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I had trouble breastfeeding all three of mine, so I'm a terrible candidate, but in theory I would if she needed me to.
This exactly. I would do it for a good friend or relative's little baby (if I could), but though I don't know at what age the arrangement in question started, I'm pretty sure I'd be over it by the time both children were 1.5 years old.
There is mounting evidence that the "nothing but my pure breast milk shall touch my baby's lips" philosophy has greatly contributed to the distressingly high rate of childhood food allergies in the West. Introducing foods and/or formula at a very early age has a protective effect. So, given that fact, I would probably not put myself out to breastfeed someone else's baby all that long.
Most women can nurse two...milk supply increases...and really....a 6 week age difference?
I think there would actually be a window after your supply is set at three months and before they start on solids at six where nursing another child as well could cause problems. But they weren't going to ask her to take over permanently.
I think there would actually be a window after your supply is set at three months and before they start on solids at six where nursing another child as well could cause problems. But they weren't going to ask her to take over permanently.
That is not how nursing supply in typical mothers.
Yes, I would, if needed. I don't think this is a big deal at all
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Originally Posted by saibot
There is mounting evidence that the "nothing but my pure breast milk shall touch my baby's lips" philosophy has greatly contributed to the distressingly high rate of childhood food allergies in the West. Introducing foods and/or formula at a very early age has a protective effect. So, given that fact, I would probably not put myself out to breastfeed someone else's baby all that long.
Can you post some links? Because everything I've read, and I've read a lot, indicates the direct opposite of what you are saying here. Breastfeeding lowers the incidence of food allergies, and early introduction of solids can boost the odds of developing an allergy.
Source:European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)Summary:Today, about one in four European children suffer from allergy, which makes this disease the non-infectious epidemic of the 21st century. Evidence suggests that lifestyle factors and nutritional patterns, such as breastfeeding, help to reduce the early symptoms of allergy.
Exclusive breastfeeding for at least four months, compared with feeding regular formula made from cow's milk, appears to help protect high-risk children against milk allergy and eczema in the first two years of life, the report states.
"If there is a family history of allergy problems, it is clear that moms should breastfeed exclusively for at least four months," study co-author Scott H. Sicherer, MD, tells WebMD. "If that isn't possible and a formula is needed, don't pick a typical soy formula."
Breastfeeding exclusively for the first six months of life has been shown to significantly lessen the risk and severity of food allergies in families with a strong history of them.
I must say that the overwhelming number of responses I've read expressing support for breastfeeding others' children shock me, although that's not a bad thing per se. Just something that I wasn't expecting. After seeing these responses, I went to research the matter further and found that the are few health risks associated with breastfeeding, so what greatly reduces some of the earlier fears that I had.
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Can you post some links? Because everything I've read, and I've read a lot, indicates the direct opposite of what you are saying here. Breastfeeding lowers the incidence of food allergies, and early introduction of solids can boost the odds of developing an allergy.
Sure. What you're saying is the conventional wisdom. That is, the conventional wisdom of about the past twenty years, when parents were urged to avoid solids and especially allergens as long as possible, sometimes for as long as 3 years. Pregnant and breastfeeding moms were even encouraged to avoid eating allergens themselves, which actually did no good at all. Times are changing (back to what they used to be).
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Traditionally, doctors have recommended parents delay exposure to foods that contain some of the most common allergens -- peanuts, cow's milk, eggs and tree nuts -- for a year after the child no longer lives solely on breast milk or formula. But it turns out that doing the opposite may actually be much better in the long run. Delaying exposure to certain foods appears to be one of the factors that sets off the allergy.
The AAAAI recommendations state that once an infant over 4 months old has tolerated a few non-allergenic solid foods (think common early solids like rice cereal, oatmeal, sweet potatoes, carrots, bananas, apples or pears), parents can proceed with introducing other more allergenic foods without delay,
Many doctors suggest that whole cow's milk be avoided in the early months of an infant's feeding. Lactation specialists go even further, counseling "mother's milk only" until baby starts eating solid food. But new research from Tel Aviv University says that mothers who feed their babies cow's milk in the first 15 days of life may be protecting their children from dangerous allergies later on.
Prof. Yitzhak Katz of Tel Aviv University's Department of Pediatrics, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, has found that babies who are fed cow milk protein early, in the form of infant formula, seem to be protected from developing an allergy to the same protein later in life. "Women who regularly (daily) introduced their babies to cow milk protein early, before 15 days of life, almost completely eliminated the incidence of allergy to cow milk protein in their babies," he reports.
But, breastmilk only for the first four months--great! That probably does help develop the infant's immune system. And keeping it up for about the first year while the baby learns to eat foods--great! Beyond that, you start to get diminishing returns. An 18-month-old child does not need breastmilk to be healthy.
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