You are breastfeeding, but feel tired in the afternoon? In the breast milk from the little that the child always asks his chest and even feeding refuses. What to do? Post a mixture? Or are there other methods of increasing milk?
Many mothers in a situation where chest emptied, decide that the case in the lack of milk, and begin to mix. Although in most cases this behavior crumbs are not related to the amount of milk.
Why kid hanging on his chest?
Children of the first months of life tend to "cluster" feeding. Periods of sleep and wakefulness they are arranged so that the rest of the time should be the time activity. In just a few hours of baby applied to the chest several times, and then rest again. After a little while the ventricle. Also in the evening the kids are capricious longer: the immature brain is difficult to handle a lot of impressions. And the smallest calm at my mother's breasts: eat - like life has become easier!
If the evening my mother enough milk: whether to give the mixture? / istockphoto.com
If the mother is tired - a little milk
However, it happens that it is against the background of frequent night applying notice a slight lack of milk. Scarce morning eating well, actively swallows, ate and fed, and in the evening crying, quickly throws the chest... It is worth remembering that the milk is produced in response to stimulation of the breast. And the evening of milk depends on your night feedings. In the period from 2 to 8 o'clock in the morning stimulation of the chest gives the maximum effect, and it is desirable to obtain at least two feeding at this time, but better - 3.
If a pipsqueak refuses to breast feeding
If your child is more than six months, and you have entered the lure, but he rejects it in favor of breast milk. But you feel that the milk is not enough. Do not despair! It should be understood that up to 6 months, the child had no experience, there is something other than breast milk. And now he's just learning the process.
For us, it is quite commonplace situation: sitting at the table, see the food on the plate, to realize that this food and it is delicious, mouth open, to shoot her mouth with a spoon, chew, swallow, take pleasure this... But pipsqueak only 2 weeks in his new role - adult participant breakfast / lunch. He has all these concepts have not been formed, and not just the task of parents - all this gradually teach your baby. Just make a reservation: this is not a quick process and requires a lot of patience on the part of relatives. For the child it is important sensitive and attentive attitude of parents to him in matters of feeding.
Now for your crumbs normally eat little feeding and want to attach to the breast. After that, the baby can even eat or not eat solid foods. It is important that this process was voluntary and did not cause negative emotions. With age, the amount of feeding will be very gradually increased. I remind you that the main meal grudnichka breast milk is about one year. It may be 75% of all food. But the lure of so called complementary foods, because it is a supplement to breast milk. More actively interested, there is an "adult food" and move to the common table, children begin after a year or so older.
Also you will be interested to read this: how to transfer the child to the mixture on the breast milk
