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Pregnant in October, once delivered, after the baby was born, the mother's mood was both nervous and excited, excited to finally usher in this little life, nervous is not knowing how to feed in order to make the baby grow healthily.
Because new mothers are inexperienced, they often overfeed their babies because they feed less, or they feed more.
Beijing mom as a person, at that time also entered a lot of misunderstandings, the following summary of several common newborn feeding misunderstandings, novice mothers are looking, do not feed the baby wrong.
After the birth of the newborn, the mother has not yet milked, first feed the baby milk powder or glucose water
Common mistakes: think that the baby is born a few days later, the mother does not milk, the baby can not be hungry, first feed some milk powder or glucose water.
Correct approach: After the baby is born, the milk should be prescribed as soon as possible to ensure that the first bite of milk the baby eats is breast milk.
In the Dietary Guidelines for Infants, Toddlers and Children and Adolescents, regarding the feeding of babies aged 0-6 months, it is written:
The first bite of food after birth should be breast milk, which is beneficial for preventing allergies in infants and reducing the occurrence of jaundice, weight loss and hypoglycemia in newborns. In addition, having babies suck on their nipples repeatedly is key to ensuring successful exclusive breastfeeding.
Under normal circumstances, if the mother and baby are normal, they can be opened within 0.5-2 hours.
For newborn babies, there is no better food than breast milk, because:
The nutritional value of breast milk is high, and the proportion of various nutrients contained is appropriate;
Breast milk contains a variety of special nutrients, such as lactoferrin, taurine, etc., which are beneficial to baby development and enhance resistance;
Breast milk is nearly sterile, hygienic, convenient and economical.
After the baby is born, the mother is still lying on the delivery bed, full of strength, how to feed the baby?
There's no need for moms to worry about that, nurses will do everything.
"After the baby is born, after the umbilicus is broken and the amniotic fluid is dried, it can be placed next to the mother, in contact with the mother's skin, and begin to allow the baby to fully suck on both nipples for 3-5 minutes, and the first few milliliters of colostrum can be sucked."
Newborn babies already have strong foraging and sucking reflexes, so grab the golden hour after childbirth and breastfeed your baby as soon as possible.
When you see your baby getting skin and your mouth dry, you often feed your baby water
Common wrong practices: Many elderly people see that the newborn baby is covered with skin, looks wrinkled, and the mouth is dry, and they are worried that the baby is dehydrated and will feed the baby water to drink.
The right thing to do: Healthy full-term babies don't need extra water as long as they have enough milk per day.
Obviously the baby's mouth is very dry, why can't you feed some water?
Because the kidney function of the newborn baby is not yet fully developed, too much water will increase the burden of the baby's metabolism.
Moreover, at this stage, the baby's stomach capacity is very small, only 5-7 ml at birth, if you feed the baby water, it will occupy the belly, which is equivalent to letting the baby "drink a full of water", but there is no nutrition, often feeding will affect the baby's growth, weight gain is not good.
In fact, after the baby is born, it is normal for the skin to dry, because he was soaked in the amniotic fluid in the mother's body before, and after birth, he lived in the air world, and could not stand the stimulation of "too dry" in the external environment, and the phenomenon of skin will appear, and the same is true for the lips, but this is a normal phenomenon.
Usually, you can help your baby do a good job of moisturizing skin care, such as applying olive oil, touch oil or baby moisturizer after bathing to keep the skin moist.
The elderly in the family say that "colostrum cannot be eaten"
Common wrong practices: Many elderly people say that "colostrum cannot be eaten", and will suggest that new mothers express colostrum and pour it out, and give the baby some milk powder first.
Correct approach: Colostrum is called "milk gold", which is precious, and has high nutritional value, which is very good for baby growth and development.
Breast milk in the first few days after childbirth is colostrum, compared to mature milk, colostrum is yellow, more viscous, and many places pay attention to "can not eat".
However, colostrum contains immune factors, which is very good for improving the baby's immunity, and giving the baby colostrum is not only a way to supplement nutrition, but also an emotional maintenance in the early stage, and it is also the premise of adhering to successful breastfeeding.
The baby lies on the mother to feed, and the "sucking action" stimulates the mother's brain to secrete more prolactin, which will secrete more milk.
Now understand the "importance of colostrum", do not pour out the colostrum, every bite is precious, be sure to let the baby eat.
The baby eats breast milk, the mother is too painful, use the breast pump to pump out and then feed the baby to eat.
Common wrong practice: just start to give the baby breast milk, will make the mother feel very painful, even cracked, so they think of using a breast pump to pump out, and then use the bottle to feed the baby to eat.
The right thing to do: Insisting on parental feeding + sucking more after childbirth will contribute to the success of breastfeeding.
We have all heard that "the strength of feeding is used", and the baby's feeding is really "innate divine power", because the baby will not be able to eat milk without force.
But for new mothers, the breast canal may be somewhat unobstructed, coupled with the beginning of feeding the baby, sudden and frequent external forces will make the new mother feel very uncomfortable, very painful, and even cracked, many mothers also give up breastfeeding.
Pumping with a breast pump will not be as hard as the baby will make the mother feel better. But such an approach is not conducive to the success of breastfeeding.
When the breast pump pumps, it will not make the mother feel, it will not play a role in stimulating the secretion of prolactin, it has no effect on increasing the amount of breast milk, and slowly breast milk will not be enough for the baby to eat.
Then there is the habit of feeding with a bottle, and the baby will refuse to suck breast milk on his own, causing nipple confusion and not conducive to breastfeeding for a long time.
There is also a breast pump pump, can not be pumped out all the milk at once, the excess milk will remain in the mother RF, more likely to appear breast milk or mastitis.
And "the baby is the best breast pump", let the baby personally suck, frequent sucking, will promote the secretion of prolactin, but also to help breastfeeding secretion and successful feeding.
In short, insisting on breastfeeding your baby seems like a simple thing, but you need to do a lot of small details, otherwise it will have an impact, resulting in insufficient breast milk for the baby to eat, and you can't insist on breastfeeding for a long time.
Does your baby breastfeed and how often does it take to start breastfeeding? What questions do you have about baby feeding and breastfeeding, and you are welcome to share and discuss it