How to teach a newborn is mode

With the advent of a newborn baby to light many questions arise, including how to feed, when and how many times a day, whether the mode or better to feed on demand? These are quite obvious, concerns the majority of women became mothers of the firstborn. For those who already have experience of motherhood, know how to behave with a newborn baby and how to teach it to eat at the same time.

Instruction

To accustom a newborn to eat at mode is when lactation has already been established, i.e. after the first weeks of life of the child. During this time the mother begins to realize after a period of time, after the previous feeding, begins to arrive the milk, how much the baby eats and how often asks for the breast. The feeding regime is necessary to maintain therefore, to avoid such unpleasant phenomena as colic. The interval between feedings should be about 2.5-3 hours. So they say in most manuals, however, is not always possible to comply with it. The reasons may be many, for example, the kid eats not. In this case, it is necessary to pay attention to what mom eats. Perhaps her milk is not fat enough or not enough milk, and therefore may need supplemental foods mixture.

If the kid is on artificial feeding, that is, drink instead of mother's milk mix, here everything is much easier, as it allowed more and dobivanie plain water. Of course, to give water and babies that are breastfed, however, many pediatricians do not recommend that my mother did not decreased the amount of milk. To satisfy the sucking reflex often use a pacifier, so you can calm hungry and crying while mom is preparing the mixture. Thus, it is possible to control the time of receiving the baby of the mixture, bringing it to a desired mode.

The best way to teach a child to one mode of feeding is to feed him at the same time. To deviate from the established rules when the kid is sick and needs the breast not only to satisfy hunger, but also to calm down, to feel the mother's protection. It is not necessary to bring a newborn baby to a hysterical crying hungry only for what you before eating for regime lacks ten minutes. It is immaterial deviation and are acceptable.

During wakefulness the newborn , try to give it more attention, to play, to distract his attention, do gymnastics, walk. If the baby gets fussy, do not try to immediately give him a bottle with formula or breast. This creates the risk that his body will not have time to digest food after the last feeding, and it will result in colic and anxiety, regurgitation of food.

Note

Often the diet of newborns, breastfeeding, formed on demand. However, there are important mode, as if to feed with large gaps, during this time, milk can come very much, and it is fraught with lactose. If you feed very often, the milk may not be able to digest, and cause colic in the newborn and the anxiety.

Useful advice

Balanced and proper nutrition of the mother contributes to the fact that the baby with breast milk receives all the necessary substances, sate and is in a good mood, and therefore easier to tolerate a two or three hour intervals between feedings.
Use a pacifier to calm the baby, not the breast, at least you can give him some water to drink?.

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