Further, their number decreases, and only those mothers who feed the child for more than a year - a unit.
And yet breastfeeding is an art accessible to every mother. It is only wise to get down to business. Let's look at how to organize breastfeeding together.
At the beginning of the journey
In order not to have problems with milk, it is important for mother to behave reasonably from the very beginning. After all, in the first two months in the mother's body all mechanisms are started that ensure a full-fledged feeding of the child. That is why it is so important to feed your baby only on demand and often wear it on your hands or in a sling (a special device made of cloth). The child during this period, as it were, "makes an order" for milk, informs her mother about her needs.
To find the right way to organize breastfeeding, the following simple recommendations will help you:
- 1. Make sure that the baby takes the breast as needed. Check: his mouth should be wide open, the sponges (especially the lower ones) are turned outward, the face is very close to the mother's breast.
- Sometimes a child sucks, nosknuvshis nosikom mom in the chest. This is completely normal. Do not remove the breast with your finger, because in this place there is a duct. By closing it, you can involuntarily break the outflow of milk and provoke lactostasis (milk stagnation). In order not to rub the breast, the child must grab it along with the halo!
- To further correctly organize breastfeeding, it is very important to put the baby to the breast immediately after birth and allow him to suck a few precious drops of colostrum. Also, give the child after lying down to lie with her mother on her stomach.
- Arrange in advance for a joint stay with the baby in one ward after childbirth. Now in many maternity hospitals, this practice has already become generally accepted and habitual. However, sometimes you need to warn the staff in advance that you would like to stay with the newborn after the birth.
- Choose a comfortable position for feeding. Check yourself: no muscle in your mother should become numb when she is breastfeeding! You can feed the baby lying, hugging the child with one hand, sitting (put a pillow under the newborn or to yourself under the elbow, leg or under the back - so that you feel comfortable and comfortable). Only then will breastfeeding bring joy not only to the crumb, but also to the mother, when she learns to feed him in a comfortable position for herself.
- It is very important to feed the baby on demand, but not less than 1.5 hours later. If the newborn sleeps for more than 2 hours, you need to wake it up softly (touch your finger on the nose) and offer a breast (for this purpose lead a nipple to the baby on the lips or cheek). Even if the child sucks 5 - 10 minutes. and again fall asleep, this will be enough to stimulate lactation.
- Mom should remember that the baby should always get breast whenever he wants it. It's normal if a newborn sucks every 1 to 1.5 hours (including if he sucks in 15 minutes several times in a row and then sleeps 1 to 1.5 hours). It's not necessary to teach the child artificially through 3 to 3 hours , 5 hours ("so that the stomach can digest"). The organism of the baby is slightly different from that of the adult. Mother's milk is absorbed easily and quickly by the baby's stomach, so he eats frequently and gradually. With artificial feeding, breaks between feedings will be more simply because for the children's stomach the mixture is heavy food. That is why, after eating the mixture, the children sleep long and hard. And my mothers are often unaware of this are happy (they say, the child ate).
- Do not limit the time of feeding. Let the crumb eat as long as he wants. Remove your breasts only when you are firmly convinced that he no longer wants to eat (to do this, offer her to the baby twice, and if he does not take it, then he's full). Do not stop the baby from sleeping or napping under the breast. Lie down next to him and give yourself a chance to rest (you are a lactating mother!). Or, safely wear a sling and do household chores together with a sleeping baby. This will strengthen the baby's nervous system, his confidence in his mother and support his strong and long sleep.
Successfully organize breastfeeding will help you to know some of the issues of human physiology. For example, to avoid cracks, do not wash your breasts every time before and after feeding, especially with soap! Frequent washing destroys natural lubrication, and the breasts become more prone to the risk of cracking. Mom is enough to take a shower 1 time in 1 - 3 days.
Remember that breast milk is sterile! Try squeezing a few drops of it and let it air dry. This is the best prevention of cracks.
If the chest is tight, because a lot of milk has come running, massage it lightly with both hands in a semicircular motion, then discard a drop of milk, and then feed the baby. Otherwise, the baby can be difficult to suck, and he can be capricious.