More often remind yourself that only 3% of women have a true lack of milk! The remaining 97% by nature can breastfeed as much as needed (at least - up to 1 year). Set up your loved ones (husband, grandmothers) for a positive attitude towards breastfeeding. Nursing mother so need support! Find in your environment mothers who have breastfed for a long time and with joy and keep in touch with them.
It is important not to milk the child with water (even in hot weather). Breast milk is both food and drink. The upper milk (that is, the one that the baby sucks at the beginning of the feeding) is liquid, watery, usually grayish-white in color. It serves the kid with drink. The lower milk is more dense, white in color. Usually the baby sucks it with effort, while doing more work. The lower milk serves the baby as food.
Mama herself should drink enough fluids (any, you can just water). About a day, she should drink 1.5 liters of liquid. Mom can drink as much as she wants; she should not limit herself to this. Otherwise, milk can become smaller. But against the will of my mother should not drink, if you do not want. It is important to focus on your mother's intuition and listen carefully to the needs of your body.
Remember that breastfeeding a newborn baby can be hampered by very common for us at first glance things. For example, a normal nipple. Do not give the baby bottles, nipples, pacifiers - at least up to 2 months. Take care of breastfeeding and bite of a child! Even if he keeps his mouth open on the street, do not cover it with a pacifier. Better in windy and cold weather to sit at home, and in good weather, the baby will not get cold. A child who is not accustomed to a pacifier, quickly gets used to sleeping with a closed mouth.
It is important to ensure that the child drinks milk from the breast to the end, so that he receives not only the upper (liquid), but also the lower (thick and white) milk. Otherwise, he may not eat up and ask for more. However, full breastfeeding is possible only when the baby is gaining weight! And for this he must receive both, and the other milk!
Remember: every 1.5 hours the baby must suck one breast. Starting from 5-6 months. the child in one feeding empties both breasts.
However, feeding a newborn baby will not be possible if the mother along with the right behavior will make serious mistakes. What are they? Let's figure it out!
What you do not need
Do not decant milk after each feeding. Breast - iron, it produces as much milk as the baby sucks (or my mother says!). You need to express the milk only to preserve lactation in case you can not temporarily feed the baby (for example, the mother was hospitalized without a child).
Do not give up breastfeeding in case of illness of the baby or mother. If the mother is sick, her breast milk immediately appears antibodies to the disease, and the child will be protected by the immune substances received through her milk. The only exception is if the mother has tuberculosis in an open form or other very serious diseases. Even if the mother is forced to take antibiotics, she must remember that breast milk protects the newborn child from these medicines sufficiently.
Do not rush to introduce lure and finish breastfeeding. According to modern data of the World Health Organization, the first lure is administered only in 6 months. (on the background of breastfeeding). To finish the same breastfeeding is recommended not earlier than 2 -3 years. In this case, after 1.5 years of feeding is preserved only before and after a night's sleep, which does not burden your mother!
Important to remember:
- Breastfeeding is established within 3 - 4 months, and not 1 - 2 weeks.
- The shape of the breast and nipple does not affect feeding. A child sucks a breast, but not a nipple. The nipple serves only as a guide for the baby, indicating that here is the mother's breast.
- Breast milk is the most complete food for a child. Only it contains enzymes that allow the stomach to digest and assimilate breast milk.
- Mother's milk changes its composition as the child grows up. In 1 month. it is one, in 3 - another, in 9 - the third. It is created and is perfect for your child!
- Breast milk is always ready for use, it saves mom's time and energy, which would be spent on preparing the mixture, sterilizing the bottles. Mother's milk is taken for free; it significantly saves the means of the family budget.
- Breastfeeding helps to fully develop all the systems of the child's body.
Digestive system: milk participates in adaptation to adult food, helps to assimilate it (including milk serves as food, if something has not been digested).
The nervous system is actively developing in the first three years of life. Only breastfeeding gives all the necessary substances for its formation, and especially for the development of the brain.
Immune system: in infants it is immature. Up to three years the child does not have his own immunity. When breastfeeding, he gets passive immunity to the mother - with her milk. Children breastfed, are less likely to get sick, recover more quickly, including after feeding after 1 year.
Breastfeeding helps to form the right bite, which will help to avoid many logopedic problems in the future.
With proper organization, the time of breastfeeding is the period of unforgettable communication between mother and baby. Close contact with the baby forms the correct maternal behavior, makes the mother sensitive and attentive to the needs of the child. The newborn, in turn, grows calm and confident that his main needs - in mom and her milk - are completely satisfied. In addition, all the efforts of the mother in organizing successful breastfeeding will successfully pay off in the future with good health and a strong nervous system of the baby.