High need baby support thread

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Does this sound like your baby?

1. Feeds frequently daytime
2. Feeds frequently nighttime
3. Needs to be constantly held
4. Wont sleep alone
5. Hates the car seat/pram
6. Short naps

If so - join the club! :)

tickleme63 Old advice, based on nothing old theories. Not unreasonable to say it as it was the advice for a loooong time but perhaps rather out of his/her range of things he should be "advising" on if s/he's not making it his/her business to keep up to date.

At the risk of sounding like I have a very limited range of suggestions in my portfolio, I (yet again) highly recommend this book:

www.pinterandmartin.com/product/Complementary_Feeding%3A_Nutrition,_Culture_and_Politics_978-1-905177-42-4

It's the most up to date book on weaning and the requirements of the infant as they move from 100% milk towards solids, by the (I'm not worthy to mention her name) fabulous Gabrielle Palmer (author of The Politics of Breastfeeding).

VVV exciting day for me. I'm leaving work (hurrah!) and becoming a full time mum & breastfeeding volunteer .

(Last day in the office today, other than the odd day to go back in and help a bit, I mean).

That's so exciting occ!! :-D. DP and I have been talking lots about how we might be able to do the same, and me not go back to work when my mat leave finishes. It's going to be tricky though, as I'm currently the higher earner, so I'm sure how, or if, we can make it work. I'm hoping to go back pregnant so I can get another year's maternity out of them

I'm really excited for you, a new chapter!

Wow that's great OCC! How exciting! Enjoy your last day.

Will check out that book, and the Politics of Breastfeeding one, finding all this breastfeeding stuff rather fascinating at the moment :)

Mam Glad your day went well lady.

Not a bad night here, except for the dodgy takeaway we got making me feel nauseas all night long. Ugh. Trying to get the little one to nap at the moment - he seems to have woken up very tired this morning, bless. Perhaps it was the excitement of meeting Santa yesterday :)

tickle sure it was the takeaway? . Just sayin'... took me 3 months to work out what my "random nausea" was (duh).

Gosh, if you've not read The Politics of Breastfeeding - well - you must :). It's one of the most eye-opening books I've ever read and is a huge part of the passion that I have for infant feeding support.

Jen ours has been up and down - sometimes more him, sometimes more me, because both of us are essentially self employed but at the moment he's working full time and I was part time, but the childcare costs were almost as much as I was earning. No point, and I might as well take on some of the things that DH does to take pressure off him (and stop him having to outsource some stuff).

Plus I'm far more interested in milk than what I do on my work days .

OCC

Fortunately (unfortunately for DH) I'm 100% sure that's not the problem...

Have asked Hubby for those 2 books for Xmas :) He even suggested that I do the BF peer supporter training that takes place at his work. Maybe one day :)

Ooh that book is available on kindle - I'll download it, easier to read when pinned down by a napping baby or in the dark after his bedtime!

Hang on, tickle, your husband has peer support training in his workplace? What kind of a god is he a fabulous place does he work for?

Peer support training is ace! Do it!

Jan that makes me remember a friend who is a huge gadget fan. He looked at my Kindle and said something like it's nice, clear text, easy to read and he could really now see the point of an e-book. Only problem is that there's no light to read in the dark. My DH pointed out that it was unlikely that any of his books came with a back light too .

Ah! I actually use the kindle app on my phone, so backlight included! It is really handy for one handed reading in the dark! I actually love having real books but I've found since having DS it's much easier to use the phone.

So, back from the gp's again. Got another carrier bag full of medication for ds

He's now got a stronger steroid for when it's really bad (ie now), oilatum for his bath and piriton for when its very itchy. Also eye drops as he's managed to pick up conjunctivitis. That's all in addition to his milk, omeprazole, gaviscon and domperidone. Oh, and his normal steroid and doublebase cream.

It's getting embarrassing, the number of times a week I go to the pharmacy!

Hope everyone has a good day today

I loved Politics of BF. I'd always known nestle were evil, but never knew exactly how evil til I read that book.

I'd be interested in doing a peer supporter course. I find the whole thing fascinating. How would I go about it OCC?

Button That's quite the cocktail :( I hope your little man's skin begins to feel better soon!

OCC He works for a charity organisation that does a whole lot of work in the local community - he works in the various childrens centres it runs. Not sure of the rules on naming it, but can PM you if you're at all curious :) I have just asked him if there is any training coming up soon - I missed the last lot because I'm a wuss very shy, but am trying to reinvent myself a little bit...

I've given up on the Cetraben the GP prescribed for DS - it doesn't seem to be helping his itchiness at all and it almost seems like he is worse after bathing in it.

Going to give Aveeno a go, bought it a while ago but stopped using it when the GP gave us the other stuff.

button :( Hope this gets on top of things. Poor bubs and you :(

queen lots of ways! NCT, LLL and ABM all do them (although called different things) and if you have a peer support group nearby such as Little Angels, they will too.

tickle not something I've ever suffered from but I can tell you that all the BFing groups/training/conferences etc I've ever been to are the friendliest and nicest places I've been to :)

If I lived near you I'd come and do it with you - I have done two PS courses and you can learn stuff each time!

I'm hoping to do some peer supporting training, I'm training to be a GP and it amazes me that HCP's generally know so little about breastfeeding. It would be a good special interest to have, and my breastfeeding journey hasn't been the smoothest so I really appreciate the help I was given and would like to pass it on :)

Button - poor baby button. I hope he's better soon.

OCC how exciting - a new chapter work wise and a new baby on the way.

We had a good night last night (made up for a horrific one the night before). And we're now on nap two of the day. It could be a good day!

I'd also love to do bf PS training but not sure how much volunteering I'd be able to do when I go back to work. Also I have no childcare to be able to attend. There is no LLL near me, but I'll look at the others.

titania ABM (and others) do it by post. The Little Angels one I did I just took my LO with me (as did another mum).

SpannerPants YES YES YES!!! oh PLEEEASE do it. It's only basic training but it will give you waaay more information than many GPs and will give you ideas of where you might want to investigate further.

Given that so many mums "give up" because they trust their GP's advice (which, can be, frankly, shit) I can't tell you how excited I am to hear that you might be interested in increasing your knowledge.

PS teaches you about normal breastfeeding though, that's the only thing. You'd be in a better position to recognise when things aren't right and then you'd need to find what services there are locally to send mums to.

Oh and titania the point of PS is not necessarily to become a BFing volunteer (although that's certainly possible) but you then become a more knowledgeable person within your community when there are people around you having babies :)

Right I've emailed ABM. Looking into becoming a PS has been on my list of things to do for ages so whilst DS was asleep on my lap I did it!

Yay! I did Mother Support with ABM after doing Peer Support with Little Angels. Happy to help if you want any. Now doing my BFC training with ABM.

Thanks OCC. I may well be taking you up on that offer of help!

Aww what a kind offer OCC :) Thank you. I live Essex/Greater London way. Someone is going to call me about training in the New Year, yay! Guess the only way to ever get over the shyness is to just bloody well go and do it anyway!

Hoping to go along to my local LLL meetings in the New Year as well, and tomorrow I'm braving a Babbling Babes session at the local childrens centre. Got him weighed there yesterday, he's now 17lb 8oz, the little chunker :)