Ten Tips for Successful Breastfeeding

[knsingh4]

1)  You should begin breastfeeding your baby an hour after delivery.

2)  Colostrum, the yellowish milk produced by the mother in the first 3 days is very healthy
     for  the child.

3)  The baby does not need anything other than breast milk for the first 4-6 months of life.
     Breast milk provides adequate nutrition and immunity to the baby.

4)  A baby who has only breast milk (no additional water) and urinates a minimum of 6 times in
     24 hours is getting enough breast milk.

5)  There is no need to worry about frequent watery motions in an exclusively breastfed
     baby, as long as the baby is active and passes urine adequately.

6)  Your baby should be free to breastfeed whenever and for a long as it chooses. More
     suckling means more breast milk. Demand feeding alleviates breast engorgement and
     breast infection.

7)  It is important that the baby not only gets foremilk (rich in carbohydrates, vitamins and
     proteins, that also helps quench the baby's thirst), but also get hind milk (rich in fat and
     calories). Therefore, you should allow the baby to keep suckling from one side until he
     leaves the breast on his own, so that he gets enough hind milk.

8 )  Try to avoid bottle-feeding entirely. It is not necessary at all.

9)  Bottle-feeding may be a direct cause for breastfeeding failure.

10)If the baby cannot tolerate bottle-feeding or artificial feeding, it can lead to a serious
     illness.

I think above 10 tips will be very helpful for mother as well as child.

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Kn

[Lis83]

I think the ten tips are really good to remember but not very comforting when its at crisis point!!!! Here are a few things that help me get through when I'm thinking about giving up (which is more often than you think!)
* If at the start it hurts for longer than 10-15 seconds its likely that latch on isnt quite right, speak to your health visitor or ring a breastfeeding support line etc.
* Get a good nursing top. Its not essential but feeling exposed while feeding in public can lead to embarrassed mums giving up. (I wear a nursing vest under all my t-shirts which means you cant see anything.)
* Join a breastfeeding support group, its good to moan to other mums!!!
* Remember growth spurts dont last forever, plough through and you'll get out the other side!
* Remember you're giving your baby the best start in life by breastfeeding and it really is worth it!

[Lis83]

Oh and.... Its not a crime to feed your baby from a bottle! Breastmilk or the occasional formula!! I know its not the 'done' thing but i know plenty of people who struggle to express and give formula feeds when they go out occasionally and people who give a formula feed last thing at night to help baby sleep through.
Think they just advise trying feeding baby from a bottle between 3 and 6 weeks. Before and it might affect baby's latch on, after and baby might not take to it.