Guide for breastfeeding

How to breastfeed? Here are some useful instructions!

Breastfeeding begins as soon as possible, even immediately after the birth. Every morning you clean bathroom washing your chest, areas beneath it and armpits with soap and water. Do not use antiseptics, because drying the natural oiliness of the nipple with the result of more easy injuries. The soaping your hands before each feeding, because it protects the baby from infections and disease. When not breastfeeding, be sure that your nipples are always clean and dry. While breastfeeding, your position should be comfortable. You will find the appropriate position. If breastfeeding sitting, a pillow knees will help you. In this way the baby comes near you to breastfeed. Hold with one hand in your chest down and with the palm of your other hand hold the head of the neck. Wait patiently and when the nipple and your baby's mouth is open in the same line, gently push his head to grab the areola, not the nipple. Your baby should be nursing areola, ie the dark area around your nipple. To achieve the correct breastfeeding position, hold your breast with four fingers underneath and thumb up, near the areola to squeeze slightly during breastfeeding and not the baby's nose closed. If you do not obtain the correct breastfeeding position and injuring your nipples, do not despair, ask the competent people to help you. Do not stop breastfeeding. Do not put ointments on the nipple. Those ointments and if put, if you do not breastfeed properly, your nipples will hurt. If no new lesion, the former will heal itself. If breastfeeding properly, not in pain and that means that you have achieved the correct breastfeeding position. Breastfeeding is free and unlimited. The first few days are likely newborn to breastfeed every two hours, regardless of whether it is day or night. At the end of the first month, he will begin to sleep for longer periods. Each baby is different from each other and the same quantity of milk takes a different time. Therefore, we can not define the same feeding time for all children. For the first three days of life of the newborn, who produced colostrum, breast-feed from both breasts, without time restrictions. For the next few days, breast-feeding from one breast, as long as your baby wants is the right technique. Feed your baby from one breast to be calm and let him alone. If he looks to still hungry and if it has reached 20-30 breastfeeding on the first breast, and then offer the second. At first lactation milk is free flowing and towards the end of breastfeeding thick because it contains fat, which means more calories necessary for the needs of the new organization. In some mothers milk comes suddenly, something that happens at the 3rd and 4th day. In this case and to prevent breast rock, breastfeed from both breasts at the same meal. If you have twins, do not worry. Your milk enough for both kids. You, in fact, if you see fit, to breastfeed simultaneously. The hold on two pillows with their legs toward your armpit and your hands leaning their heads. If unsuccessful, the first mammal one after another, having one breast for each. If you are thirsty during breastfeeding, drink fluids you want. After feeding hold your baby upright, resting on your chest or face down on your lap, gently rubbing his back to burp, and then put it on the bed turned sideways. If the child drowned in feeding, not lifting it upright but keep the head down. Hit the elefaria back and clean his nose from food. Do not wake your baby to breastfeed, unless they spend many hours-over four- or if you feel your chest too crowded to catch the rock. In this case, you will put it to suckle from both breasts, as she wants. Do not give him liquids in the intermediate of the meals. Your milk contains a lot of water to quench your baby. Also, breastfeeding differently from the bottle so confused and slow to learn to breastfeed right breast. If your baby is crying, even though he spent very little time of breastfeeding, the xanathilaste. Do not be terrified and do not think that you do not have milk. This will not last long. The first six weeks is time to adapt both for your baby and for you. Do not surrender without a fight. Soon your baby will only arrange the meals. It will stop the evening, will thin out the agendas and you will have achieved the correct breastfeeding. That your milk is enough shown by developing and your baby's vividness. Check the weight of every 10 days, the first time, and then every month. The baby should have reached the birth weight up to the first 15 days of life and then, for the next three months, taking 150-200 grams per week. What we need to know is that with breastfeeding have not obese children ... We have strong children. No need to hypertrophy to get milk. Eating properly, covering your daily needs in albums, fats, carbohydrates and vitamins. Two glasses of milk and an orange cover your extra caloric needs. Avoid spicy foods, alcohol, many desserts, coffees and generally foods that you yourself do not tolerate. Eat oil and not fat. To confirm the absence or not of the enzyme (G6PD) do not eat peas or beans, while breastfeeding. Breastfeeding will easily lose the weight that you took during pregnancy, because the fat is burned saved for milk production. If you are a smoker and you can not avoid it completely, the limit of 5 (five strictly) cigarettes daily. Because the milk protects the baby from harmful substances in the smoke, it is better for a mother smokes sparse and nursing than not breastfeeding at all. It is one of the smallest sacrifices you make for your newborn baby.