Breast
feeding
Breastfeeding is a natural
way for a mother to feed her baby and helps a
her to bond with her child. Putting baby to
nipple for the first 6 months of a babies life
is said to benefit baby along with solids for
months
after.
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Each
time you put your little one to the
breast it makes a big difference to your
child's health. A baby being fed with
mothers milk helps maintain a more
emotional and physical bond between you
and your baby, w
hich
makes a healthy
happy infant and a happy
mother.
Lots of new moms find
Breast feeding a real struggle to begin
with because the baby may not latch on to
mothers nipple or cannot grasp the
suckling motion for long enough to
release milk from the breast. So lots of
women give up very quickly and revert to
a bottle because it is much simpler. But
as soon as you and baby get the knack of
it, you will never want to change that
closeness you will feel with baby after
this, the bond will be as strong as it
can
be.
Whilst feeding baby,
you as a mother are looking after the
health and well being off your child, not
just because breast is best, or because
of all the natural nutrients in breast
milk, but you save your baby from
illnesses such
as
-
Gastroenteritis
-
Ear
infections
-
Urinary Tract
Infections
-
Coughs
-
Colds
And who can say
better
than that to give your child the best start
in life you could possibly give,
when feeding you have to watch
what you eat and
drink,
you need to tryand eat larger portions
and frequent
snacks to help meet demands of
breast feedingbaby also avoiding
alcohol.
Your breast produces
milk in response to baby being put to
breast, the more you feed
with the milk from the
boob the more your breasts produce,
basically feed on demand. When you first
breast feed your baby you may feel like a
milking machine because they like to feed
often, around every two hours. Once they
feed better each time the less frequent
it will
become.
Breast milk contains
antibodies which gives your child
protection from picking up any virus from
mother and from fighting any illness or
infection they may get themselves. This
milk is easily digestible in a baby than
formula milk, and less likely to cause
stomach upsets and nobody wants a baby
with diarrhea you've got enough to do at
the best of
times.
Tiny premature babies
who are fed on breast milk are more
likely to do well than being formula fed,
and is also said to be good for babies
teeth and eyesight. Also baby's that have
been breastfed are easier to wean due to
already having traces of what the mother
eats and drinks in
their
bodies whilst being breast
feeding.
For the first few days
after giving birth your breasts produce a
food called 'colostrums' which looks like
a creamy milk and yellow in
colour.
Thiscontains the food your
baby needs and the antibodies to
protect your child, after a few
days your breasts begin to produce breast
milk which will look thin compared to the
colostrum.
How your baby feeds on
your breast is different to a bottle, the
breasts are never empty, but the milk has
to be let down so it can gather behind
your nipple. To make milk flow from the
breast, baby needs to be in a good
position.
Make
sure your also comfortable when feeding
baby, hold baby close to the breast this
may take time to get used to but you will
do it eventually it just takes practise,
make sure your back is supported which
ever position you and baby find
easiest and most
comfortable that will be normally
be best.
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