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<blockquote data-quote="pauline" data-source="post: 495882" data-attributes="member: 7770"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p> I have one more question because I have one more baby coming. Is it a good strategy if I feed a newborn (say right after birth) colostrum powder to "help" with the baby's colostrum absorption, even though the baby might get some from the mother? </p><p></p><p> I always thought we should not interfere with nature. If the baby is with the mother and the mother is not sick, then nature/mother will take care of the baby. But after reading literature about the critical 12-hour window and not seeing the baby nurse when we check on her, I was wondering if we should safeguard the baby with some colostrum powder right from the start, or are we making it worse because of the changing diet (milk from mother and milk powder from us)?</p><p></p><p> We are very inexperienced farmers, and I have a full time city job.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for your help.</p><p>Pauline</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pauline, post: 495882, member: 7770"] Hi, I have one more question because I have one more baby coming. Is it a good strategy if I feed a newborn (say right after birth) colostrum powder to "help" with the baby's colostrum absorption, even though the baby might get some from the mother? I always thought we should not interfere with nature. If the baby is with the mother and the mother is not sick, then nature/mother will take care of the baby. But after reading literature about the critical 12-hour window and not seeing the baby nurse when we check on her, I was wondering if we should safeguard the baby with some colostrum powder right from the start, or are we making it worse because of the changing diet (milk from mother and milk powder from us)? We are very inexperienced farmers, and I have a full time city job. Thanks for your help. Pauline [/QUOTE]
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