Just wanted to grumble...
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Topic: Just wanted to grumble...
Posted By: rachelsea
Subject: Just wanted to grumble...
Date Posted: 30 August 2009 at 9:12pm
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I'm sick of people telling me I don't have enough milk to feed my baby!!!!! every time she so much as whimpers around certain people, my milk is to blame.
Does anyone else get told they don't have enough milk? How do you deal with it? *sigh* ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 30 August 2009 at 9:32pm
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If Chelsea is putting on weight, has plenty of wet/dirty naps then all is well! As if anyone else knows how productive your boobies are! Geez tell them to go jump!
(Am I right in thinking one is your MIL????) |
Posted By: palomino
Date Posted: 30 August 2009 at 10:01pm
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Kinda know how you must feel, my mum and grandmas all had problems feeding and stopped after 6 weeks (although maybe they just didnt know as much as we do nowdays) and everytime i speak to them i get the oh your still feeding him? Oh are you sure your milks enough? etc etc etc...
Dont have any smart replies, i just say yes hes happy and growing great. |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 30 August 2009 at 10:17pm
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Some people just think if a baby cries they need food (no matter which way they are getting it) they just don't get that the baby might be tired, or have a stinky bum or be teething or is just being a git (talking about my baby, I'm sure Chelsea is a never a git!).
I would just say something like this "well considering the amount of poo that comes out of this child I don't think there is any concern about what is going in" And I mean really, from your sig pics it looks she is a very healthy little girl, if she looked like a skinned rabbit you could understand it. ------------- 
 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 8:59am
| I'd be the type to bite to comments like that and tell them to mind their own business lol |
Posted By: Mamma2N
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:27am
same here - could you tell?  
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kebakat wrote:Posted By: xLUCKYx
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 12:36pm
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I had the same problem!! Both my kidlets were lil boobie monsters in the first 2 months and I fed them whenever they wanted which was very frequently in the day time. My whole extended family used to comment 'oh feeding AGAIN, when did you last feed?' and even my DP would ask if my milk was ok. I know for a fact it was fine I just had hungry babies. From about 2 months they both started sleeping through and slowly went down to having 5 feeds a day and now Tane is down to 3.
Your lil girl is cute as a button! Oh I should say I just pretty much ignored anyones comments :) |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:08pm
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I get it here too...but look at James....there is nothing starving about him! I also got it with Tom and it was part of the reason I weaned at 7 months which I dont want to do.
I'm with you though...it pisses me off more than I think it should |
Posted By: whitewave
Date Posted: 31 August 2009 at 10:20pm
| My first thought was your MIL too! Just ignore the comments as best you can, you know what's best for Chelsea! You know that Campbell is just as bad for feeding frequently, I even have thoughts that my milk supply is not enough sometimes! But the wet and dirty nappies keep coming, and he's gaining weight, which is the main thing. |
Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 7:25pm
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Whoops forgot I posted this lol! Yeah MIL is one of the culprits hehe, also one of my friends who is formula feeding, everytime I mention anything her answer is "you should formula feed her" (well meaning of course) but yes will just have to smile and nod and just keep doing what I'm doing (Chelsea has grown heaps and lots of wees and poos lol so she is definitely not starving!)
Glad I'm not the only one too! (But I wish people would let us all get on with it eh!) ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Muz
Date Posted: 02 September 2009 at 7:48pm
I used to get that a lot from my mother with my first two girls, and then again with Dani, the funny thing is that I have had to FF her and the other day mum said - 'are you sure that milk is strong enough?'  I'll have to make sure she isnt tempted to add an extra scoop!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: rachelsea
Date Posted: 03 September 2009 at 8:27am
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Haha, can't win eh Muz!! ------------- DD 4yrs DS 2yrs http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: kellie
Date Posted: 07 September 2009 at 3:21pm
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I had people saying my son needed to be 'topped up' with formula right from the start because he was a big baby. They got proved wrong when he gained 400grams in his first week lol. ------------- 
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