After trying multiple diets, I decided to try feeding him from just one
breast at each nursing session.
Not exact matches
If that's the case, the baby probably isn't getting a mouthful of
breast at the start of the
nursing session.
Either let baby finish one
breast and offer the other or switch sides
at least three or four times during each
nursing session.
As your baby grows and becomes more proficient
at nursing, he may spend only five minutes
at your
breast, leaving you missing those long
nursing sessions.
(Tip: if you were making them switch
breasts after a certain amount of time, start letting the baby decide (unlatch) when they're done with one
breast and then switch sides, and / or start each
nursing session on the
breast they finished with the last time, so they have a chance to get all the fatty milk that usually comes
at the end of a
nursing session.)
Margaret would express and freeze all the milk left
at the end of her
nursing sessions, so that when the baby was hungry and she wasn't available, Bob had a ready bottle of
breast milk on hand.
As the baby grows he also may spend less time
at each
nursing session because he has become more efficient
at the
breast and therefore requires less time to milk it effectively.
We found our rhythm and made the most of our cuddles and
nursing sessions until Samuel started throwing fits when I offered him the
breast at nap - time or bed when he was 13 months.
The composition of
breast milk changes depending on how long the baby
nurses at each
session, as well as on the child's age.
[12] The composition of
breast milk changes depending on how long the baby
nurses at each
session, as well as on the age of the child.