Anything you do for the first time can bring on a little anxiety, but when you have two
hungry babies demanding to eat NOW, it's a whole other ballgame!
That may seem like a lot of pumping in a short period of time, but remember that you're mimicking the actions of
a hungry baby demanding more food.
Not exact matches
During these times and whenever your
baby seems especially
hungry, follow his or her hunger cues and continue to feed on
demand, increasing the amount of formula you give as needed.
It's generally recommended that
babies be fed whenever they seem
hungry, which is called
demand feeding (or feeding on
demand).
Feed your
baby on
demand, which means you let him nurse as soon as he's
hungry.
breastfeed on
demand, but if both
babies don't get
hungry at the same time, let whichever
baby gets
hungrier first determine the on -
demand feeding schedule.
Generally, it is recommended that
babies be fed on
demand - whenever they seem
hungry.
Some
babies are a bit
demanding during this time because they are very
hungry.
That can be challenging to do with a
hungry or
demanding baby but most mistakes that lead to spills are caused because we're hurrying.
You can reduce the chances of engorgement and an overly vigorous suck, by breastfeeding your
baby on
demand at least every 2 to 3 hours, and before she becomes too
hungry.
Breastfeeding should be on
demand (when your
baby is
hungry), which is generally every 1 — 3 hours.
There are many mothers who drink a lot of fluids, nurse and pump when they can, yet their supply does not seem to meet the
demands of their
hungry baby.
Well yes, a
baby going through a growth spurt IS
hungry and is
DEMANDING that he be fed.
When I did have both
babies by myself, there were (and occasionally still are) times when I would spend several hours tied to the couch feeding one, then the other, then the first again, then the second again, but overall, I still found feeding on
demand to be much less stressful, and it fit better with my instincts to let them eat when they were
hungry.
This means you must BF on
demand at the hospital (so have the
baby sleep in your room), this means you MUST make sure no well - intentioned nurses give your
baby formula so you can rest or because they thought the
baby was
hungry — the
baby won't be
hungry enough to stimulate your production enough.
Feeding on
demand allows a
baby to learn the difference between feeling
hungry and full.
At first, you will feed your
baby on
demand, which means feeding her whenever she's
hungry.
When this happens, your
baby never fully drains the milk, so when your child is
hungry again shortly after, your body thinks the
baby is ravenous, and produces even more milk to match your
baby's
demands.
And though sites like What To Expert and many others encourage on -
demand feeding (i.e. feeding the
baby when they're
hungry as opposed to setting a schedule and relentlessly sticking to it), you may have to nudge your
baby awake on that first day or two to feed them.
For the first few weeks, newborn
babies are fed «on
demand,» meaning whenever they are
hungry, and they should receive at least eight feedings per day.
Before
babies can be discharged from the NICU, they should be eating from a bottle well enough that they are gaining weight steadily on an ad lib feeding schedule (meaning feeding them when they're
hungry or on
demand, as opposed to by the clock), although this is not absolute.
Babies and toddlers
demand to eat when they are
hungry — they don't let natural hunger pass.
The latter can mislead people into thinking that feeding a
baby whenever he's
hungry will turn him into a
demanding little tyrant!
Feeding on
demand simply means feeding your
baby whenever he signals that he's
hungry — usually by crying or sucking on his hands — rather than according to a set schedule.
Feeding on
demand, that is presenting the breast or bottle when a
baby signals that he is
hungry, can result in chaos.
Whether you are breastfeeding or bottle feeding they strongly encourage that you feed on
demand and respond to
baby's early
hungry cues such as smacking lips, opening and closing mouth, sucking on hand, or rooting.
Feeding
babies when they're
hungry (on
demand) rather than when the clock says to (on a schedule) is ultimately best for breastfeeding success.
You want them to be able to feed on -
demand, when they are
hungry, like all other
babies get to do!
If you feed your
baby when he is
hungry, your supply will meet his
demand.