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Strange baby feeding stories - am I the only one?

Dawn

So, we all know babies are pre-programmed to drink milk. And whether *** fed or bottle fed, I never met a baby, whose mother said they just wouldn't suck from one or the other...

...except, apparently, according to my mother, me.

My mother says she was not able to feed me, but I refused to take milk from a bottle. At a WEEK old she was left with no choice but to try and drip feed me from a spoon. It was the only way to get anything into me. I also refused a dummy. 

She had to wean me pretty damn quick, apparently. It's a wonder I am still alive. I am gob smacked by her tale. That just ain't normal.

I later had huge food problems through my school years, can't stand milk now and baby's dummies and bottle teats (if not clear plastic and super clean) still give me the ebee jeebies.

Anyone else got baby feeding tales which seem to defy what you'd expect to be hardwired into our early survival instincts?

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  • Maybe you had a tongue tie. It affects the baby's ability to latch onto teats, whether from mother or artificial. 

  • in reply to M

    No, apparently not. Puzzeler, isn't it? 

  • in reply to Dawn

    They still recommend feeding babies from spoons or a cup now when you are having difficulty breastfeeding. Teats tend to flow too fast to replicate the *** so sips from a cup or a spoon help to regulate that slow and reduce the risk of baby never accepting milk from mum completely.

    I breastfed both my daughters for 2 years each.

  • in reply to M

    I could never do baby groups, or playground chit chats. Couldn't care less when Johnny started talking or walking. Boring and pointless.

  • in reply to Dawn

    I think it is possible but in my experience as a breastfeeder it is pretty common to hear about babies not latching and needing to be cup fed to supplement. Especially these days as most people take folic acid during pregnancy and it is believed to be link with higher likelihood of having a tongue tie, which can be hard to spot if it is a deep tie. I have a tongue tie but they often loosen up a bit over time if not snipped.

  • in reply to Dawn

    Can't see a reply below, so this might be out of sequence...

    Thank you. It's so refreshing to hear another mum say that.

    I'm not fond of babies and didn't intend on having any. When my lad came along though, love just took over. He's all grown up now and fab, but I so did not want to participate in the mummy networks as advocated by midwives. All that Jonny's first tooth and price if nappies stuff was just BORING. I was always inwardly screaming 'I was a person, before I was a mum, you know. I like Star Trek and read and have views on politics.'

    The interest here, of course, in knowing whether my own mamoth childhood food problems, and emotional distance from my mother, could have started that young and reveal anything about ASD.

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  • in reply to Dawn

    Can't see a reply below, so this might be out of sequence...

    Thank you. It's so refreshing to hear another mum say that.

    I'm not fond of babies and didn't intend on having any. When my lad came along though, love just took over. He's all grown up now and fab, but I so did not want to participate in the mummy networks as advocated by midwives. All that Jonny's first tooth and price if nappies stuff was just BORING. I was always inwardly screaming 'I was a person, before I was a mum, you know. I like Star Trek and read and have views on politics.'

    The interest here, of course, in knowing whether my own mamoth childhood food problems, and emotional distance from my mother, could have started that young and reveal anything about ASD.

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  • in reply to Dawn

    I think it is possible but in my experience as a breastfeeder it is pretty common to hear about babies not latching and needing to be cup fed to supplement. Especially these days as most people take folic acid during pregnancy and it is believed to be link with higher likelihood of having a tongue tie, which can be hard to spot if it is a deep tie. I have a tongue tie but they often loosen up a bit over time if not snipped.