Colostrum for 2 month old baby?
Colostrum for 2 month old baby?
RealMylk- Posts : 93
Join date : 2010-07-23
Re: Colostrum for 2 month old baby?
I find your question interesting because I was able to collect about 10ml of colostrum prior to when my baby was born, and it was administered to her on her first day of life. But man oh man it was a project to get 10ml! It took me over a month to collect it. Most of it was collected in the week prior to delivery, and I delivered at 37 weeks so I just imagine what I'd have been able to collect if I had went to term!
I've read and experienced firsthand, that if you give colostrum to a baby after the "prime time" for doing so (i.e. the first couple days) it can cause diarrhea in the baby - mainly because colostrum is a laxative. I experienced this when I got some transitional milk (the milk that's part colostrum, part mature milk) and was feeding that to my daughter when she was past 2 weeks old.
bhtimm- Posts : 102
Join date : 2010-01-04
Re: Colostrum for 2 month old baby?
RealMylk- Posts : 93
Join date : 2010-07-23
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