Re: Re: breast feeding and apraxia

[Guest guest]

I agree with Vera! My son has a myriad of problems but I know they are all

related to his high jaundice levels (hyperbilirubinaemia) at birth for which

he received 5 exchange transfusions.

I firmly believe that if I had NOT breastfed my son he would not be doing as

well as he is doing now.

Orla

Mom to 14 yr old girl (breastfed for 2 yrs) and almost 8 yr old boy

(breastfed for 3 yrs)

> Gretchen, breast feeding is better for children. But there are no

> guarantees. Perhaps your son would've had bigger problems, decreased

> immunity, had you not breast fed him. You did the right thing. Vera

Orla

" Education is not the filling of a bucket but the lighting of a fire "

W.B.Yeats

[Guest guest]

Gretchen - I also breastfded my son and he has

apraxia. I wonder if it has anything to do with the

mother not getting enough EFA to pass through to the

child.

--- grtchnwgnmn@... wrote:

> I want to spit if I see another article on breast

> feeding.my son was breast

> feed and has apraxia.I breast fed him because I was

> told that he would be

> healthier and suffer from fewer colds,ect/Ear

> infections came from four

> months and now apraxia.So for all the people that

> way breast feed my

> experience is not good since mine had these problems

> anyway.Thanks for

> letting me vent.Gretchen mother to age 6 with

> apraxia.

[Guest guest]

Gretchen, breast feeding is better for children. But there are no

guarantees. Perhaps your son would've had bigger problems, decreased

immunity, had you not breast fed him. You did the right thing. Vera

> I want to spit if I see another article on breast feeding.my son was breast

> feed and has apraxia.I breast fed him because I was told that he would be

> healthier and suffer from fewer colds,ect/Ear infections came from four

> months and now apraxia.So for all the people that way breast feed my

> experience is not good since mine had these problems anyway.Thanks for

> letting me vent.Gretchen mother to age 6 with apraxia.

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have breastfed all 3 of my children until 3 years of age. I do believe it

gave them more natural immunity to illnesses including ear infections. I

realize that even breastfed children can have asthma and allergies, but it is

possible that without the breastmilk they may have been worse just as it is

possible that people who supplement with vitamins can still have illnesses,

but maybe not as bad or the illnesses that they have a genetic disposition

for may be delayed.

Also, formula to date in America, I believe, has not contained DHA or EPA's,

so breastmilk still would have the edge, especially if the mothers

supplemented.

Thanks, Carolyn

[Guest guest]

I had to say something about this also. My autistic son, was breastfed

exclusively (no formula, that is) for TWO YEARS. That's right - two WHOLE

years, teeth and all. He had ear infection after ear infection after ear

infection, cold after cold after cold, allergies, autism, dyspraxia, you name

it.

However, my daughter was breastfed for 18 months and she had virtually no ear

infections, allergies, etc and is (knock on wood) NT.

My youngest nursed for just under a year when one day he suddenly spit out

offendedly and asked for milk - he had never had cow's milk before. He has

sensory issues and obedience issues, but...healthy as a freakin' horse.

Just goes to show you that global statements just can't be true all the time.

Good luck, love and healing to you.

Georgia

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[Guest guest]

Georgia

Thank you for that statement. Some of us have enough guilt always wondering if

this & if that!!! I was made to supplement my son because he was failure to

thrive. At 6 weeks he was still going the wrong way on the scale. I was told I

must or they would put him in the hospital. They also informed me what a bad

mom I was. I always wonder what would have happened because even on formula he

gained very slowly. Although the jaundise did go away at that time. He would

nurse for 15 minutes then take 1 oz of formula. At 5 1/2 months he refused to

nurse but then only would take 2-3 oz of formula every 3 1/2 hours. I was

really upset that the Dr. had stepped in but who knows what would have

happened??? To this day he is small for his age & still eats nearly nothing.

For some of us the choice is not always our own.

Tammy I.

I had to say something about this also. My autistic son, was breastfed

exclusively (no formula, that is) for TWO YEARS. That's right - two WHOLE

years, teeth and all. He had ear infection after ear infection after ear

infection, cold after cold after cold, allergies, autism, dyspraxia, you name

it.

[Guest guest]

Hugs to you Gretchen! I have to agree with the other ladies here though! I

breastfed Jaynie for 15 months before she weaned and out of my 3 kids she has

had the most ER trips, ear infections and colds! And now she is also dealing

with dyspraxia, hypotonia and global delays. I wish she was still nursing so I

could be sure she is getting a better food source

[Guest guest]

Tammy your son sounds a lot like Jaynie! Although she was a good nurser she

didn't gain very well. We would give her 4 ounces of expressed breast milk and

she still would only eat 1-2 ounces. At one year she couldn't drink more than 4

ounces. Occasionally more but generally it was 4 ounces at that time. At 21

months she is a very poor eater and still small. My DD was born at 9 pounds and

by one year was 17 pounds and in the 5th percentile. She was never diagnosed as

FTT though. Not sure what you have to be to have FTT.

>Thank you for that statement. Some of us have enough guilt always wondering if

this & if that!!! I was made to supplement my son because he was failure to

thrive. At 6 weeks he was still going the wrong way on the scale. I was told I

must or they would put him in the hospital. They also informed me what a bad

mom I was. I always wonder what would have happened because even on formula he

gained very slowly. Although the jaundice did go away at that time. He would

nurse for 15 minutes then take 1 oz of formula. At 5 1/2 months he refused to

nurse but then only would take 2-3 oz of formula every 3 1/2 hours. I was

really upset that the Dr. had stepped in but who knows what would have

happened??? To this day he is small for his age & still eats nearly nothing.

For some of us the choice is not always our own.

>Tammy I.

[Guest guest]

My son was the same way. He could only take about four oz of any thing at

once. He was a poor nurser. He only weighed 17lbs at one year. and was in

the 5th percentile. Our doctor said that since his growth curve never

changed he was not FTT. He stayed in the 5th percentile until this year.

he has made it to th 15th. and now he is 4 years old stacy

> Tammy your son sounds a lot like Jaynie! Although she was a good nurser

>she didn't gain very well. We would give her 4 ounces of expressed breast

>milk and she still would only eat 1-2 ounces. At one year she couldn't drink

?more than 4 ounces. Occasionally more but generally it was 4 ounces at that

>time. At 21 months she is a very poor eater and still small. My DD was born

>at 9 pounds and by one year was 17 pounds and in the 5th percentile. She was

>never diagnosed as FTT though. Not sure what you have to be to have FTT.

[Guest guest]

We fell from 95th percentile to 5th percentile the first year. I was told it was

okay because both her weight and height were falling together. Now how on earth

does that make sense?

>My son was the same way. He could only take about four oz of any thing at

>once. He was a poor nurser. He only weighed 17lbs at one year. and was in

>the 5th percentile. Our doctor said that since his growth curve never

>changed he was not FTT. He stayed in the 5th percentile until this year.

>he has made it to the 15th. and now he is 4 years old