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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 132756" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Masta</p><p> </p><p>I know breastfeeding is best. But would Mom listen if you encourage bottle feeding?</p><p> </p><p>That's an awful long time to go without a feed. Poor baby. </p><p> </p><p>And I know a woman who is mildly mentally impaired as well as I'm sure has some major Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) going on. She had her first child taken because she ignored feeding. With second child they hoped breast feeding would make her do better. It did seem to work. </p><p> </p><p>But with her third child.....she had grown lazy. She had a two year old running around she never watched, and now a newborn. She'd put the baby to nurse and in less than 5 mins put her down again. Then go play video games or watch tv. </p><p> </p><p>By 3 mos the baby was well under her birth weight, lethargic, and had even stopped asking to be fed. This woman would brag about how "good" her baby was. Heck, the baby was too weak to cry. </p><p> </p><p>Since this is my best friends cousin, we talked her into taking the baby to the ER. They called in the pediatrician doctor. We explained what had been going on. And since pediatrician doctor had also been the Mom's pediatrician doctor (so knew the history there) released the baby into our care.</p><p> </p><p>Mom never got the baby back. She was adopted by another family member.</p><p> </p><p>I enjoyed breast feeding, but it's time consuming. And if difficult children mom instincts don't kick in, baby would probably do better with the bottle. At least then Dad can feed too. Especially if you suspect she's gonna want him to do much of the childcare.</p><p> </p><p>hugs</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 132756, member: 84"] Masta I know breastfeeding is best. But would Mom listen if you encourage bottle feeding? That's an awful long time to go without a feed. Poor baby. And I know a woman who is mildly mentally impaired as well as I'm sure has some major Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) going on. She had her first child taken because she ignored feeding. With second child they hoped breast feeding would make her do better. It did seem to work. But with her third child.....she had grown lazy. She had a two year old running around she never watched, and now a newborn. She'd put the baby to nurse and in less than 5 mins put her down again. Then go play video games or watch tv. By 3 mos the baby was well under her birth weight, lethargic, and had even stopped asking to be fed. This woman would brag about how "good" her baby was. Heck, the baby was too weak to cry. Since this is my best friends cousin, we talked her into taking the baby to the ER. They called in the pediatrician doctor. We explained what had been going on. And since pediatrician doctor had also been the Mom's pediatrician doctor (so knew the history there) released the baby into our care. Mom never got the baby back. She was adopted by another family member. I enjoyed breast feeding, but it's time consuming. And if difficult children mom instincts don't kick in, baby would probably do better with the bottle. At least then Dad can feed too. Especially if you suspect she's gonna want him to do much of the childcare. hugs [/QUOTE]
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