a more official looking page on how much milk?

[somelady]

(I know pumping stuff used to go in working parents but seems to have been removed so I'm posting here...)

So the daycare manager says she wants to meet with me because she has "nutrition concerns" which I assume is code for "You're not providing as much milk as the other babies drink formula" I would like to have some good sources to give her, but all I've found is the Kellymom page, which is good, but I would have liked something more official looking. I tried the lll page, askdrsears.com and the jack newman page and haven't found anything.

Though the whole thing is ridiculous considering I was bringing home milk 4 days out 5 the last month. (DS is 9 months and loves solids)

Pep talk is also good, I'm really bad at confrontation. I should've asked more questions before I decided on this place.

[PatioGardener]

Sorry I don't have any websites on 'how much milk' for you, but the WHO has great material here: http://www.who.int/nutrition/publica...antfeeding/en/

I'm happy to give you a pep talk!

First of all, is she a certified nutritionist/dietician? If she is then maybe she'll have some interesting information for you and it will be worth hearing her out. Ask for her qualifications in the subject area. If she isn't a nutritionist, then perhaps you can educate her

Second, if your baby is breastfed, eating nutritious solids and gaining well, then you know baby is fine. Does baby nurse on cue at home? Babies can often reverse cycle and feed right through the night. It may just take some education about breastfeeding.

Or you may want to take the "prove to me" tact. You don't have to justify anything. Baby is peeing, pooping and gaining well? Your doctor/midwife/pediatrician is happy. What's the issue?

Good luck - I hope it isn't too stressful.

[somelady]

She's definitely not a nutritionist And I got lucky that we were just at the ped for his 9 month visit. And he is of course fine.

It's just we've already had one round of "no, I'm sure that's enough milk" when he first started. That was at 5.5 months so there was also the "no, I don't want you giving him any cereal" problem. Gah!

Thanks for the pep talk. I soooo did not need to be stressing about this all day.

[PatioGardener]

Ugg - I can understand the extra stress this gives. I hope that the talk goes well. Good luck!

[sundaygirl]

That would drive me crazy! I don't know that I'd have the patience to try to educate her but it would probably be worth it in the long run - maybe prevent this from happening down the road to another momma. I think I'd just let her know that your ped is in the know about how much she's taking in and thinks it's fine. And offer to get a doctor's note to that effect.

[kriket]

Thank goodness you have that DCP to tell you that you aren't making enough milk, because if you were just breastfeeding all day you would have starved that baby by now.




/scarcasm

I would take the nod and smile approach.

[somelady]

So she was pretty friendly considering the whole thing. She was framing it as being afraid they'd get in trouble if they got audited, but I think the guidelines here: http://www.fns.usda.gov/CND/Care/Pro...l_Patterns.htm are pretty clear (see footnote 3) which I did point out to her, but didn't get too far and the fact that he's not eating infant cereal is outside the guidelines (though silly considering he's eating table food), so I'm willing to call the ped for a note. Though I'll be sure to get giving breastmilk past 12 months included so we're not doing this again in 3 months