (see the "working" section to the right)
  

  
  
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• Tikat

  October 2011

  tokenhoser:

  Your mom is overfeeding her.

  You need to teach your mom how to properly bottle feed a breastfed baby. Look for some resources like this to show her, and if she won't stick to it... either you change caregivers to one that respects your choices, or you end up with formula. You can't match that rate of overfeeding.

  https://kellymom.com/bf/pumping/bottle-feeding.html

  https://www.llli.org/toolkit (see the "working" section to the right)
  

  Thanks for the links. Some of Kellymom's tips are good others seem a bit over the top...but I did like the following NBFR

  What Mothers Need to Know Before
  They?re Mothers
  Words of Wisdom from Real Mothers at a La Leche League Meeting
  Newborns don?t look like magazine babies.
  There are no right answers.
  People say things, but they aren?t always trying to be judgmental when they say them.
  A dirty house builds extra immunities.
  Sometimes motherhood stinks.
  Should is a poison word that argues against reality.
  It?s important to see other babies so you know what?s really normal.
  Sometimes the books are just wrong.
  Listen to yourself.
  Listen to your baby. Respect him and his intuition. He will tell you what he needs.
  Find someone who will listen to you.
  You will never achieve an ideal state of motherhood.
  Wait long enough and it will change, and the questions and answers will be
  different.
  Pick your battles.
  A dog is an excellent fl oor cleaner.
  Respond to questions with ?Why do you ask??
  Receiving blankets have all kinds of uses? a surface for public diaper changes, an
  extra wrap in a car seat, catching spit- up.
  Hold off buying things until you know whether you?re ever going to use them? like
  a crib or changing table. Don?t get caught up in the consumerism of new
  parenthood.
  The ideal adult- to- baby ratio is about three to one the fi rst week. But if all you have
  is one mother and one baby, you?ll manage.
  When people offer help, say yes.
  Join a playgroup. It?s not for the child, it?s for the mother.
  After a week or so, get out of the house. The crying doesn?t bother other people as
  much as you think it does, and even the grocery store can seem like a wonderful
  adventure.
  Step outside when you can, throw your shoulders back, take a deep breath, and look
  up for at least a few seconds.
  Don?t be surprised at how totally bizarre you feel the fi rst week. It?s normal to feel
  really weird.
  You can only do what you can do.
  Let go of your expectations and let what is be.
  Just because it?s fun doesn?t mean it?s not important.
  

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• Tikat

  October 2011

  I agree that he is being overfeed - so unless you get the benefit of baby STTN from it like I do -I'd definitely ask your Mom to cut back on portions...my MIL will always feed on demand but she never puts more in the bottle than what I premeasured because she knows how much I struggled providing BM for DD1. She FF all 3 of her children and lived by the rule of 4 bottles a day to get you to 32 ounces...she is doing an awesome job as far as I'm concerned...except for that one time she forgot to put a liner in the playtex bottles and poured 3 ounces all over the counter...
  

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