Questions tagged [breastfeeding]
Breastfeeding, breast milk, lactation, the infant's needs, the mother's needs, pumping, storing/freezing, effects on immune system, and more. See also the tags [feeding] and [eating].
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6 month baby. Breast to bottle
I am struggling to transition from breast to bottle. He just won't take the bottle. I've tried different flows, different bottles, and given him to different people for feeding. Nothing seems to work. ...
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Yogurt-like substance in bottle of breast milk
My wife has been expressing breast milk for our two-week-old daughter. The other day, I pulled a bottle of breast milk from the fridge and noticed that it had a thick (maybe half an inch) layer of ...
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How long is breastfeeding effective and worthwhile?
I realize that this question can have many personal or subjective viewpoints, so the answer I'm looking for is what the best-known data shows us from two perspectives:
Is there an average ...
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Can a breastfed baby be affected by what mother eats or does even if the mother doesn't show any symptoms of herself being affected?
Can a breastfed baby be effected by what mother eats or does even if the mother doesn't show any symptoms of herself being effected?
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Can the baby get gas due to the food that mother eats, ...
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Does working out affect breast-feeding?
I am wondering if working out will affect the milk production of a mama. Is it only intense working out that affects milk or any kind of exercise? What should moms be watching out for when trying to ...
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Can newborn get used to falling asleep on the breast?
My baby is 5 weeks old. My wife likes to breastfeed and then let him fall asleep on her breast, anywhere from 20 - 30 minutes after.
Would he get used to falling asleep on the breast? To the point ...
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Ok to mix breast milk with water?
Our 2 month old breast feeds 90% of the time, but if my wife is away we will use pumped breast milk from a bottle. The other day my wife was out and we only had 1.5 oz of defrosted breast milk. Our ...
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Is breastfeeding success possible when baby has "bubble palate"?
I am having trouble breastfeeding my fourth baby. I have successfully breastfed two of my other three kids, so I am confident that my technique is not to blame. To confirm this I saw a lactation ...
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If I take frozen breast milk and thaw in the fridge, then take it out to warm up on the counter, how long will it last?
I know once breast milk is warmed up you need to use it within 2 hours but also know that is with you actually warming it up in hot water. So far I can't find anything about letting it gradually warm ...
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Can pacifier-use interfere with breastfeeding?
I don't really want my newborn to use the pacifier because I'm afraid it will interfere with breastfeeding. The first week I'd nurse her for an hour to an hour and a half - basically until she was ...
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Can comfort nursing become a problem?
I practice comfort nursing with my baby and at this point I wonder if it’s becoming his sleep association and possibly contributing to his unwillingness to fall asleep without the breast.
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Breastfeeding but periods have started after 2 months. What's going on inside the body?
I'm curious to know I have periods just after a month of C-section. I'm fully breastfeeding my baby. Now he's 2.5 months old. Does periods happening decrease the production of breast-milk?
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What can I do if my 4-month-old baby didn't get enough milk while breastfeeding?
I'm a new mummy and my four-month-old son doesn't get enough breast milk. I weigh him before and after breastfeeding, and found out that he gets only 1-2 oz every 4 hours. He didn't gain that much ...
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Should I wake my infant to feed?
My two month old son is overweight according to our pediatrician (6.1kg/13.5 lb), and the pediatrician advised us to give him 4 ounces of milk every 2 hours in order to manage his weight.
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Breastfeeding for 3-5 minutes and feeds every hour
So my son is 3 months old and the most he breast feeds at a time is 5-6 minutes, then he falls asleep or unlatches. And he’ll feed every hour or hour and a half. He’s been gaining weight, has plenty ...
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Weaning off Tube Feeding
Sorry if this has already been asked. I'd like to research more but this is somewhat time sensitive.
We're trying to get our precious newborn weaned off of syringe tube feeding. It's been the "...
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How to wean a 2 year old off breastfeeding?
What steps can I take to wean my 2 year old daughter off breastfeeding? She is just now starting to sleep through the night, but we still nurse multiple times throughout the day and up until only a ...
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How to prevent baby falling asleep at breast and keep asleep at bassinet [duplicate]
We have a newborn baby girl, and she keeps falling asleep at the breast during feeding. This makes the feeding session super long, because we constantly have to try to find ways to wake her so she ...
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Best practices for supplementing with formula for a tired mom
Before I get into the question I'll mention that I fully understand the benefits of breastfeeding, and my wife and I do intend to attempt to breastfeed, hopefully as much as we can.
However, with the ...
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How old is too old for a mother to allow her son to hold her nipples, "check for milk," or otherwise soothe on her breast?
My 7 year old son recently told me that he and his mother (we've been separated for a few months) check to see if she is still producing milk every now and then. In an effort not to sound alarmed I ...
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Why does my child squirm so much while bottle feeding?
She used to be fairly intent and placated by feeding (she's 6 months now). About two weeks ago she started squirming around quite a bit while drinking from her bottle. She arches her back and moves ...
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Are there any studies about effects of microwave ovens on human breast milk?
With all due respect to passionate parents who type in caps "NEVER HEAT MILK IN MICROWAVE" is there any verifiable scientific study on how bad it is to heat refrigerated milk for 15-20 seconds?
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1 year old baby won't eat in day, drinks milk all night
My baby boy is almost a year old and most of the time doesn't want to eat his food. He occasionally has a good meal but most of the time just messes around, throwing food on the floor, spitting out ...
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Why would my 9-week-old refuse to nurse from breast?
My 9-week-old has recently started to refuse to nurse from the breast. She will only eat from the bottle (pumped breastmilk).
She has successfully breastfed since birth, she also uses the bottle ...
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Is it normal for a 3-month-old to eat every 1.5 to 2 hours per night?
I had issues with breastfeeding my now 3-month-old since day one. I had almost no milk and had to start topping up with formula. I tried to increase my production with fenugreek and pumping. Now I am ...
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How to wean a 1-year-old of breastfeeding, especially night feeds?
I have a nearly 1-year-old boy who is currently enjoying solids a lot. He'll normally eat all of his dinner, which is whatever we are having, and a lot of the time he'll also finish his big brother's ...
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Is it okay to pause breastfeeding a 6-week-old for 24 hours?
My wife is breastfeeding our 6-week-old baby. She has to make a trip overseas for 24 hours and cannot bring the baby due to passport issues.
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What to do about my 11-month-old refusing all types of fluid including breast milk?
My child is one in July. He was brilliantly breastfeeding since birth, exclusively, up until 3 weeks ago, when he started biting. I said no and pulled away. He would cry and I would eventually give in....
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Is getting an oval nipple from breastfeeding indicative of a problem?
Our baby was born last week and my partner is struggling with soreness from breastfeeding. One thing we have noticed is that the nipple (not the areola) is left out of shape post-feeding; it's oval ...
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Is it ok if my 15-month-old son stops breastfeeding by himself?
My 1 year and 3 months old baby suddenly has stopped breastfeeding at night. I have tried to feed him several times but he is not interested. He is eating solid food but not interested in the breast ...
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Is it better to introduce formula while my daughter is still drinking breast milk? If so, how gradually should it be introduced?
My wife was fortunate enough to produce a lot of breast milk (enough to feed our 7-month-old daughter and also pump a significant amount, which we froze). In the first few months of our daughter's ...
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How do I avoid cracked nipples?
Getting chapped and cracked nipples can be a problem for lactating moms. Sometimes it may be somewhat inevitable, but what are some of the things one can do to avoid the problem in the first place?
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Is it safe to breastfeed an infant while being pregnant?
If a mother gets pregnant within 2 months of a newborn, and wants to continue breastfeeding then what precautions she should take during the later trimesters? Will the newborn or the foetus be ...
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Now that I'm working, my milk production can't keep up - What can I do to increase it?
I have returned to work after 8 weeks post-natal (I am now at 10 weeks) and although I pump with a top of the line electric pump, I am just not producing quite enough to keep up with my infant's ...
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Extremely fussy and refusing to sleep 12-week-old
My 12-week-old daughter has practically refused to nap during last two days. She is unusually agitated and wants to suck almost all the time. Is something wrong with her?
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How to make an infant stop biting the nipple when breastfeeding?
My seven-month-old son has started to bite his mother's breast nipple when she's breastfeeding him. Any ideas on how to make it stop?
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How to resolve blocked milk ducts after weaning
Our 1-year-old has been weaned off breast milk for a little over a week now, which was completely her doing. My wife has been dealing with the engorgement since then, which she says has subsided. ...
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Giving expressed breast milk at the same time of day that it was expressed
My partner believes that it is beneficial for our baby to be given expressed breast milk at the same time of day that the milk was expressed, e.g. breastmilk expressed in the evening would ideally be ...
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What are ways that I can donate my extra breastmilk?
I am an overproducer which is a blessing and a curse. Has anyone had any experience donating breastmilk? What are the different types of milk donation programs and organizations?
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What would be the appropriate time and duration to perform Kangaroo care?
What would be the appropriate time and duration to perform Kangaroo care (in which baby is supposed to make skin to skin contact) in order to increase breast milk?
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Is blood from an injured nipple harmful to the child?
Nipples sometimes bleed, and some of that blood can be sucked by a child.
Is it harmful to the child?
What effects can it have?
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When should I start using my frozen stash of breastmilk?
I am not sure when I should start using my freezer stash... I am an over producer and am pumping more milk than my baby is consuming, so while I am at work I leave bottles of fresh milk for him and ...
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What can cause colic on dairy formula and not on breastmilk?
My 9 day old daughter is experiencing severe colic. The crying and leg stretching usually starts 20 minutes after the bottle with diary formula is finished. It takes around 2 hours after symptoms ...
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How long does breastmilk last if it was in the refrigerator then left out for close to 2 hours and put back in the refrigerator?
I keep my milk in storage bags. I also put the storage bags in a tubberware in the refrigerator. I was tired and forgot the tubberware full of my breastmilk supply on the counter for an hour and a ...
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How long does breast milk last after taken from the fridge?
There's a lot of information available about how long pumped breast milk can be kept for, generally citing different temperature ranges.
From the CDC (though the same reference is also cited by the ...
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When pumping breast milk, can I reuse the bottle after feeding without sterilizing?
I've read different things online about this.
I pump breastmilk to feed to my little one. I'm currently boiling the pump bottle and the feeding bottle everyday at the start of the day, but if I use ...
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How to preserve the daily extracted breast milk in freezer for a long time?
Baby won't be with me for around 15 days.
Is it is safe to add fresh breast milk to already frozen breast milk?
If not, then how to preserve the daily extracted breast milk in freezer for a long time ...
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If an establishment allows breastfeeding, but not outside drinks (juice, etc.), is bottled breastmilk an exception? [closed]
I'm visiting an indoor kids park (trampolines, slides, etc.) with a "no outside drink" policy.
I understand the reason for the policy is to up sell, and while my toddler son can drink their (cow) ...
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Should breastmilk be discarded if mold was found in the breast pump filter?
We just found out that the filter in our Medela breast pump filter has some mold in it. We have pumped and stored about 5 bottles of milk with that filter. Should we throw the milk away?
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Is it safe to put the milk left after feeding in the fridge for the next feed?
We use bottle to feed the infant with formula/breast milk.
Considering: https://parenting.stackexchange.com/a/8404/2221
Discard any infant formula remaining after a feeding. The mixture of ...