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Infant feeding

Get advice and support with infant feeding from other users here.

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Original poster

Oooh this is good, alcohol in breast milk properly explained

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chocolatemartini · 10/12/2013 19:31

[evolutionaryparenting.com/guest-post-breastfeeding-and-alcohol-consumption/

Think this is a reliable source, anyway I like what it's saying so I'll consider it good advice.

Although I seem to be on a breastfeeding break having finally weaned DC 1 2 weeks ago and DC 2 not due till March, just thought I'd share the good tidings if anyone was wondering about boozy Christmas lunches

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wokeupwithasmile · 10/12/2013 20:14

Hum, cannot open the link, can you?

AHardDaysWrite · 10/12/2013 20:16

Link not working...

AHardDaysWrite · 10/12/2013 20:20

I've just found it on google. Great article - I'm pretty relaxed about bf and alcohol anyway. I have 3-4 glasses of wine a week and I enjoy them too

BertieBowtiesAreCool · 10/12/2013 20:21

I think you put one too many square brackets in. Try this:

evolutionaryparenting.com/guest-post-breastfeeding-and-alcohol-consumption/

BertieBowtiesAreCool · 10/12/2013 20:21

Woo, success :)

FrumiousBandersnatch · 10/12/2013 20:28

Very sensible. Thank you for sharing.

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chocolatemartini · 11/12/2013 16:48

Haven't had proper Internet since I posted that, so didn't realise the link hadn't worked

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Babieseverywhere · 12/12/2013 17:31

Thanks for the link...very interesting.

tracypenisbeaker · 12/12/2013 17:44

That is interesting. I am hoping to have a couple of drinks over Christmas (DS was due last week, still baking though!) and was worried about expressing milk into bottles for him to have in advance, and also how long it would take for it to be 'safe' for me to breastfeed him afterwards (this is assuming that BF does actually happen for me)... I'm only planning on a couple of glasses so my mind has been put at ease a bit. I might do some more homework on this.

tracypenisbeaker · 12/12/2013 17:47

Also, there is the opinion that you shouldn't mix bottle feeding (breastmilk) with breastfeeding as it is confusing for the little one. Not meaning to hijack the thread, but can anyone share their experience re this? Did you use bottles as well so that the father could help out with night feeds/ so you could go out and socialise once in a while?

Trooperslane · 12/12/2013 18:01

I'm mix feeding my 17 weeker from birth.

Working great for us. Dd was weeny at birth and we never managed to avoid top ups, plus the thought that I was 100% responsible for her food was totally overwhelming.

Also adhering to the 'if you can drive' principle.

Without sounding pathetic/alcoholic wine is my only treat - don't do choc/cake etc.

I had 1-2 small glasses a week when preg and a few more. Keeps me sane.

Trooperslane · 12/12/2013 18:03

Ps know about 10 people who's babies wouldn't take a bottle and none with nipple confusion. Anecdotal obv.

Trooperslane · 12/12/2013 18:03

*whose

Trooperslane · 12/12/2013 18:04

Gah. A few more now.

MoominsYonisAreScary · 12/12/2013 18:06

I gave one bottle a day from birth, ds4 started refusing it from about 8 weeks and still wont touch one at 10 months. He knows what he prefers

My friend did the same from around a week old and at 6months she still takes both.

msmiggins · 12/12/2013 18:11

Off topic- I have seen only a dozen or so babies with true nipple confusion, I don't think it is as common as some think.

tracypenisbeaker · 12/12/2013 18:13

msmiggins a dozen babies sounds quite high unless you are in healthcare/ childcare, are you?

msmiggins · 12/12/2013 18:14

No I'm not in childcare- sorry, I have been a qualified breastfeeding counsellor for 13 yaers.

welovetopsyandtim · 12/12/2013 18:17

Great article

BertieBowtiesAreCool · 12/12/2013 18:24

Yes. I think nipple confusion is pretty rare. The far more likely scenario is that the baby appears to be more settled on formula, because they do. And if you don't have the right information about BM supply it's easy to misinterpret perfectly normal signs and behaviour as symptoms of "low supply" and this can be attributed to nipple confusion.

But in my experience (as a BF supporter, reading these boards for nearly 5 years now(!!!) ) it doesn't make a blind bit of difference whether you introduce a bottle early, regularly, or never, a bottle refuser is a bottle refuser. The ones who have had bottles before just stop taking them. Kicks in at about 3 or 4 months. Obviously EFF babies don't get this because they don't have the option, but it seems a bit extreme just to avoid a bottle refuser when there are other ways you can get milk into them if you really need to!

GimmeDaBoobehz · 12/12/2013 18:25

I have been mix feeding DD since she was a week old. She takes breast, breast milk bottles and formula and her stomach has coped fine. I wanted to still give her the breast because she likes it, it makes me feel close to her and it's convenient. I also express so she has some extra, so she has more breastmilk than formula milk. It's worked for us and she also takes a dummy, so no nipple confusion at all. She struggled in fact to latch to begin with and at around 3 months it just rectified itself - strange but true, I guess she has just matured enough by then. Now at 8 months she can almost breastfeed herself with my nipple whilst I sleep except the angle isn't quite right and it ends up being more of a pinch

Having a glass of wine tomorrow night at Pizza Express and probably will on Christmas Eve and maybe 2 on NYE so it's good to know it's not going to completely disturb my little girls night or cause her any long lasting problems. I'm sensible with drink anyway, as I need to still look after her so the same rule applies.

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