When i arrived home last saturday that i learned my sister has stopped breastfeeding her 5 months old boy. And worst, her milk is receding too. It's not just happened recently but when the boy was 3 and half months old. She is a working mum just like me and when she delivered this second baby she started to actively pumping her milk, stored and gave to the baby when he needed.
Basically it was done to ensure that the baby got full benefits through mummy's milk. And also to train the kids with bottle once she returned to work. It goes on as planned. When she was at school, the pengasuh or my mum will feed the baby by using the bottle. But it's still mommy's milk. When she returned from work, she will feed the baby directly. And keep on pumping the milk for storage.
Knowing herself, she worried that her milk will not last long. So, when the baby reached 3 months, she started giving the baby formula milk. But she still mixed it with her milk. But, more with her milk la..
She was still feeding the baby directly, pumping and feeding the baby with her milk with bottle when she's at work as well as mixing with formula milk. One day, the baby didn't want to be fed directly. He preferred the bottle. When my sister tried to feed him, he refused but when she pumped the milk and put into the bottle, he will drink it. It was sad btw but how to force a small innocent baby.
When my sister asked the nurse, she said, maybe because the boy didn't like the real nipple and prefer the teats from the bottle. That's answer the question. And as we all know, mommy's milk will recede once the baby stopped feeding. And sadly, now her milk is i can say gone, empty, and the baby keep on feeding with formula milk. And he's not 6 months yet.
Every night, instead of just lifting up the tops to feed the baby, she has to wake up 3 to 4 times a night to prepare the milk for her baby.
This is her firs time that she actively pumping and giving her milk with bottle when she's at work. She didn't do this for the first child. Ironically the first child was fed until he was 2 years old. So, what my sister advises me is, you can pump the milk, but make sure the baby doesn't like the teats more than the nipple, because once he refused to be fed, that's it. Feed the baby directly as much as possible without using the bottle.
Well. i think everyone's experience is different. But this one, i can learn from it too.
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just nak share my experience sayda.
during the first 14 days of my confinement, i had difficulty getting my baby to latch on properly during bf. What i did was, i pumped the breast milk and used it at night. Memang senang la just sumbat guna botol tp that made me think "macam mane nanti kalau dia suka botol dari direct feeding??" . After two nights of pumping and bottle feeding, I finally stopped doing that.
For me, everything is a process of learning for both me and Naufal. Kalau x ajar sekarang, sampai bila dia takkan pandai kan? memang awal2 agak stressful since this is my first time (of coz la kan hehe). tp berkat kesabaran, alhamdulillah..things get better nowadays. I did a lot of readings bout how to bf successfully and unsurprisingly, I manage!
wht happened to yr sis mmg agak menyedihkan, sbb kita nak yg terbaik utk our baby kan..insyaAllah, ape yang berlaku ada hikmahnya.
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