Remember those infuriatingly new parents I work with?

gy86 · March 2013

The ones that quarantined their healthy baby for no apparant reason?

They've done it again. This time, they've decided to start giving their one month old formula, despite mom producing plenty of milk and nursing with ease, because "he's been cluster feeding a lot" and they think giving him formula will help him sleep longer stretches at night.

Newborns cluster feed. That's kind of how they eat. And no parents of any one month old are getting anything close to a full night's sleep. Because newborn babies are up every few hours to feed. Because they are healthy. And growing.

I can't believe the expectations they're placing on this poor little baby!

Not to mention it just kills me to see people abandon BFing in the absence of IGT, low supply , latch issues, pain, dietary intolerances, medications, lack of support structure, uncooperative workplace, or the other factors so many moms struggle to overcome.

Okay, vent over.

MrsCase1 · March 2013

Yeah, it makes me sad that they're unnecessarily supplementing, too.

gy86 · March 2013

Yup, it's their baby, and their choices, and I just need to be better at just ignoring other people around me. My headphones don't go loud enough though; seriously this guy talks for hours on end to the lady who sits RIGHT NEXT to me!

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