Is your baby full?
Have you ever been bothered by this statement? Didn't almost all mothers-in-law ask this question? We have moms backstage who are very suspicious of their lack of milk:
But moms themselves are confused:
The child can't speak, there is no scale on the breast, is the baby full? What if not eating enough to affect development?
At the same time, with the doubts of people around them, they also feel that their milk is not enough for children, or they will add milk powder!
As a result, there was little milk left, and it was simply fed mixed or directly to the milk powder. Why did a simple question of not having enough milk end up evolving into this result? Chasing milk if you don't eat enough, and continuing to breastfeed after eating enough, it seems simple, but many mothers lose in judgment or doubt themselves. So are there accurate standards? Today we will talk about this topic.
We summarize, more intuitive and easy to judge methods, there are the following:
1. The baby's weight gain is insufficient, and the growth curve is flat or even declining;
2. The baby urinates less than 6 times a day, the amount of stool is small, or there is a hungry green stool;
3. When the baby sucks the breast, the mother cannot hear the swallowing sound;
4. After each breastfeeding, the baby is still crying, and there is no expression of satisfaction, and cannot sleep quietly or sleep for less than 1 hour (excluding newborns);
5. The mother's breast milk is full before feeding, and the baby's breast will become soft after feeding, indicating that the mother's milk is sufficient. (Many moms don't swell their milk, so this is not for all moms)
Babies in their newborn period are indeed little ones who don't play cards according to common sense. They eat, sleep and sleep, which makes people wonder, so they can't judge whether their mother's milk is enough by their sleep. Generally, when the baby is full moon, the weight can increase by more than 500g, and the mother's milk is enough.
What needs to be noted by mothers is that many of their own feelings of less milk are not signs of less milk, such as the baby waking up more at night, there are sucking reflexes, nipple confusion, etc., be sure to understand, do not add milk powder casually.
If the mothers control the above aspects, do feel that their breast milk is insufficient, do not rush to add milk powder to the baby, normal maternal 6 months after childbirth daily milk production will gradually increase with the baby's age, mature milk volume can reach an average of 700 ml to 1000 ml per day. Therefore, for babies who are young, it is still very likely that they will be exclusively breastfed.
If you really can't catch up, you can also use mixed feeding, after all, breastfeeding is up to the mother to decide.
Many times, we are too anxious, anxious to let the baby sleep, anxious to let the child grow tall and strong, anxious to let the child not lose at the starting line...
But every child has their own growth trajectory and temperament, and I have seen so many babies, almost none of the baby's feeding habits are the same: some eat while playing; some eat in one breath; some eat two bites and fall asleep, squint and eat. It's really different.
Therefore, we do not need to raise children according to the same standards, there is no need to stare at the child's stool every day, and there is no need to stare at the weight scale for fear that the child does not grow meat.
Take it easy, believe in your children, and believe in yourself.
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