Sentences with phrase «fingers while baby nurses»

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This was early on, so my husband would I would pump and he would take my pumped breast milk and finger tube feed it to the baby that wasn't latching and then I would nurse the other one while he was doing that and then try to bring the baby who finger tube feeds to my breast as well even though he wasn't really latching.

• If you find it impossible to nurse your baby due to nipple soreness, you may opt to feed him with an alternative feeding device such as an eye dropper, medicine dropper, feeding syringe, soft, flexible medicine cup, spoon, or nursing supplementer, attached to your finger, while your nipples heal.

I suggest you feed the baby more often, do lots of breast compression to help baby swallow more milk while nursing, and if the baby is still does not appear to be eating enough you should finger - feed your baby either pumped breast milk or formula.

Breastfed babies can still nurse, but if they begin biting, insert a finger into the side of baby's mouth to break the suction while simultaneously giving a firm, «No!»

If the baby is needing to be supplemented at birth with formula or expressed breast milk for additional feeds due to a medically indicated reason such as jaundice, poor weight gain, or pre-term birth; it is best to use an alternate feeding device such as a tube / syringe (a device that allows the baby to be supplemented while nursing at the breast), cup feeding, finger feeding, or even a spoon.

I've heard some say that they couldn't help but use their finger nails to gently loosen the stuff as they were holding their babies while they nursed or snoozed.