Most breastfeeding moms
simply latch baby on and drift back to sleep.
Not exact matches
Is your
baby not
latching on properly or is it
simply lack of milk?
That mum is clearly bottle feeding for a reason, maybe she had trouble getting her
baby to
latch on, perhaps she had issues with milk supply or maybe she
simply just wanted to bottle feed.
Rather than waking to
baby's cries, trudging down the hall, getting
baby out of the crib, nursing and the trying to go back to sleep yourself, you
simply shift positions a bit and
baby latches on.
Simply hanging out with your
babies will help them to
latch on and relax all of you.
For example; if a mom can't produce enough breast milk,
baby can't
latch, mom is a sexual violence survivor and breastfeeding is a trigger,
baby has jaundice, mom has a medical condition,
baby has an intolerance to breast milk, mom is
on a medication that is not OK for breastfeeding,
baby is adopted, mom had breast surgery or breast cancer,
baby is in the NICU and needs special food, mom has to go back to work,
baby has lost weight, mom has postpartum depression,
baby is not thriving
on breast milk, or mom
simply doesn't want to (which is far from least important), and, well, the list goes
on.
The most common problem is that the
baby simply latches on wrong.
Simply pull up
on the rings to loosen the sling, move your clothing out of the way and
latch baby on.
Breastfeeding also makes life easier because you don't have to get up in the middle of the night to make a bottle, you
simply just have to get
baby out of his or her crib or co-sleeper and have them
latch on.
These things take time, and can be difficult especially for
babies who
simply got attached to
latching on to a breast to nurse.
If your
baby weight doesn't
simply dissolve the minute Junior
latches on, you're not «doing it wrong» and you absolutely don't need to go
on a crash diet.
Simply place
baby on the mother's chest or abdomen and allow him to crawl to the breast and
latch -
on on his own, providing a «safe space» with mother's arms for him to do so.