Newborn care and nutrition: the concerns of mothers

Proper care of the newborn and nutrition - issues of concern to almost all new mothers. Information on this topic a lot, but find their way into the sea sometimes contradictory advice is often difficult. How to care for a child and how to feed it to the baby grow up healthy and strong?

The most important thing

The need for food refers to essential. No food can not live a single person, and the baby as well. Fortunately, nature has taken care that the woman was not difficult to provide food for her child - natural breast milk. Benefits of breastfeeding Breastfeeding: notes   is well known. Mother's milk - the best food for the baby, it provides your baby with all necessary materials, it contributes to better physical and even intellectual development, improves the immune system and prevents diseases.

Typically, the milk is practically all women, but to establish breastfeeding is not possible to each. Some women mistakenly believe that breastfeeding spoils the figure, and therefore reject this method of infant feeding Feeding your baby - optimal breastfeeding . Some people can not feed for medical reasons - for example, after taking the medication. When doctors stop treatment and allow women to breastfeed, milk may no longer be. Finally, some of the young mothers is simply not enough milk.

On the amount of milk in lactating women affected by many factors: genetic predisposition, the mode of the day, nutrition, the nervous system of the mother, stress. Often, the milk disappears after serious experiences, so in all cultures taken to protect nursing mother from stress, provide her with the maximum tranquility, comfort and nutrition.

Many women immediately after childbirth tend to return to its former shape and limit yourself to food, but to do it in any case should not be, because such diets negatively affect the quality and quantity of breast milk. Furthermore, it is undesirable to include in the diet of lactating women products, allergens: citrus, cocoa, coffee, strawberry, and products with a large amount of artificial additives.

How to feed

It was once thought that the baby should be fed exclusively on schedule with mandatory night break. Unfortunately, not all children obediently accepted his proposed regime - many wept bitterly, demanding food, night after night, until exhausted mother did not dare to violate the ban and give the baby the breast at an odd hour.

In recent decades, pediatricians are increasingly advised not to feed the baby on the clock, and on-demand - so the newborn gets the milk as soon as it wants and as much as he needs. This mode is usually convenient not only the child, but also the mother. Since much easier to wake up and feed the baby than to listen to him all night crying. In addition, feeding on demand allows for the first month of life in a natural way to establish lactation - the mother's body adapts to the needs of the newborn, and the milk produced as much as you need to feed crumbs. When this child not only gets the food, but also communicates with his mother, feeling her warmth.

As they get older newborn intervals between feedings should be increased gradually, leading up to two hours. This mode of feeding called free - it allows you to meet the needs of both the child and the mother is not too limiting. Typically, the baby is quite fifteen to twenty minutes to enjoy socializing with my mother and suck enough milk, then the child falls asleep satisfied.

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