Shannon,
it's great you breastfed your first child as well. I breastfeed my son til he was 15 months old and I was an experienced mom and nursing mom bf a CF child truly helps. How are you getting the enzymes into your baby? I found when i opened up the enzymes and gave them to Maggie I'ld find those little beads everywhere, in the couch, my bed, in her ears! Our nutritionist recommended putting Maggie on an "acid blocker" to help her absorb her enzymes better . When you open up those capsules(which of course you have to for a baby) the enzymes break down quicker and may not be as effective. having my daughter on Zantac(an acid blocker) has helped her gain weight by keeping her stomach acid from breaking down those enzymes before they get to the small intestine(just something to think about) Also, our clinic never put a limit # of enzymes I could give Maggie in a day. I know it's weight based for enzyme dosage but if she was hungry, she got her enzymes and she nursed, I never counted how may doses in a day she got(not sure if this is ok but it's what I did and our clinic knew. I also used fenugreek when I felt my milk supply drop(in times of stress). It truly did work for me. Another thing; the enzymes for Maggie would last about 45 min, so sometimes I'ld repeat a dose if she nurse a long time or if she nursed often like during a growth spurt. Maggie ususally was inthe 25-40% for weight. CF'ers just need more calories than non-CF'ers. My son who seemed to nurse less than my daughter as a baby was in the 100% for weight. He just absorbed everything cause he doesn't have CF.
it's great you breastfed your first child as well. I breastfeed my son til he was 15 months old and I was an experienced mom and nursing mom bf a CF child truly helps. How are you getting the enzymes into your baby? I found when i opened up the enzymes and gave them to Maggie I'ld find those little beads everywhere, in the couch, my bed, in her ears! Our nutritionist recommended putting Maggie on an "acid blocker" to help her absorb her enzymes better . When you open up those capsules(which of course you have to for a baby) the enzymes break down quicker and may not be as effective. having my daughter on Zantac(an acid blocker) has helped her gain weight by keeping her stomach acid from breaking down those enzymes before they get to the small intestine(just something to think about) Also, our clinic never put a limit # of enzymes I could give Maggie in a day. I know it's weight based for enzyme dosage but if she was hungry, she got her enzymes and she nursed, I never counted how may doses in a day she got(not sure if this is ok but it's what I did and our clinic knew. I also used fenugreek when I felt my milk supply drop(in times of stress). It truly did work for me. Another thing; the enzymes for Maggie would last about 45 min, so sometimes I'ld repeat a dose if she nurse a long time or if she nursed often like during a growth spurt. Maggie ususally was inthe 25-40% for weight. CF'ers just need more calories than non-CF'ers. My son who seemed to nurse less than my daughter as a baby was in the 100% for weight. He just absorbed everything cause he doesn't have CF.