Feeling a little down....
Hi ladies,
Hope you and your gorgeous babies had a lovely Xmas and New Year. We've not had such a good time unfortunately....
Little Heidi developed a severe rash on her face at about 2 weeks old, the Dr sent us straight to the hospital and they prescribed her antibiotics. Poor thing just seemed too tiny to be on medication and she hated it. I was in tears every time I had to give it to her. Then.... She developed diarhea (sp) and another severe rash on her bum. We then ended up down the Dr's another 4 times and the hospital another 3 times!!! After 2 weeks of her screaming in agony doing runny poos 15 times a day they diagnosed her as lactose intolerant.
Anyways the reason for my post is because she is lactose intolerant we've had to put her on special formula and I've had to stop breastfeeding. It's awful!!! I know it's best for her but I just feel so lost not being able to have that special bond and I so wanted to bf her as much as poss. I was in tears when hubby fed her. I feel like I've lost part of me....
Anyone else had to go onto a bottle?!!?
Becky and Heidi 5 weeks today xxxx
Hope you and your gorgeous babies had a lovely Xmas and New Year. We've not had such a good time unfortunately....
Little Heidi developed a severe rash on her face at about 2 weeks old, the Dr sent us straight to the hospital and they prescribed her antibiotics. Poor thing just seemed too tiny to be on medication and she hated it. I was in tears every time I had to give it to her. Then.... She developed diarhea (sp) and another severe rash on her bum. We then ended up down the Dr's another 4 times and the hospital another 3 times!!! After 2 weeks of her screaming in agony doing runny poos 15 times a day they diagnosed her as lactose intolerant.
Anyways the reason for my post is because she is lactose intolerant we've had to put her on special formula and I've had to stop breastfeeding. It's awful!!! I know it's best for her but I just feel so lost not being able to have that special bond and I so wanted to bf her as much as poss. I was in tears when hubby fed her. I feel like I've lost part of me....
Anyone else had to go onto a bottle?!!?
Becky and Heidi 5 weeks today xxxx
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Mayabe you could try having skin to skin contact when you give her the bottle (the two of you could snuggle up in a cosy blanket or something) so you still have that closeness with her? Obviously you wouldn't be able to do it for every feed, but it might be worth a try sometimes?
You have done really well to get the problem diagnosed and fixed so soon (and that is what makes a good mummy - not the type of milk you give your baby!) my friends baby is allergic to dairy but that didn't get identified until Izzy was 4 months old (they just said it was colic) so they had months of hell. I know that's not much comfort now though.
Anyway - big hugs.
Nx
Somebunny - what an awful time you've had. You poor thing. Is everything going well now?
I'm still totally gutted I'm not feeding Heidi but seeing her thrive on the formula is helping a little. Hubby goes back to work tomorrow so it'll just be us 2 so maybe that'll help. I guess as a woman BF takes a lot of thought as there are so many horror stories but I loved every minute of it and everything was going so well so it's just been snatched away from me. I'll efinitely do it againif I have more though, it really is somthing special.
Nikki - what a fab idea thank you
Well done to all of you still BF!!!!
Xxxxx
We all know the reasons why bf is preferable but obviously the main one is that it is better for your baby and in your cases this isn't the case - you are doing the best thing for your baby and so shouldn't feel at all guilty for giving formula.
Xxx
hope your on mend now somebunny.
i stopped breastfeeding my eldest son at two weeks because he was constantly feeding and even to point where he vomited blood because my nipples were bleeding, but i dont feel that bottle feeding effected the bond at all. just take yourself somewhere quiet to do it so that you can concentrate on each other and skin to skin is great idea. i also got such satisfaction from seeing the bond develop between my husband and son.
I am breast feeding at the moment for practical reasons.
dont beat yourself up, you will have a fantastic bond with yor little ones because of the love you have not the breast milk (i think) xxx