How To Breast Feed

POSITION OF CHILD

Comfortable nursing requires correct positioning of the breast of the child. Some of the instructions given to you to develop your technique. Please note by someone else breastfeed or practicing with experience of care a mother or a lactation consultant can also help.

Cradle Hold:

Sit in a comfortable chair with armrests, if possible. Place your baby in your belly, belly to belly. The baby's head is cradled in the crook of his arm and face of your breast. The knees of the baby under the other breast. The baby's head, back and legs should be straight. This position can be maintained throughout the duration of breastfeeding. If you feel your nipple starts to hurt half of the diet, check if your baby has slipped down and if your knees are starting to face up instead of being returned by your side.

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Cradle the back of the head of your child in his hand, with the body below your chest and neck. Place a pillow under your elbow to help you support your baby's bottom. Use your other hand to support your chest. This position allows you to check the baby's head and ensure a good position to hold.

Lateral position:

Lie on your side with one hand supporting his head. The child can lie on your side with the head in front of the breast. Pull the pillow and put the child back child support.

Rarely, a child can be an eddy, which must comply with a health care provider. Certified lactation consultant can be of great help in teaching your baby to breastfeed.

FREQUENCY Nursing

Most babies normally breastfeed every 1 1 / 2-2 1 / 2 hours during the first month. Breast milk is digested faster than formula so breastfeeding is needed more often. Although you can not measure the amount of milk your baby drinks, you can say that the baby has had enough, if the baby nurses every 2-3 hours, is 6-8 really wet diapers per day, and is gaining weight adequately ( about 1 pound per month). Supply frequency decreases with age, the child can eat more with each feeding. So do not be discouraged, you will eventually be able to do more than sleep and nurse!

POWER NIGHT

While you were pregnant, your baby was fed continuously and did not know hunger. After birth, babies need to be fed regularly. In the first weeks, your child will want to breastfeed around the clock. This is normal. Some mothers find that bringing the child to bed at night or placing a pond of reach, allowing them to meet children's needs while losing minimal rest. Other mothers prefer to keep the baby in a separate room and have a comfortable chair there. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that you should not sleep with your baby. While nursing a baby in bed is acceptable, you must return the baby to their crib or pool when the power is finished. Avoid putting a child to bed if you are very tired or taking medication that causes drowsiness.

If you return to work, do not be surprised if your baby wants to nurse more often at night. If you are not sleeping well with your baby in your bed, you may find that keeping them in the same room or in a room close enough to hear perfectly.

You may have heard that night nursing can lead to what was called baby bottle tooth decay. Breast milk is the healthiest food for babies teeth, day and night. It is usually a slow bacterial growth and acid production. However, when breast milk is alternated sugary foods or drinks, the amount of decay can be faster than with sugar alone. Night nursing can be wonderful, but avoid sweet drinks and snacks from a newborn or a child throughout the day - especially next to the bed of the time.

Milk production

Some mothers stop nursing during the first days or weeks, because they feel they do not produce enough milk. It may seem like a baby is always hungry. You can not measure the amount of milk that the baby is taking in order to be sure it does not produce enough milk. In fact, your baby is increased need to nurse signals your body to produce more milk. This is the natural way the body determines the amount of milk needed and provides an adequate milk supply.

The first few weeks can be difficult and frustrating for you, but do not give up. If you can resist complete feeding your baby with formula feedings for the first four to six weeks, your body will respond appropriately and produce enough milk. Supplementing your child's diet with breast milk only fool your body into believing the current supply of breast milk is enough for your baby.

Growth sprint

Around the second week, and the second month, quarter and 6 may seem that your baby wants to nurse all the time. Your baby may want to nurse every 30 or 60 minutes, and stay for a long period. It may seem that all they do every day is a nurse. This increase in nursing is normal and signals the body to produce more milk than the baby enters a growth stage. Within days the milk has increased to provide enough milk at each feeding and the baby begins to eat less frequently and for short periods of time.

Many nursing mothers have trouble finding time to devote to the needs of its baby food has increased during this period of adjustment. Often, understanding how and why this happens and it is only temporary can help. Relax and enjoy the job of feeding your baby, a job that only you can do. Ask for and accept help with other responsibilities to have time for food.