Not exact matches
As baby grows and gets more efficient
at eating, the
nursing sessions begin to follow an expected pattern, and the formula
feeding tends to get spaced out a little (though the amount per
feeding is increased).
You can continue to
feed your baby as much as you are able, and add in formula
at the end of every
nursing session.
After trying multiple diets, I decided to try
feeding him from just one breast
at each
nursing session.
Your baby may protest
at first, especially since he or she may be under the impression that proximity to you means on demand
feeding sessions, but eventually, your child will learn to expect
nursing or bottle -
feeding at the appropriate times only.
When we say that those flutter sucks
at the end of a
nursing session are «just pacifying,» we forget that a mother may have another «letdown» late in a
feeding, and the baby may get more milk.
My
nursing bra was so comfortable, I would sleep in it with a
nursing pad (see next item on list) so that I wouldn't leak all over my pajamas
at night between
feedings or pumping
sessions.
Kellymom.com advises these things and more «avoiding pacifiers and bottles, offering both sides
at feeding, aim to
nurse your baby every 2 hours, well balanced diet and plenty liquids, pumping
sessions in between
feeds, breastfeeding supplement...».
Then I eventually used the supplementer less and less, and I would sometimes just bottle
feed after a
nursing session or if I knew my supply was a little bit higher sometimes I wouldn't supplement
at all, things like that.
The thing you should do is stop the
nursing session and don't offer
feedings for
at least 10 minutes.
I am leaking way less during
feedings and even though I have spontaneous letdowns in between
nursing sessions, I don't leak
at all during them.
Some babies wake
at night only out of hunger; for those babies, extra
nursing or bottle
feeding sessions, or a bit of solid food before bed, will help.
At this stage, solids should be
fed after a
nursing session, not before.
This is similar to how a baby
nurses at the beginning of a
feeding session.