September 2009 Weddings
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BR: BFing and Daycare
I'm being a postwhore this morning.
Moms who BF and send their kids to daycare:
I intend to BF if it works out. We crossed one (home) daycare off our list because the lady didn't "deal with breastfed babies". Yeah. ::sideeye:: at you, lady. 
How does your daycare keep track of breast milk? I just have this odd fear that they're going to say screw it and give my kid formula or something. Or mix up my milk with someone elses.
Does your daycare feed baby on a schedule? Or on demand (which seems typical for BF babies)?
Maybe these are dumb questions, but I'm pretty clueless.
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Re: BR: BFing and Daycare
We have to send the bottles pre-made to day care. That's the norm in all the accredited places in our area. I started by sending an extra bottle each day the first week, but once he got into a schedule with them I stopped giving them an extra.
They have a labeling system all parents have to use so they know what is in the bottle (BM or Formula or Juice) and who it belongs to. Each baby also has his own bottle tray in the fridge that is labeled with their name.
Some DCs will let you give them some frozen BM in case of needing an extra feeding. I also gave ours a couple of cans of the ready-made formula to use in an emergency.
Our DC does feed the baby on a schedule. We requested they do every 3 hours. If he gets hungry earlier than that, then they feed him earlier, but that hasn't happened yet. The only time Adrian feeds closer than every 3 hrs is bedtime.
Sorry for the WOT. I didn't know these things either until I called to ask the day before he started DC. HTH!
That's exactly why we crossed her off the list.
Major side-eye to that daycare lady... wake up, woman.
Also this:
This was pretty much exactly how we handled it when Sam was in a daycare center while being breatfed.
Any good place will listen and work with you in regards to feeding, likes and dislikes, schedules, etc. Ones that dont, definitely red flags, but something tells me you've figured that out already.
updated 10.03.12
I do not plan on BF-ing but my mom runs a family daycare. She just has the moms bring a bunch of already filled bottles in each day (with them labled with the baby's name). She feeds them on whatever schedule the parents provide. She also asks them to bring in an extra one "in case" the baby is more hungry/thristy than normal.
I think it's crazy that the lady doesn't "deal with" BF babies. Very strange seeing that they tend to be easier since the bottle are already pre-filled and ready to go.
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I interviewed a few places that didnt do cloth diapers but never heard of no breastfed babies. I do know some people have trouble with bottles with EBF kids if it isnt introduced early enough or if the baby wont take a bottle.
The places I interviewed had specific cabinets and inserts in the fridge for the breastmilk. They even had a place for me to go feed her at lunchtime if I wanted. That was VERY nice. I am doing an at home nanny now but I know there should be plenty of options of storing breastmilk and keeping it labeled if you decide to just use breastmilk. My piglet eats too much for me to ebf or pump only, however, I plan to keep up breastfeeding as long as possible. She body feeds only once a day and its usually to calm her down when she is really upset in the early evenings.
A lot of places here won't CD babies. But, I also have never heard of a daycare not taking breastfed babies.
We do, however, babysit for a child whose mom EBFs and comes home during the day to do so, and getting him to take a bottle is a serious effort every single time. He's 7 months old and only gets bottles when we come over, so he screams himself silly every time he should eat.
Stand up for something you believe in.