Questions on Breastfeeding Baby

Posted by Unknown on Wednesday, October 24, 2012




Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Breastfeeding Babies

Q: How often a newborn should be breastfed?

A.:  You must breastfeed newborn no less than 8 times a day, depending on how long he sleeps between feedings at night. If your baby is able to sleep for four hours between feedings, then most likely you have to feed it twice a night between 23:00 pm and 7:00 am. If you give him the milk just before he slept, then you may just need to get up once during the night.

Q: How many times babies should get breast milk?

A. Depending on the age of your baby, you normally have to feed every 3-4 hours during the day. When your baby's age increases, the frequency of breast-feeding will be reduced, but they will drink more milk than usual. If you are planning to breastfeed your baby for more than 6 months, you have to feed him at least 5 times a day. If your milk is reduced, then you need to increase the frequency of breastfeeding for your baby.

Q: How do I reduce the frequency of breast-feeding the baby?

A: Generally, changes made is to extend the time interval of feeding every 3 hours to 4 hours, not to breastfeed in the middle of the night, or not to breastfeed after midnight.

You will know when your baby is ready to change their eating habits by observing changes in their sleep patterns. A baby who routinely fed every 3 hours at night, it generally takes 3 times to sleep during the day and if they drink milk every 3.5 to 4 hours then they may reduce the frequency of shortening his nap or bedtime. It usually occurs in infants older than 3 months.

Most babies change their eating habits midnight when I was about 6-14 weeks. You'll know that they've changed when you wake up in the morning and ask why not ask your baby breast milk in the evening. Consequently Your baby will need more food during the day.

Giving dinner is the most difficult to stop. Some parents believe that if they do not feed their babies before their babies will sleep then wake up in the middle of the night. If you think your child is still breastfed at night, change time, 15 minutes of schedule delay the ordinary. do every day until your baby accustomed to. So the diet will Gradually change.

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