Breast Feeding Baby

“Breast Feeding Baby”

Breast Feeding A Baby is definitely a learning process. My daughter and her husband recently had their first baby. They were very excited when they learned that they were pregnant. Many of their friends have had fertility issues. My daughter was very lucky that she was able to get pregnant when they decided to start a family. She realizes what a blessing this is because of the pain and anguish two of her friends are going through trying to conceive.

My daughter and her husband are both education fanatics. My daughter has been a seeker of knowledge since the time she was able to talk. All children go through the why stage, but she never stopped asking the question. Luckily she loves to read so it was easy for my husband and me to direct her towards books to find her answers. I was not surprised when she decided to become a research librarian. As with everything else in her life as soon as she found out she was pregnant she turned to books to learn the best way to raise their baby. One of the first things she researched was breast feeding babies. She has heard from many experts that this is the best thing for a baby, but she was not feeling very comfortable about the process.

My daughter has always been flat busted. During her pregnancy she did get bigger, but she was concerned that she would not be a candidate for breast feeding babies. She wanted to do what was best for her child, but she was worried about the nutrition the baby would receive. Unfortunately the nurse that was on duty when she gave birth was a strong advocate for breast feeding babies. She insisted that my daughter needed to do this and gave her information as well as breast feeding advice. By the time my daughter left the hospital with her new born she was quite stressed out and feeling like a bad mother. She would try to get the baby to breast feed, but she and the baby would get frustrated. The baby would cry because it was so hungry and also because he could sense that his mother was anxious. After several minutes of both baby and mom being frustrated she would present him with a bottle of formula and he would hungrily eat. Many times he would then cry for hours after the feeding. She was convinced he was allergic to the formula, yet she did not have enough milk to satisfy his hunger. I went to stay with her for a few days because she was becoming so stressed. The baby woke up for a feeding while my daughter was sleeping. I did not want to disturb her so I mixed the formula and fed him. He was eating very fast and did not like it when I took the bottle away to burp him. Once he burped I fed him the remainder of the bottle and laid him back down. He did not have any pain or trouble. We realized that he was eating too fast and was getting too much gas built up. I suggested to my daughter that she feed him part of the bottle to satisfy his hunger and then breast feed him. This worked out much better for both of them. She was upset that the nurse did not give her this suggestion in the training on breast feeding babies. She went through several days of being over whelmed and feeling like a bad mother.