Breastfeeding

Some facts breastfeeding:
  1. Mother breast will produce milk according to baby's needs. Little more often suck breast milk, the production of milk, she will be growing.
  2. Feeding distance is different for every baby. Some babies feed every two hours. The rest every hour.
  3. Frequency of breastfeeding more often than formula milk. Breastfed babies seem hungry more often than babies who drink formula milk. This occurs because breast milk is more easily digested Little body.

Some preparations of breast-feeding mother can do:
  1. The first Ensure Small in a state ready to be fed.
  2. If Little sleep, wake to touch her cheek. Usually he would look toward the touch. With whom he spoke when he opened his eyes, let a few minutes until he actually got up and ready to drink.
  3. When my mother was changing diapers, Little sometimes wake up and ask to be fed.
  4. Do not let Little feeling of hunger, for fussy babies can complicate breastfeeding.

Some technical nursing
Take a comfortable position to nurse my mother now. Mom can sit or lie down. Usually Women who undergo delivery by cesarean section, more comfortable nursing in a position lying on his side. Align the baby's mouth with her nipple.
1. If mother and baby lying down, use pillows to prop Little reached the nipple.
2. If mother and baby seat, attach the stomach with a tummy.

Avoid breastfeeding while doing other activities that can make her attention was split. Mother can massage the nipple to breast out a little about the baby's lips. Once exposed to breast milk, usually opens her tiny lips and ready to breastfeed.

Mother, let the baby suckle the full. Generally milk consumed during the first five minutes, the rest of the baby will suck for comfort.

Breastfeed your baby on both breasts each time nursing. But what if the new Little asleep when sucking one breast? Mom does not need to wake her because maybe she had had enough.

Some newborns can directly asleep while feeding. This happens because he has not fully recovered from the exhausting process of birth.

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