It is often triggered by baby building up
your supply for a growth spurt, or sometimes it is because baby needs extra closeness and nurturing during the night.
Not exact matches
Babies breastfeed to help establish and build your
supply, but they also breastfeed
for pain relief, comfort and
growth spurts, among many other reasons.
Read our complete guide
for more ways you can increase your milk
supply during a
growth spurt:
I can imagine a lot of people do think it is a
supply issue rather than a
growth spurt so yay
for supporting others.
The class also covers nutrition
for breastfeeding, breastfeeding
supplies, and common concerns such as infant
growth spurts.
When we say that it's «just
for comfort» when a baby wants to nurse «again» after nursing a few minutes ago, we forget that babies go through
growth spurts and often want to nurse very often to increase a mother's milk
supply.
Or maybe she's hitting a
growth spurt and is brilliantly helping you ready your milk
supply for this
spurt and so, yep, it's time to eat AGAIN.
Using the clock as your only guide can cause you to miss
growth spurts or low milk
supply cycles (
for instance in the late afternoon
for some women).
His or her little body needs it and all that feeding is going to boost your milk
supply for when the actual
growth spurt happens.
Frequent feeds leads to a healthy milk
supply, increased milk
for growth spurts or fighting an illness that the baby has been exposed to.
You can always use formula as a backup plan
for growth spurts, public outings or outfits that would make it hard to breast feed (weddings, etc), or when you spill your pumped
supply (a.k.a. my first day back to work).
Fruits are simple to prepare,
supply the baby with energy, carbohydrates and vitamins needed
for the
growth spurts.