Check out this super breastfeeding advice from Enfamil - Page 2

[noeonend]

could someone pleasae hijack the company's website, and correct the "info?"

[jessjgh1]

Or just hijack the website entirely (just kidding of course).

Jessica

[jillc512]

Originally Posted by Attached2Elijah

I just want to say.... reading this post made me so incredibly HAPPY! Not because of the 1st post but because so many people said that their baby was satisfied after only nursing for maybe 5 minutes on each breast.... I just had my daughter 4 months ago (I didn't BF my son but pumped with him...long story,not enough education) and back when she was first born, she nursed AT MOST for 10 minutes and that was with me forcing her back on because I was told she had to nurse for ATLEAST 15 minutes on each breast by everyone I encountered, including the Lactation consultant. I simply hated breastfeeding her because I thought that she wasn't getting enough (she's small too) and in the last couple months she started nursing at most 5 minutes on each breast... I was worried to death but have just recently started listening to her instead of everyone else and sure enough, our breastfeeding relationship is SOOOOO much better now. I actually enjoy it now because it's not ended by screaming anymore, it's ended with a happy, satisfied baby... but seeing that my baby is not the only one that is a very fast nurser makes me feel so much better. She's small and she's a fast nurser but she is definitely healthy!!!! Thank you so much!!!!!

This points out that the advice is bad both for slow nursers AND fast nursers (so, pretty much all babies except those who actually nurse exactly fifteen minutes on each side). Both of my DC were/are snackers -- 5-10 min max, every 1-2 hours when they were tiny. With my first, I was also concerned that he wouldn't nurse longer (I'd actually try to keep him awake -- what was I thinking??). Please, oh please, tell me that no women get their BF advice from formula companies : .

[Nisupulla]

Originally Posted by Penelope

Their advice totally doesn't take supply and demand into account. It's exactly what I'd expect from a formula company: give bottle-feeding-oriented breastfeeding advice that depends on arbitrary measurements like ounces (oh, wait) or minutes. Not cues from the baby, which are so much more important.

This is sooo what I was thinking.

If you unknowingly go to a formula site disguised as a real site, you know verybestbaby etc, the pointers for breastfeeding really seem plausible, but when you compare it to say, LLL, it's apples and oranges.

[Ammaarah]

Originally Posted by jillc512

Please, oh please, tell me that no women get their BF advice from formula companies : .

I have seen a couple women at other forums post stuff like, "The BF advice I got in the formula bag was better than what I got from the lactation consultant." And they weren't being ironic. Sad on a couple levels!

We need to remember that to some women, these formula bags and "advice packets" and coupons are really considered GIFTS. Of course, they know it is advertising but they also think it's really nice of Enfamil or Nestle or whoever. 'Cause the bags are soooooo cool! :

[jaidymama]

Seriously though... Has anybody considered writing to them? I don't mean to sound obtuse here, but perhaps they could stand to be enlightened?

Here's a different version of the same question... thankfully there's a better answer:

http://www.kellymom.com/bf/supply/enough-milk.html

[mommykmm]

Originally Posted by jillc512

Please, oh please, tell me that no women get their BF advice from formula companies : .

When I teach my bf classes I warn them not to. I usually say something like: "Be sure you get your breastfeeding information from an unbiased source -- one that doesn't have a vested interest in you not suceeding with breastfeeding exclusively or at all." Sometime I also throw in: "Hospitals wouldn't hire Phillip Morris to run their smoking cessation programs, so why should you look to an infant formula manfacturer to tell you how to breastfeed?"

[brandimn6217]

That's crazy! My son would nurse for about 45-60 minutes when he was first born (I totally let him pacify! ) and when he was about 4-5 months old we would fall asleep nursing every evening and he would nurse for 2-3 hours while we slept. There were also periods when he would nurse all night. Now, at 10 1/2 months, he nurses about 30 minutes on and off in the morning and MAYBE another 30 minutes throughout the day. I know he gets enough because he gulps it all down. This advice from the formula company is just pushing their special interest. The part that makes me sad is that I heard the same information from 2-3 different lactation consultants. That's worse than hearing it from formula companies.