The truths that she learned from the Samoan women
about breastfeeding on demand were correct and transformed maternal culture in America.
We talk a lot
about breastfeeding on demand, so much that when I found myself breastfeeding a toddler I just kept right on doing it on demand!
That's just one of several things I wish I'd known
about breastfeeding on demand, because there are a lot of misunderstandings about it.
Not exact matches
If it's family or friends, you could share some educative articles
about the benefits of
breastfeeding on demand.
One of the coolest parts
about breastfeeding is that it works
on a supply and
demand system.
As some examples, things related to parenting that I've been told or read that I'm «making a rod for my own back»
about:
breastfeeding on -
demand, letting the baby asleep
on me, feeding her to sleep, occasionally letting her sleep in our bed for some or all of the night, choosing not to give her a dummy, and not leaving her to cry.
Through co-sleeping,
breastfeeding on demand, babywearing and other quintessential «attachment parenting cornerstones,» I felt so close to my son that learning
about him was not only easy, it seemed natural.
Looking back, I can't believe I didn't stop, but my baby and I had been separated in the NICU for the first week of his life and I was really damaged by the separation and was going to walk through fire to
breastfeed on demand to try to right some of what seemed wrong
about how his tiny life started.
I look forward to providing nourishment and comfort through
breastfeeding, but I worry
about the «
on demand» relationship.
Talking
about nursing a toddler; and so Andrea, as you discussed in your articles
on my Sand Diego
Breastfeeding Center blog, toddlers can be very emotional creatures and often
demanding.
But it isn't just the feeding, it's the sudden awareness you have
about your baby when you're establishing
breastfeeding as a routine and
breastfeeding on demand.
Afterwards, the women received an educational booklet
on the intervention, in Arabic and French, containing illustrations and information
on: the benefits of breast milk, the importance of skin - to - skin contact immediately after birth, the importance of early
breastfeeding and giving colostrum to the baby, the criteria of good positioning for corrective breast - taking, the signs of effective suckling, the signs of effective
breastfeeding for the first six months,
on -
demand breastfeeding and its daily frequency,
breastfeeding accessories, techniques for collecting and storing breast milk, and questions and answers
about different maternal concerns (depression, hygiene, nipple pain, quantity of milk produced, duration and number of feedings, mixed feeding, diet to be followed during
breastfeeding, mothers» illness and
breastfeeding, weaning of the baby, etc..)
As well as chapters
on such things as: combining routines and feeding
on demand, gentle parenting even when it is giving you the shits, managing the needs of a sleep - hating baby, etc., Nagle talks a lot
about the problems she perceives with our current cultural and social attitudes towards
breastfeeding and sleep.
In the end, I did exclusively
breastfeed her for six months, and, 14 months after her birth, I still nurse her before her bedtime and when she rises at
about 6 AM (as well as
on -
demand during the day).
There's no need to worry
about spoiling your baby with too many feedings as most
breastfeeding experts agree that
on demand nursing can offer great emotional benefits.
CRISTI LEWIS: So, for women who are exclusively
breastfeeding and when I say exclusively
breastfeeding, I mean that you are feeding
on demand and that you are also feeding your baby during the night, so that come typically to
about 4 hours during the day and 6 hours during the night.
GRAEME SEABROOK: Well, so far with the second one, nothing and I'm very excited
about that but I am exclusively
breastfeeding and I'm
breastfeeding on demand so that's probably why.
§ Model policy elements are 1) in - service training, 2) prenatal
breastfeeding classes, 3) asking
about mothers» feeding plans, 4) initiating
breastfeeding within one hour of uncomplicated vaginal birth, 5) initiating
breastfeeding after recovery for uncomplicated Cesarean sections and / or showing mothers how to express milk and maintain lactation if separated from infant, 6) giving only breast milk to
breastfed infants, 7) rooming - in 24 hr / day, 8)
breastfeeding on demand, 9) no pacifier use by
breastfed infants, 10) referral of mothers with
breastfeeding problems and / or referral of mothers to appropriate
breastfeeding resources at discharge.