Not exact matches
If you're exclusively
breastfeeding — no bottles (
even with pumped milk) or pacifiers — and you're feeding
on demand, chances are you won't have your period, Shelton said.
And, because breast milk is created
on a supply and
demand basis, if you continue to
breastfeed regularly, you should still produce the amount of milk you need according to your feedings,
even if you are supplementing.
I
breastfeed on demand without a schedule, babywear when I need to, use a stroller when I need to, sleep
on the couch for weeks or
even months with baby, and do whatever allows me the most rest and peace.
Breastfeeding on demand, and through the night when you are together
on evenings and weekends is critical.»
-LCB- Note from Meg:
Even if babies are fed
on a schedule in the NICU, you can
breastfeed them
on demand once they are able to effectively latch
on and remove milk. -RCB-
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.
Sometimes you just want your space so you can feel like an actual human being, but when you're
breastfeeding on demand (or just
breastfeeding, or
even just being a parent) that's not necessarily an option.
Even in our own day when I know many women who practice this type of
breastfeeding (cosleeping, no other nipples, nursing
on demand, etc.)-- it is no guarantee against getting pregnant.
Of course, we now know that
breastfeeding on demand provides all the nutrition that a baby needs for at least the first 6 months or
even the first full year.
-LSB-...] we now know that
breastfeeding on demand provides all the nutrition that a baby needs for at least the first 6 months or
even the first full year.