29 May 2010
Retracted nipples. If a mother’s nipples are flat or retracted (down back into the breast by the supporting tissue), it may further complicate the business of getting a baby started at the breast, especially if he is the excitable type. If he searches around and cannot find the nipples, he may cry angrily and pull his [...]
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28 April 2010
The fiddler, the fusser, the sleeper and the waker. There are several patterns of behavior in the early weeks of breast-feeding that complicate the mother’s job and nearly drive her mad. The first is that of the baby who never seems to breast feed very vigorously and falls asleep5 minutes or so after breast-feeding. You [...]
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28 April 2010
Breast and bottle both. If a mother who cannot produce enough milk to completely satisfy the baby wants to go on with a combination of breast and bottle-feeding, there is no reason why she should not. However, in many cases of mixed feedings, the breast milk supply gradually decreases. Also the baby may come to [...]
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27 April 2010
A relief bottle is all right. Does all this mean that a mother who wants to continue breast-feeding must never give a bottle under any circumstances?
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26 April 2010
Hunger is not the commonest reason for crying. The most common reason for a mother to start worrying is that her baby begins fret right after baby feeds, or between feeds. Her first thought is that her milk supply is failing. But this assumption is not correct. The fact is that almost all babies especially [...]
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10 April 2010
When the breast milk seems to decrease later. A good percentage of mothers who are eager to breast feed are successful in the hospital and for a number of days or weeks after wards (with the possible exception of the first day or two at home when the supply often decreases temporarily). Then too many [...]
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07 April 2010
Trying to increase it after getting home (if you can not consult the doctor regularly). Suppose that in the hospital your baby was breastfed as frequently as possible and received both breasts at each feeding, but still did not get enough. The doctor decided that he had to have some bottle feeds, too. Let’s say [...]
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06 April 2010
Care of nipples. Some doctors recommend regular massage of the nipples during the last month of pregnancy, to toughen them. After they baby is born and begins to breastfeeding, no particular care of the nipples, no wiping or ointment should be necessary. It is sensible for the mother to wash her hands with soap before [...]
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06 April 2010
How do you know whether the baby is getting enough milk from her mother’s breast or not? This question is likely to baffle the new mother. You certainly can not tell from the length of time the baby is breast fed. He goes on breast feeding after he is already obtained most of the milk, [...]
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31 March 2010
Breast feeding with on or both breasts? In very natural, “uncivilized” parts of the world, where breast feeding is the only way babies are fed, where mothers carry their babies around with them in slings while they work and where schedules are unknown, babies tend to wake and be put to breast feeding frequently.
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