Not exact matches
Here's some advice from veteran
dads about how
dad can
help with breastfeeding:
Keep learning
with these posts: 7 Important Ways
Dads can
Help with Breastfeeding and Can You Spoil a Newborn?
Being supportive, taking tasks away from mom,
helping her sleep and deal
with the challenges and becoming a bonded
dad with baby will all
help ensure that the baby has the advantages of being
breastfed and will
help mom feel good about her experience.
Along
with all the usual information, this website has a great section for each member of the family —
Dad, Grandma, friends, and family — and how they can
help support the
breastfeeding mom, both before and after delivery.
And while
dads can still be involved
with breastfeeding by
helping the new mom and baby get comfortable, or sitting
with them while the baby nurses, they can also do things
with the baby on their own.
only recently has my other half been able to look after our son for longer than an hour and I can actually leave him now for a day, he is still
breastfeeding so relies on me to get to sleep but he seems to be getting on ok in the day
with just his
dad which really
helps.
It's easy for
dads to feel left out in the early days when mum's
breastfeeding because that's the one thing he can't
help directly
with.
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Sometimes a mama can not handle being the only one getting up
with the baby and giving up
breastfeeding can be a way for
dad to
help with the feeding process.
The baby bottle may seem like such a mundane, every - day baby item, but it can be the ticket to
help a
dad bond
with a
breastfed baby.
Professionals trained to
help new moms and
dads with breastfeeding questions and challenges.
That's the normal stigma associated
with breastfeeding, so that's okay, but it's time to know what
dad can do to
help mom and baby.
And absolutely, the problem is SO MUCH BIGGER than one person's choices: the amount of misinformation floating around out there (and the amount of it that comes from otherwise intelligent, highly trained medical professionals), the lack of
help and support for new nursing moms, the lack of adequate maternity leave in the US (in Canada, where I live, one can take up to 50 weeks» leave
with unemployment pay), the persistent idea that
dads «need» to bottle - feed their babies in order to bond
with them, the idea that formula is «normal» and
breastfeeding is «best» — in some places it really seems like you'd need a will of iron to keep at it when the going gets tough.
Practical ways
dads and partners can
help with breastfeeding include:
FEEDING NECESSITIES If you plan to
breastfeed and will be returning to work, or you simply want the baby's
dad or a babysitter to
help with feedings, get yourself a breast pump.