Whats more important, breastmilk or going out?

asacia · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:18 AM

If the options are baby getting breastmilk, or baby being taken out regularly, which is better, and why?

So either:
A) Baby stays in the house with Mum almost all the time (1-3 outings a month) and has breastmilk

B) Baby goes out with Mum most days, and has formula

Does it depend on the age of baby?

sparkswillfly · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:21 AM

only a parent can decide that. plus why cant a baby have breastmilk and go out?

Sparky0207 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:22 AM

^^ exactly what sparks said. Why cant the breastfed baby go out?

Blah11 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:28 AM

Bit of a weird question IMO :\ I go out regularly with Amelie and she's a BF baby.

asacia · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:30 AM

Baby is fed expressed breastmilk, so most of the day is spent expressing. No-one to help with baby or housework, so no time to do anything but basic essentials.

Blah11 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:31 AM

Oh. How come you only express? That sounds very time consuming.

Christine33 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:36 AM

i totally get where you are coming from with this post.....

when i first had ali he wouldn't latch on, was in neonatal unit straight after birth due to various reasons....due to not latching on and being totally zonked for the first 5 days of his life my only option was to express breast milk......very time consuming....but i wanted him to get my milk.

in the end i stopped, i wasn't going out, wasn't seeing anyone and was rather lonley.....so i chose to stop expressing milk when ali was almost 8 weeks old.

when ali was sleeping all i did was express, nothing got done around the house, i was tired so i chose to go out i guess????? best choice for me as i really perked up when i got out amongst other mummies...

Blah11 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:39 AM

You could try combination feeding to free yourself up a little bit. It must be miserable being indoors all the time.

Fossey · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:41 AM

I'm lost I dont get it. I BF and FF but I BF her when Im out if I need to

Christine33 · Jun 4th, 2009, 04:44 AM

from what i understand the baby doesn't latch on (very similar situation to what i was in) so most of her day is just spent expressing milk and this is very time consuming so perhaps lonliness/tiredness is taking over.....am i right hun?

Jun 4th, 2009, 04:18 AM	#1
asacia Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 1,708	Whats more important, breastmilk or going out? If the options are baby getting breastmilk, or baby being taken out regularly, which is better, and why? So either: A) Baby stays in the house with Mum almost all the time (1-3 outings a month) and has breastmilk B) Baby goes out with Mum most days, and has formula Does it depend on the age of baby?

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:21 AM	#2
sparkswillfly Mum (Mom) Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: London Posts: 9,888	only a parent can decide that. plus why cant a baby have breastmilk and go out?

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:22 AM	#3
Sparky0207 Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 5,106	^^ exactly what sparks said. Why cant the breastfed baby go out?

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:28 AM	#4
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,874	Bit of a weird question IMO :\ I go out regularly with Amelie and she's a BF baby.

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:30 AM	#5
asacia Mum (Mom) Inactive Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Surrey Posts: 1,708	Baby is fed expressed breastmilk, so most of the day is spent expressing. No-one to help with baby or housework, so no time to do anything but basic essentials.

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:31 AM	#6
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,874	Oh. How come you only express? That sounds very time consuming.

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:36 AM	#7
Christine33 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,307	i totally get where you are coming from with this post..... when i first had ali he wouldn't latch on, was in neonatal unit straight after birth due to various reasons....due to not latching on and being totally zonked for the first 5 days of his life my only option was to express breast milk......very time consuming....but i wanted him to get my milk. in the end i stopped, i wasn't going out, wasn't seeing anyone and was rather lonley.....so i chose to stop expressing milk when ali was almost 8 weeks old. when ali was sleeping all i did was express, nothing got done around the house, i was tired so i chose to go out i guess????? best choice for me as i really perked up when i got out amongst other mummies...

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:39 AM	#8
Blah11 Mum (Mom) BnB Spammer Elite Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 32,874	You could try combination feeding to free yourself up a little bit. It must be miserable being indoors all the time.

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:41 AM	#9
Fossey Other Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 2,302	I'm lost I dont get it. I BF and FF but I BF her when Im out if I need to

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Jun 4th, 2009, 04:44 AM	#10
Christine33 Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 2,307	from what i understand the baby doesn't latch on (very similar situation to what i was in) so most of her day is just spent expressing milk and this is very time consuming so perhaps lonliness/tiredness is taking over.....am i right hun?

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