First feeding. Colostrum .
The baby will start to develop better and faster if you start breastfeeding as soon as possible. In the colostrum (the first milk), changes occur every day. Colostrum contains a large number of calories, as well as nutrients that help the child adapt to the world around him. In contrast to the later, mature milk, the colostrum is a yellowish shade, more sticky and viscous. With the maternal colostrum the baby receives a lot of cells that take part in the formation of immunity, thus acquiring antibodies from diseases. The composition of the colostrum is more similar to the composition of the tissues of the child. The mother's organism releases colostrum during the first 2-3 days, during the next two - transitional milk, which is transformed into a mature one.
How to properly breastfeed a newborn baby.
When breastfeeding a child, it is not necessary to adhere to a specific schedule. Even more, the baby requires breast with more frequency than the infant formula, sometimes up to 15-20 times per day with time intervals from 15 minutes to 1.5-2.5 hours. This is caused by the need to increase the amount of the hormone that is responsible for the release of milk - prolactin. The amount of milk allocated by the mother's organism directly depends on the frequency with which the baby is applied to the breast. It is not necessary to control the feeding time. Usually, after 15-30 minutes the baby becomes saturated and releases the nipple himself.
Do I need to change my breast during feeding?
Breastfeeding during breastfeeding can be justified only when the baby is not yet full, and there is no milk in it. Otherwise, the child will not have enough nutrients that are in the depth of the chest and promote the formation of immunity. Milk, contained in the external ducts of the breast, contains mainly water and milk sugar. Both breasts for one feeding are used after three months from the date of birth.
Night Feeding
Do I need to breastfeed at night? According to children's doctors, feeding at night contributes to increased milk production, because the hormone prolactin is most intensively released in the interval from 3 to 8 am. In addition to this, prolactin secreted at night protects the woman from unwanted pregnancy.
Should I give my child water between meals?
The content of the baby on breastfeeding should not be given additionally, since the composition of the woman's milk includes approximately 90% of the water that is purified by the mother's body. Since the centers of satiation and thirst in children for up to a year are close to each other in the brain, the child will lack milk if it is watered.
Discard the nipple
This is necessary because the manner of the child sucking the nipple and nipple - two different things, which is due to their different shape. When you combine nipples and breasts, the child may become confused. He will strive to take the nipple as a pacifier and bring the pain of the mother, without getting a sufficient amount of milk. A child may not want milk from the breast, since the nipple is easier to suck.
How to find out if the baby has enough milk
The easiest way to find out is to count the number of times the child peed. A child at the age of 15 days is required to write at least 12 times a day, if this figure is less, this indicates that the child receives an insufficient amount of milk. In this case, it is necessary to increase the production of milk. In cases where a child urinates less than 8 times a day, it is necessary to use mixed feeding.
The second option to determine how much a child consumes milk can be called control weighing. If you have weights in the house, you have the opportunity to weigh the child after each feeding during the day. Individual weighing will not give accurate information, because the baby consumes a different amount of milk at each feeding.
The final result of your efforts you can see, coming to the monthly reception to the pediatrician. If the weight of your child for the first month has increased no less than 600 grams, and the next two - not less than 800 grams, therefore, everything is fine.
Is there a need to express milk after each feeding?
With the proper construction of the process of breastfeeding, only the amount of milk needed by the baby will be produced, and there will be no need for it in its decantation.
The process of breastfeeding has a beneficial effect on both the baby and his mother. It also brings pleasure from the feeling of unity between the child and the mother.