demand feed or feeding routine!!

[NICCI]

i would just like to say thank u 4 all the replies ladies!! im soooo pissed off!!! ive seen a number of MW since jack has been born and every one of them has told me something different, the only place where i can get consistent advice is on this forum!! i see my health visitor 4 the first time 2moro and to be honest im losing confidence in their advice but ill c what words of wisdom she has 4 me!! xxx

thank u xxx

 

[purple13]

i swear the best advice i've had has been from people on this forum.

i still demand feed connor now and he's almost 6 months old!

try and trust yyour own instincts hon - it gets easier to do with time but FWIW your midwife is talking nonsense!!

 

[Jade&Evie]

Someone's been reading too much Gina Ford...

MATT!

You said the G word!

 

[LisaJ1986]

I still demand feed and Angel is 19 weeks. She doesn't always want feeding every 2 hours but then it could be every half an hour. She won't even take dummies so that wouldn't work with me.
He's only 4 weeks. He'll eat if he's hungry.

 

[keli]

I feed on demand with Cooper and he's BF we feed every 2hrs sometimes less it does feel like he's on the boob all the time but the way i look at it it's not forever. I say sod your MW. As someone has said it'll mess with your supply if baby not feeding when he wants. x

 

[NICCI]

thanks ladies xxxx

 

[Lola's Mummy]

I've still feed Lola on demand and she'll be 1 year old tomorrow

She does sort of her her own little routine that she got herself into though. Just follow your LO's lead

 

[beanie]

I eat when I am hungry, not when the clock tells me so I wouldn't expect my children to. It is actually better for them to set their own feeding pattern, they learn to control their appetite. If your HV knew anything about breastfeeding she would kow that it is harmful on your milk supply to impose a routine on breastfeeding babies, and that it is normal for a breastfed baby to put on a load of weight at the beginning, this tends to slow down as the baby gets older. I personally would not listen to a word your HV says and speak to someone who knows something about breastfeeding like a peer support counseller. Cally piledon the weight, she jumped from 50th centile at birth to the 98th at one point but has settled on the 91st and is no way fat. She sets the pace for her feeding, and you will find that after a while they kinda get their own loose routine where they bfeed for shorter periods which are spaced out more.

 

[charlie84]

As everyone else has said sod the midwife she is talking crap.
I am feeding on demand and Calleigh is nearly 5 months old. She also had great weight gain when a newborn and my HV praised my good work
Your doing great hun

 

[lfc_sarah]

Demand they get into their own little routine within time

 

[clarey]

Hope its going OK, def demand feed, you dont want to upset your supply, its such early days still. Sounds like you are doing a fab job well done hun

 

[beanie]

forgot to say an 11oz gain is amazing, you are doing great hun

 

[Rachael]

Your midwife, however, is talking tosh!

As soon as I read what your Midwife said my thoughts were "What a load of tosh" too.....Good grief does she even have any children?
-I have to agree with everything Beanie said. Feed when baby is telling you he is hungry!
I had the opposite problem with Frankie, she was on the 5th Centile and the Health Visitor suggested I supplement with formula. I politely told her to stick her suggestion....as she was my second I had the confidence to go with my instinct and ignore the silly advice.I KNEW Frankie was doing well and thriving, she is a little Tigger, she is just small,like me!

Just do what you are doing, sounds like you are doing a great job to me!

 

[DebbieM]

Sorry, but WHY would any MW say not to feed on demand a newborn baby? I'm stunned at this.

Luke is 5 1/2 months old and exclusively breastfed on demand. Babies need to be fed when they are hungry.

Did she think the weight gain was too much for a week? If so, she has no idea what she is on about!!!! I cant comment on formula fed babies but BF babies weight gain goes up and down on a weekly basis. Luke had weeks in the early days where he put on up to 13oz a week, then the following week 6oz and is now anything from 3oz to about 6oz in a week.

Keep feeding on demand! Follow your baby's lead and ignore your MW!!!!!! Silly woman she is xxxxxx

 

[MattM]

Someone's been reading too much Gina Ford...

 

[zebrastripes]

I never understand the point of not demand feeding. It's a baby, not a clockwork mouse. Plus a baby's tummy is tiny, it needs food little and often- as breastmilk is easier to digest than formula, it is "obviously" perfectly suited to this...so I can see why some people might want to set feeding routine on formula...but breastfeeding? WTF. Your boobs need to establish the correct give-and-take of milk flow!

I stopped getting W weighed eventually, because as a few months passed she was clearly not underweight or undernourished, yet everytime i was in the clinic, it was,oh she's not gaining. One thing they seem to be forgetting these days....babies...don't...follow...charts!

 

[ASD123456]

Demand feed, as others have said. My HV ( a massive BF advocate, fed her LO till he was 3 ) told me that you can't overfeed a b reastfed baby.

Well done on the gain, that's brilliant!

Alex xxx

 

[maybebaby]

I agree with the other posters, your midwife is a doughnut and you should feed on demand. The weight gain is fantastic, your baby can't put on 'too much' weight! Well done, you should feel so proud of yourself.

 

[NICCI]

i would just like to say thank u 4 all the replies ladies!! im soooo pissed off!!! ive seen a number of MW since jack has been born and every one of them has told me something different, the only place where i can get consistent advice is on this forum!! i see my health visitor 4 the first time 2moro and to be honest im losing confidence in their advice but ill c what words of wisdom she has 4 me!! xxx

thank u xxx

 

[purple13]

i swear the best advice i've had has been from people on this forum.

i still demand feed connor now and he's almost 6 months old!

try and trust yyour own instincts hon - it gets easier to do with time but FWIW your midwife is talking nonsense!!