In the morning and in the afternoon you feed your baby, and milk all right. But in the evening milk is not enough. What indicates this situation with the breast and whether to introduce a mixture?
Many mothers in a similar situation to decide that the case in the lack of milkAnd begin to mix. Although in most cases this behavior crumbs are not related to the amount of milk.
What is a cluster feeding?
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 a little milk: Top-3 Board of lactating mothers / istockphoto.com
The demand creates proposal
- Feed your baby on demand.
- 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.
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