Setting a timer while nursing.

[Belle]

My dh flew to Colorado recently to visit with his sister who had her second ds in December. I expected that he would come back saying that we needed to raise our dd like she raises her kids because he respects her opinions.

Nope, He was horrified. He says she never picks up her baby, he sits in his bouncy chair or swing all the time. She's got him on a strict three hour schedule and she sets a timer while nursing. My dh was showing her how to put him in the sling that we gave her as a gift. She said "he doesn't look comfortable in there" My dh said "looks like a contented baby to me" She says she doesn't believe in nipple confusion, but she gave her ds a bottle with a tiny nipple that he was having trouble eating from. Also my dh was amused by her trying to drape a giant blanket over both her ds and herself while trying to BF in her own house. He tried to reassure her that he'd seen it all in regards to nursing, and she needn't be concerned about nursing in his presence. (We have an acrobatic toddler)

I don't really have a question or anything, I was just impressed that my husband knows more about breastfeeding than his sister. Also that setting a timer while nursing has been in my mind ever since he told me that. That really bothers me.

[taz925]

Good for your DH. I would be proud of him too!

The timer during nursing probably came from the ped or nurses. They seem to think that will avoid soreness because if you let them nurse as long as they want, you will get sore because they will nurse all the time. When in reality, I am sure you know, the baby is getting that wonderful colostrum and putting in the request for milk. It is really all about supply and demand, there needs to be a baby nursing properly to really establish a good milk supply.

I hate when I see someone say the baby is not hungry when the child is clearly rooting. Baby does not live by the clock like we do. Baby only knows it needs you.

Doreen

[Girl Named Sandoz]

LLL advises against any kind of schedule, time-table etc. while nursing.

Nursing on demand is the only way to fully ensure adequate nutrition, and adequate supply.

Strict timetables are known to lead to inadequate supply issues as well as in severe cases (i.e. Ezzo) to malnutrition in infants.

[memory maker]

a friends mom told me that was why my ds was gassy. "you are only supposed to nurse for 10 minutes on each side and then he wont be" is what she told me. However I have an overactive letdown. If I only nursed him on each side for 10 minutes he would probably have only gotten foremilk, which would have made him gassier

[nonconformnmom]

A timer during nursing? That's weird.





(Laughing because of my sig )

[wannabe]

I can top that - how about timed feeds foolowed by timed pumping to counteract the timed feed.

Madness

[quaz]

No timer here, but I actually did have to eventually put a limit on the time nursing...

Dd is one of these kids that does NOT unlatch. I read all this things about how the baby will unlatch when done... Ummmm, Huh?? Always shocked me when I saw a baby/child actually unlatch. Only time dd unlatches is if she is passed out in a compatose sleep, and then only 10-20% of the time....the rest of the time she will stay latched. She is 2 years now, and actually currently latched on sleeping as I type this.

In general, though.... the timed nursing...:


Tammy

[Belle]

Originally Posted by quaz

No timer here, but I actually did have to eventually put a limit on the time nursing...

Dd is one of these kids that does NOT unlatch. I read all this things about how the baby will unlatch when done... Ummmm, Huh?? Always shocked me when I saw a baby/child actually unlatch. Only time dd unlatches is if she is passed out in a compatose sleep, and then only 10-20% of the time....the rest of the time she will stay latched. She is 2 years now, and actually currently latched on sleeping as I type this.

In general, though.... the timed nursing...:


Tammy

But you could tell by watching your child when she was done. Her baby was still nursing and the timer dinged and she burped him and stopped nursing. He cried afterwards cause he was still hungry.

I can top that - how about timed feeds foolowed by timed pumping to counteract the timed feed.

Some people.

[amyers]

the nurses at the hospital were worried about DD being too small. They had me time her feedings to make sure she was getting enough. If she only ate for five minutes, they wanted me to make her continue. Usually that meant heroic efforts to wake her. . .

The doc looked at us funny when we said we were waking her if she hadn't eaten at least every three hours.

That's when I decided to just let her do what she wants. She's still fine. .

Anyway, it sounds like your sil has a different situation . . . Just wanted to share my "timer for nursing" story.

Ang