Okay formula feeders, how do we comfort baby?

[Bunnikins]

I breastfed for 4 months until I got ill and lost my milk, and now she is fully ff and loving it.

Only trouble is, the boob is the only comfort she knows. When she is ill or generally miserable or needy... Out comes the boob. It's weird, I dunno whether I should still be doing this when it's not for food! (I think she maybe gets a few drops out, but nothing enough to feed..)

I dunno how else to comfort though?? How do other formula mums do it?? She won't have dummies I've tried that. Any ex breastfeeders still comfort "feed" or am I just odd??

I feel I ought to stop but she loves it! She's been ill this week so doing it 4 or 5 times a day! I need to stop to get cycles back so I can ttc her sibling

 

[Lissidoll123]

We ff and I just rock lo or sing a nursery rhyme, stroke her head..... Just anything really! She likes being thrown over my shoulder and me rubbing her back, she normally drops off to sleep every time like that! I guess each baby is different though! X

 

[080509]

We just rock/cuddle etc, he does take a dummy though so that aspect of it is easy for us, but he didn't take a dummy until he was around 3 months (we stopped BF at 2 weeks) so until then we just rocked/paced the room with him to get him to sleep xx

 

[Bunnikins]

When I rub her head she yanks my hand and pushes it away! And when I cuddle she wiggles like a worm.

 

[fides]

my son loved to suck on my pinky finger at that age.

 

[socitycourty]

rocking, shushing, patting, rubbing her forehead, singing, etc.

she has no idea what to do with the boob now, I tried it a couple months ago in desperation, it made her even more pissed LOL

 

[Porcelain]

One of mine is a wiggle worm and can't be bothered to cuddle when he's upset. They don't really like to be comforted by song or reading, either. They liked to be patted like they're being burped- they don't like a light hand, but a pretty firm hand... then they settle down and if it was sleep they were fighting, fall asleep.

 

[AmandaBaby]

Try a different brand of dummy. When my LO was BF my supply was low so she would always want to be on the boob for comfort and to just keep feeding that she wouldnt take one. As soon as I changed to formula though I tried her on a different brand and now she loves it. I don't know if it was just the formula change or the dummy change but I havent gone back to the original one and so far everythings all good

 

[mommy0629]

I agree with the above poster, try a different brand of pacifier. My lo still only likes the "Soothie" newborn ones.

 

[Chezzz]

Cuddles and a dummy. He hates being rocked but loves his dum dums lol! Xx

 

[BrittasticTX]

It is possible to "re-lactate," if its something you're interested in. If you let her keep up the comfort nursing, you might actually get your milk back!

 

[ktod]

I found out when I stopped BF that I used to just give him the boob for everything unnecessarily. Basically anytime he fussed or cried I popped a boob in his mouth to make him quiet. Once I stopped BF I realised there are lots of ways to settle LO. It's just not as instant as putting the boob in his mouth but it only takes a few minutes to calm him. His favourite thing is just being carried around and shown things, he loves looking out the window while I explain what everything is to him. And going outside as well, he gets mesmerised LOL

 

[mandimoo]

Ahhh, I was happy to read your post. I tried so hard to breastfeed, but we encountered several problems along the way and are now FF. I have often wondered if I was being weird for wanting to still offer my breast for comfort. Now I know Im not... or at least not alone LOL! ;o)

 

[Damita]

Cuddles, shh shh pat pat, rocking, twinkle twinkle, dummy