Told to stop breast feeding!! (Not going to.)

[marley2580]

I think you should put in a complaint about her tbh. How many women is she scaring out of breastfeeding with her rubbish. Good for you for sticking to your guns.

 

[masi]

Toria you are doing exactly the right thing, and that HV should be ashamed.

You might remind her if you see her again, that breastfed babies have a completely different growth chart than formula fed babies. BF babies tend to put on the weight, then plateau, where formula fed babies just keep growing at an increasing rate.

Good for you that you didn't listen to her and trusted your instincts!

You're an awesome mommy!

I was going to say something like that. In England the weight, and growth charts that are used are ones based on bottle fed babies. Carry on as you were. Your doing great!!

 

[clairebear]

i would tell the HV to bog off u are doing a great job jack was weighed last week and weighed 9lb 6oz so whats the problem x

 

[Munchkin]

Geez - not sure I would trust anything of what your HV says after a statement like that!

Honestly - I'm not surprised your fuming. You do what you think is right Toria and Bfeeding is definitely the right thing as everyone has agreed.

I have to also say that all babies are different and it just doesn't work comparing all babies to the charts in the little red books.

You go girl!

 

[Linzi]

You're definately doing the right thing hun, and she's not much heavier than Seth... and I think he's only a week older? Take no notice.

xxx

He's 4 days older. What does he weigh? They are so worried because she started off underweight and is now above average. I think their lines are STUPID.

he was 11lbs 5 on thursday gone

xxx

 

[leeanne]

I don't even feed her unless she's so upset I can't distract her away from trying to eat her hand. I really don't know what they expect me to do. I'm trying to do what I think is best. The health visitor really hit a nerve when she said I was going to make her obese. That WILL NOT happen. I can't control it now but I will be able to when she is on solids. For now, she is just a baby and I'm going to let her decide what she wants and when she wants it.

Just can't help feeling down about it.
She doesn't even look fat, just chubby, which I thought was perfectly normal!

She only weighs 1lb9oz more than I did at birth!!

Ridiculous is all I can say!

She's hungry, she eats. Doesn't mean she will be obese. Babies take what they need and that's all there is to it.

 

[Lyns]

I think you shoudl totally trust your instinct hun.....fi you kow that what you are doing for your LO is right....then its right. Believe em thne quality of HV's and midwives in this country is very variable, and I've come across some very wrong attitudes like this.

If you really feel your HV has any point to make at all....check it out with your GP.

And finding a local bf group, led by a bf counsellor or LC is a great idea, as you have contact then with who has the most up to date bf knowledge, which i can promise you most HV's don't! As has already been pointed out they all work off 1950's written charts for bottle fed babies, because the government can't afford to replace them!

BTW, My LO weighed that at 4 weeks.....albeit she was nearly 10lbs when born....and she's still breastfed, at 23lb

 

[x-amy-x]

Hey hun

I've already told you what i think hun, it's absolutely ridiculous. Breastmilk is the best for your baby every health advice states that. I would no way give in as this was a stupid comment made by someone who clearly has never breastfed!

I regret not BFing my LO, don't give up toria. You are doing a fantastic job, so what if she is 11lb 10oz! Some babies are born that weight! What do they suggest happens then? they get starved?

xxx

 

[Tilly]

You know best Toria, they told us we were overfeeding Bethanie too.. don't let them make you feel bad. All Health professionals seem to have a big difference of opinion, you are her mummy and know her and her feeding habits better than anyone.

 

[Mynxie]

sweetie, you're her mum, you know what is right, not some bitch whose telling you what the damn text books she read from say

 

[Baby-Love]

That's ridiculous. Why should you deprive her? Babies love routines and changing it could do her more harm. She doesn't look obese, or close to it. If she was to gain that little extra amount of weight, so what? she'll soon crawl it off. Just continue what you're doing, you're both content..Leave it that way.

 

[kookie]

your doing the right thing what a stupid thing for the nurse to say .

 

[Carley]

Keep breast-feeding, you are doing the best thing for her. I want to bitch slap your HV, report her!!!

 

[Ragirl]

Absolutely do not stop!!! You are absolutely doing the right thing. Many bf babies I see are chunky monkeys with rolls of fat- that's fine! They're babies. And the lose it all once they start running around. Ooooo...I feel a rant coming on. I have heard of docs who have no clue saying that sooo much and it just p's me off. Your baby is NOT obese- she's a healthy, bf baby! What does she want to see..skin and bones????? Do NOT doubt yourself- you have worked too hard to get to where you are- trust your instincts because you know better than any stupid health visitor!!!!

 

[luckyme225]

I can't believe she said that to you, I would have gotten an attitude LOL. Connor weighed 6lbs 5 oz at birth and at 2 months he was about double his birth weight, the doctors and nurses praised me for feeding him good food and fattening him up. Your doing awesome Toria!

 

[mickey]

those health professionals can really talk bollocks, isn't it?

we got Juleika checked by gp last time and where asking gp about her weight, as she dropped down from the percentile she was on before.

gp was asking what we are feeding her, and when she heard solids and besides only breastmilk and water, she said as well, I should stop breastfeeding now!

why is this???

 

[Margerle]

no clue,,, though what you're doing sounds right to me

 

[Munchkin]

I was told this by my GP too when Ryan wouldn't feed (at about 3 weeks) - he told me to 'Put him on the bottle'. Might have had something to do with him being a man.

Had my LC and HV twist his arm to prescribe something to boost my supply - it was a struggle with him though. I think they just told him in a round about manner that he was a muppet! Needless to say I continued for another couple of months as long as poss!

They keep comparing babies to the charts in the red books (Marge - these are babies health record books in the UK) which are for caucasian, bottle fed babies - of which my baby was neither.

 

[mickey]

well, good to know!

LO is only half caucasian and breastfed

 

[Munchkin]

Yeah mines half too - seems to have more non-caucasian genes though.