[Ammaarah]

Just heard about a medpro who told a mama with mastitis that she needs to clean her breasts with alcohol or antibacterial soap to prevent the mastitis from coming back.

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I have PCOS and I had some concerns about initial milk supply (which, luckily, never was an issue.) An OB told me that it would be better to just totally formula feed if I never established a full milk supply, because combo fed babies "just get too fat."

What freaky advice have you heard from medpros?

 

[siobhang]

ped told me to "mix cereal into his formula" at my baby's 4 month appointment. When I said I was still breastfeeding, he looked shocked and said "Oh, well I guess you could pump and give him cereal in breastmilk."

Oh, this ped is an allergy specialist.

 

[JeDeeLenae]

I haven't heard any nonsence from a doc, but my mom says her Dr said her milk was no good because what she leaked was too thin and watery to be any good for her babies. But, wasn't that just foremilk that they were seeing?

 

[hapi2help]

Ask me tomorrow....

I go to my ds dr for his one year. My dr is new to me so ....."we'll see!!!"

Praying for a good visit.....but expecting some dumb comments.

 

[Clarinet]

At four months, my daughter's doctor told me to stop feeding her at night. I lied at the 6 months and 9 months appointments and told the doctor she was sleeping through the night when in reality, she's now close to 13 months and still up every few hours.

 

[ABand3]

At one appointment, the dr asked how much I was feeding (as in oz per day). I said I don't really know, I'm breastfeeding and my boobs don't have oz marked on them.

At a recent pediatric dentist visit, the dentist blamed my son's dental caries on nighttime bf...and was speechless when I asked him why my other son, who actually bf'd longer, had no caries.

When I was interviewing peds before the birth of DS1, I had one dr tell me proudly that 'I'm not one of those bf nazis' -good to know, thanks, I won't be choosing you!

 

[nakagain]

I had a DR. at 1 baby visit week telling me I was feeding my baby too much and not to feed her but every 4 hours and only on one side to prevent infection. I started arguing with him and he said I guess its all a matter of opinion.
I filed a report on him and the medicaid lady was fortunantly very pro breastfeeding and she was outraged and apparently he was suppossed to take a lacation class....lol I never went back to that guy again.
I also wrote him a letter telling him the dangers of the kind of advice he gve me with AAP, WHO and other references.

 

[Awaken]

hapi2help- I hope you are pleasantly surprised by the ped's reaction!

A fellow dietitian stopped bf'ing at 8 mos because she got a stomach virus and the ped told her she would pass it to the baby so she needed to wean. I was so happy when we both had newborns and were just back at work and we were the only 2 pumping- it was a shame that she ended it so early when she really didn't need to. (and her being a health professional as well, you'd think she'd research things!)

A nurse at my job said she'd never bf because her breasts were so small the baby would starve (meanwhile, I was nursing my 13 mo old with my then double A size breasts!)

My friend's ped practically forced her to feed her dd formula because she was 'only' gaining 1 oz/day and in the 50th percentile- that wasn't good enough weight gain and they were all scared that the baby wasn't growing adequately! She weaned soon after, no surprise.

 

[Sagesgirl]

"She hasn't gained enough weight, you need to make her nurse longer." From the nighttime nurse in the hospital after DD#2 was born.

"You're probably having problems nursing her because your breasts are so big and it's just a lot of weight on her chin." From the nighttime nurse after DD#1 was born. Because, of course, the bottle of formula they slipped her in the observation nursery had nothing to do with it.

I have also been told I "might as well" wean Linda because nursing doesn't do any good past one year. Obviously, that particular doctor assumed I took his advice, because he didn't bring it up at the next appointment.

(Normally I avoid well-child visits, but I do vax, albeit on a delayed schedule, and for some reason here they won't give vaxes without a well-child visit.) Of course, this is the same dolt who separately asked me if total strangers could understand eldest DD's speech not thirty seconds after having a conversation with her. Scares me how many idiots get to be doctors.

I did, however, feel sorry for the poor corpsman at Linda's 48-hour checkup as a newborn, who had a stack of papers he had to fill out, and no clue how to fit "I look at the baby, not the clock" into the spaces where it asked how long I breastfeed on each side, and how often. My answers were praised by the doctor, but the Navy must have its paperwork.

 

[JeDeeLenae]

Quote:

"You're probably having problems nursing her because your breasts are so big and it's just a lot of weight on her chin." From the nighttime nurse after DD#1 was born. Because, of course, the bottle of formula they slipped her in the observation nursery had nothing to do with it.

The nerve of people... I would have smacked her with one of my heavy breasts.

 

[siobhang]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sagesgirl I did, however, feel sorry for the poor corpsman at Linda's 48-hour checkup as a newborn, who had a stack of papers he had to fill out, and no clue how to fit "I look at the baby, not the clock" into the spaces where it asked how long I breastfeed on each side, and how often. My answers were praised by the doctor, but the Navy must have its paperwork.

heh, I had the same problem with the poor residents at ds1's well baby checks. We were at a teaching hospital and they had NO clue what "whenever he is hungry" translated to on their forms. When one brought it up with the dr, the doc replied "well, of course! Stupid form. Just write down 'on demand'. "

Siobhan

 

[snowbunny]

My favorite is the docs who consistently give antibiotics for THRUSH! And then, when that doesn't work, suggest weaning to give mom a break.

 

[Clarinet]

Quote:

Originally Posted by JeDeeLenae The nerve of people... I would have smacked her with one of my heavy breasts.

: Oh, my!

 

[Fiestabeth]

I recently had a ped tell me that I needed to quit bfing dd at night because it was bad for her teeth, but that it would be fine to put a bottle or sippy cup of water or juice near her in the crib?!?! I of course didn't jump in to say, "What crib?"

 

[moonfirefaery]

I was told breastmilk has no nutritional value or other benefits after age one. I was tempted to tell her off and laugh in her face, but I just nodded and smiled.

 

[jeanine123]

Ai yi yi, where to start??

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Mom who had recurrent mastitis (I think second or third time in about 2mos). Her OB told her it was her body's way of telling her not to breastfeed anymore. Baby was about 3mo at the time.

Figures, drawing a blank right now. The stupid peds round of questions must have run it's course for now. I'm sure it'll be back again though.

 

[jeanine123]

Remembered another one. DS's (former) speech therapist tried to tell me the fact that he still nursed for all of 2 min a day at 2.5yo was the cause of his speech delay. I was nice, I asked her for her references, she mailed them to me,and I picked them apart piece by piece and mailed her back a letter telling her she's an idiot and here's the research that says why she's an idiot. Oh, and by the way, we're not coming back. SHe tried to equate chronic thumb sucking (which son never did) with extended nursing. Son started talking quite a bit after we ditched therapy.

 

[JeDeeLenae]

My ped said, at 9 mos, to wean DS or he'd never sleep through the night. He also said to just let him cry himself to sleep in his crib, "even though it seems cruel." I was so glad I knew better at that point.

 

[sapphire_chan]

Quote:

Originally Posted by siobhang ped told me to "mix cereal into his formula" at my baby's 4 month appointment. When I said I was still breastfeeding, he looked shocked and said "Oh, well I guess you could pump and give him cereal in breastmilk." Oh, this ped is an allergy specialist.

And no wonder, with that sort of advice he probably gets *tons* of practice working with infant allergies.

 

[tufted]

i was recently told that bm isn't calorific enough for a four month old, and then told that she better see dd on grains, fruit and veg by six months. she made it sound like a threat.

dd is consistently getting higher in the % chart too, so the pedi's tone was even more ridiculous.

basically i was told - "your baby is growing, but your milk is not sufficient."