Breast is Best?

I am now working with a young family with a 1 year old boy and a new baby. Breastfeeding was difficult as the young mum fought with her guilt at not spending more time with her first child. Noise, visitors and lack of confidence led to the baby losing weight and the mother panicking. The midwife that came did not help by suggesting that expressing her breast milk and giving it in a syringe, ( finger feeding)was too tiring and she would not manage it! Today I arrived to find the mother had weighed the baby and after an incorrect weight, has given the baby a bottle of formula. She will now not go back to breastfeeding. What a shame and she had a good supply which we had worked hard on to stimulate in the last few days. Of course breast is best but a passing negative remark can change everything and take away any motivation that was present.

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A New Year

2013- A New Year, New Mums and New Babies.

Another year full of new life and challenges.

Started the year with a baby boy, Seth, a cutie who just loved the breast, so much so we could not get him off!
Just before New Year I went to a single mum with a new baby and a 2 year old .
A baby girl this time 4 kilos!
Due to a Caesarian Section and a lack of help in hospital with breast feeding the mother had deep cuts on her nipples so was unable to latch the baby on in the first few days.

After expressing and feeding her baby with a bottle one night she ran out of expressed milk and latched the baby on.
Baby fed beautifully with no pain!
She is now going from strength to strength and fully breastfeeding her baby.
I admire this mother who despite the challenges she faces is strong and determined to give her baby the best.