Sentences with phrase «sleepy at the breast»

If your baby tends to be quite sleepy at the breast, breast compression may help him to continue nursing.

The baby refuses the breast for whatever reason, or if the baby is too sleepy at the breast to nurse well.

It's a skill that becomes much more efficient with time, but it takes a while to get in sync with baby, and sometimes babies are sleepy at the breast.

Recently I've had some questions on Instagram about what to do when baby is sleepy at the breast: Let them be or wake them up?

«If a baby is sleepy at the breast, a cold washcloth can be used to «annoy» baby enough to wake up.»

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of how you saw the face of God in the midst of fear or pain or joy and understood, really understood, Mary, not kneeling chastely beside a clean manger refraining from touching her babe, just moments after birth but instead, sore and exhilarated, weary and pressing a sleepy, wrinkled newborn to her breasts, treasuring every moment in her heart, marvelling not only at his very presence but at her own strength, how surrender and letting go is true work, tucking every sight and smell and smack of his lips into her own marrow.

Be prepared, even if you have a medicated labor and delivery, to ask for help if your baby is sleepy or has some trouble getting started at the breast.

Besides helping to build up a healthy supply of breast milk, alternating breasts in the same feeding can keep a sleepy baby nursing longer, provide more breast milk at each feeding to a newborn who needs to gain weight, and it may even help to keep your breasts from becoming too uneven.

Offering to breastfeed before your baby is too hungry or when he is sleepy may help him respond instinctively to the sensations of being held at the breast.

If they fall asleep at the breast after less than 5 minutes, they probably are too sleepy to really have gotten much milk, but might appear relaxed.

But, instead of leaving him there and going back to bed, or letting him fall asleep at the breast, let him suck for a few minutes until his sucking slows and he is relaxed and sleepy.

A low - weight baby will often conserve his or her energy and be sleepy or lethargic at the breast.

These times can include every two hours, whenever the baby seems interested, longer at each breast, and when the baby is sleepy when he or she might suckle more readily.

I can count the number of times she's fallen asleep at the breast... it excites her more than calms her when she's really sleepy.

I also did breast compressions when he seemed sleepy at the -LSB-...]

He was so sleepy he would only suck at the breast for a couple minutes and then fall asleep.

So, what you'll do, instead of letting him fall asleep at the breast, is to let him nurse for a few minutes until his sucking slows and he is relaxed and sleepy.