Breastfeeding is the most beneficial act that a baby endures to receive vital nutrients. It also establishes a close bond between a baby and the mother. What are the benefits to the environment and the society?
1. There's a reduction in insurance premiums for both parents and employers
2. Reduction in missed work due to a child’s illness
3. A reduction in tax burden on communities and governments to ensure children are properly fed
4. Breastfeeding can reduce global pollution by decreasing the use of resources and energy to process, produce, distribute, package, and dispose of materials created by the manufacture and use of artificial baby milk.
Many mothers are given incorrect breastfeeding advice that causes fussy, uncomfortable babies and sabotages the breastfeeding learning process.
"You must feed the baby for 10 minutes on one side and then switch to the other side and feed for another 10 minutes." The fatty part of the milk is very important as it helps a baby to digest breast milk more easily and it helps a baby to feel full and satisfied at the end of the feed. If a mother switches sides before the baby is able to get the hindmilk, the result is a fussy, gassy baby who has green, explosive, frothy stools. The same is for a baby after a good feed off of one breast.
If you have been breastfeeding your baby and switching breasts often, you can certainly change the way that you feed your baby so that she can get the hindmilk. Breast milk is produced from direct stimulation to nerve endings in your areola as your baby feeds. Once the first breast has been drained, start with the second breast. Once your milk starts to regulate, you’ll notice that:
1. The breast that feeds the baby will be soft at the end of the feed.
2. Your baby will be satisfied at the end of the feed.
Many new breastfeeding mothers discontinue breastfeeding because of well-intentioned but incorrect advice. Learning to breastfeed can be a difficult and frustrating time for first-time mothers and their babies. Birthing a baby is the most energy draining, intense physical and mental marathon of your life. With respect to breastfeeding, "well intentioned help" can easily sabotage the breastfeeding process.
"You are so very tired. Why don't you sleep and let us take care of your baby?" To help conserve energy, you can ask a nurse to help you position the baby so that you are feeding lying down. This position gives you extra rest while you cuddle and bond with your baby.
“The baby is losing body weight and we are going to have to supplement her with formula.” Actually, it is normal for a baby to lose weight after birth. This allows your baby to continue to practice learning a proper latch and helps to establish a good supply of breast milk.
"You should feed your baby on a schedule." Our mothers and grandmothers were advised since 1946 by Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care book to bottle-feed their babies and put them on rigid schedules because it was "more sanitary and more scientific." Tofu digests more easily than steak just as human breast milk is more easily digested than cow's milk formula.
The problems with introducing bottles into a baby's schedule when she is busy establishing her milk supply are twofold:
1. A newer baby can become confused with the two different types of feeding. Breastfeeding is a very active process. A bottle-fed baby doesn't have to work at all to get milk.
2. If a baby is using one of her feeds to drink formula, the mother does not get the stimulus to produce more milk. This results in less milk available for the baby, which causes her to be hungry and fussy. A soother can provide comfort, but it interferes with the baby sucking at her mother's breast. Soothers and bottles should only be introduced after the breastfeeding process is comfortable for both mother and baby, not before.
Here are a few tips to make breastfeeding easier from someone who learned the hard way:
1. Latch your baby as she is waking up. Babies wake up hungry and if you wait to latch a baby until she is fully awake and crying, you have lost a good five minutes of time that the baby is sleepy and relaxed and better able to take the breast.
2. Get as much sleep as you can, you have more internal strength if you have plenty of rest.
3. Delay the visits of the more critical people in your life to when you are feeling stronger and more secure in your parenting skills. New parents are quite vulnerable during the first month or so of a new baby, especially a first baby.
4. If you get advice that is contrary to your way of thinking, all you have to do is say "thanks, I'll think about that".
Breastfeeding can be frustrating to learn for some women and if you find that you and your baby are struggling, get help immediately!
1. There's a reduction in insurance premiums for both parents and employers
2. Reduction in missed work due to a child’s illness
3. A reduction in tax burden on communities and governments to ensure children are properly fed
4. Breastfeeding can reduce global pollution by decreasing the use of resources and energy to process, produce, distribute, package, and dispose of materials created by the manufacture and use of artificial baby milk.
Many mothers are given incorrect breastfeeding advice that causes fussy, uncomfortable babies and sabotages the breastfeeding learning process.
"You must feed the baby for 10 minutes on one side and then switch to the other side and feed for another 10 minutes." The fatty part of the milk is very important as it helps a baby to digest breast milk more easily and it helps a baby to feel full and satisfied at the end of the feed. If a mother switches sides before the baby is able to get the hindmilk, the result is a fussy, gassy baby who has green, explosive, frothy stools. The same is for a baby after a good feed off of one breast.
If you have been breastfeeding your baby and switching breasts often, you can certainly change the way that you feed your baby so that she can get the hindmilk. Breast milk is produced from direct stimulation to nerve endings in your areola as your baby feeds. Once the first breast has been drained, start with the second breast. Once your milk starts to regulate, you’ll notice that:
1. The breast that feeds the baby will be soft at the end of the feed.
2. Your baby will be satisfied at the end of the feed.
Many new breastfeeding mothers discontinue breastfeeding because of well-intentioned but incorrect advice. Learning to breastfeed can be a difficult and frustrating time for first-time mothers and their babies. Birthing a baby is the most energy draining, intense physical and mental marathon of your life. With respect to breastfeeding, "well intentioned help" can easily sabotage the breastfeeding process.
"You are so very tired. Why don't you sleep and let us take care of your baby?" To help conserve energy, you can ask a nurse to help you position the baby so that you are feeding lying down. This position gives you extra rest while you cuddle and bond with your baby.
“The baby is losing body weight and we are going to have to supplement her with formula.” Actually, it is normal for a baby to lose weight after birth. This allows your baby to continue to practice learning a proper latch and helps to establish a good supply of breast milk.
"You should feed your baby on a schedule." Our mothers and grandmothers were advised since 1946 by Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care book to bottle-feed their babies and put them on rigid schedules because it was "more sanitary and more scientific." Tofu digests more easily than steak just as human breast milk is more easily digested than cow's milk formula.
The problems with introducing bottles into a baby's schedule when she is busy establishing her milk supply are twofold:
1. A newer baby can become confused with the two different types of feeding. Breastfeeding is a very active process. A bottle-fed baby doesn't have to work at all to get milk.
2. If a baby is using one of her feeds to drink formula, the mother does not get the stimulus to produce more milk. This results in less milk available for the baby, which causes her to be hungry and fussy. A soother can provide comfort, but it interferes with the baby sucking at her mother's breast. Soothers and bottles should only be introduced after the breastfeeding process is comfortable for both mother and baby, not before.
Here are a few tips to make breastfeeding easier from someone who learned the hard way:
1. Latch your baby as she is waking up. Babies wake up hungry and if you wait to latch a baby until she is fully awake and crying, you have lost a good five minutes of time that the baby is sleepy and relaxed and better able to take the breast.
2. Get as much sleep as you can, you have more internal strength if you have plenty of rest.
3. Delay the visits of the more critical people in your life to when you are feeling stronger and more secure in your parenting skills. New parents are quite vulnerable during the first month or so of a new baby, especially a first baby.
4. If you get advice that is contrary to your way of thinking, all you have to do is say "thanks, I'll think about that".
Breastfeeding can be frustrating to learn for some women and if you find that you and your baby are struggling, get help immediately!
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