K was on Prevacid and Reglan; she stopped Reglan at five months and Prevacid at six. I'm not actually sure she needed them that long since her problem turned out to be a milk-soy protein intolerance. Eliminating soy from my diet (and no longer giving her soy formula) is what I think made the most difference. I'm still avoiding soy in my diet and dairy and soy in hers, although I'm thinking about doing a dairy trial soon. I'm just a bit leery because her reaction to milk-based formula was projectile vomit, which is an experience you don't risk repeating lightly. :)
I would like to be a UCC seminary student; my goal is to get an MA in Theology and specialize in theological libraries. It's kind of a long story as to why I'm not - I was actually poised to enter a Master's program a few years ago when my mother was in a car accident and I wound up having to go home to take care of my father, who has Alzheimer's Disease, while she was in the hospital. Since then, it's been a combination of not being sure how long we'll be living here, dealing with my parents and childbearing that's kept me from trying to start again. I've taken some classes as a non-degree student, but at the moment, a baby is taking up all of my brainpower.
I think the article you wrote about is proof that many lactivists don't understand how they're perceived. I can't imagine many people being swayed by having formula fed babies described as sickly. We all know formula fed babies who most patently are not sickly (exhibit A: Alex), so trying to use that sort of language will just make people dismiss lactivists as out of touch with reality. As for the bottle-propping assumptions, sometimes I think there's something about being really devoted to a cause that sometimes makes people be a bit willfully stupid when considering the other side (there's any amount of political blogging I could point to to prove this point). I remember reading women in the LJ Pregnant community going on about how they wouldn't want to formula feed because they wouldn't want to go to all the work of preparing formula in the middle of the night, detailing all of the steps that practically started with milking the cow. Did they really not think of preparing the formula the night before and investing in a bottle warmer? They just didn't want to because it wouldn't make formula look as bad.
I know what you mean about how hard feeding difficulties can be on a relationship. Even with the reflux as under control as we could make it, K has always been hard to feed. She wants to eat small amounts often, and before she was on solids, it often wasn't enough that she merely be hungry - the stars and planets have to be in alignment as well for her to really drink a whole four ounces. It was hard not to get impatient, and it makes it hard to imagine feeding as a bonding experience (thankfully, things are a lot better since she started solids). It's not because of failure to latch that I gave up breastfeeding during the day, it's because she would only eat enough to sate her initial hunger and I just didn't have the patience to breastfeed every half hour (I do breastfeed for the night feeding I give her, because even if I have to feed her every hour and a half, at least I can do it lying down with my eyes closed instead of getting up to fix a bottle and pump. Even so, it can be a frustrating process). Thankfully, there are other ways to bond with your baby, and in all other areas of her life, K is a happy, mellow baby. So we haven't yet given into the urge to put her out on the curb next to the recycling. :)
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I would like to be a UCC seminary student; my goal is to get an MA in Theology and specialize in theological libraries. It's kind of a long story as to why I'm not - I was actually poised to enter a Master's program a few years ago when my mother was in a car accident and I wound up having to go home to take care of my father, who has Alzheimer's Disease, while she was in the hospital. Since then, it's been a combination of not being sure how long we'll be living here, dealing with my parents and childbearing that's kept me from trying to start again. I've taken some classes as a non-degree student, but at the moment, a baby is taking up all of my brainpower.
I think the article you wrote about is proof that many lactivists don't understand how they're perceived. I can't imagine many people being swayed by having formula fed babies described as sickly. We all know formula fed babies who most patently are not sickly (exhibit A: Alex), so trying to use that sort of language will just make people dismiss lactivists as out of touch with reality. As for the bottle-propping assumptions, sometimes I think there's something about being really devoted to a cause that sometimes makes people be a bit willfully stupid when considering the other side (there's any amount of political blogging I could point to to prove this point). I remember reading women in the LJ Pregnant community going on about how they wouldn't want to formula feed because they wouldn't want to go to all the work of preparing formula in the middle of the night, detailing all of the steps that practically started with milking the cow. Did they really not think of preparing the formula the night before and investing in a bottle warmer? They just didn't want to because it wouldn't make formula look as bad.
I know what you mean about how hard feeding difficulties can be on a relationship. Even with the reflux as under control as we could make it, K has always been hard to feed. She wants to eat small amounts often, and before she was on solids, it often wasn't enough that she merely be hungry - the stars and planets have to be in alignment as well for her to really drink a whole four ounces. It was hard not to get impatient, and it makes it hard to imagine feeding as a bonding experience (thankfully, things are a lot better since she started solids). It's not because of failure to latch that I gave up breastfeeding during the day, it's because she would only eat enough to sate her initial hunger and I just didn't have the patience to breastfeed every half hour (I do breastfeed for the night feeding I give her, because even if I have to feed her every hour and a half, at least I can do it lying down with my eyes closed instead of getting up to fix a bottle and pump. Even so, it can be a frustrating process). Thankfully, there are other ways to bond with your baby, and in all other areas of her life, K is a happy, mellow baby. So we haven't yet given into the urge to put her out on the curb next to the recycling. :)