I've known lots of people
who breastfeed on demand, past the terrible twos and yet I've seen their kids pull some pretty awesome tantrums.
Not exact matches
Both births were c - sections (1 placenta previa, 2 footling breech), both daughters nursed exclusively and
on demand to 6 months, neither with any oral issues... I don't think I'll ever know exactly what happened, but if I'd listened to my first daughters pediatrician I wouldn't have been successful in
breastfeeding my eldest to 30 months, and may have been discouraged with my second (
who is 8 months and still nursing strong).
People
who don't understand it see you sleeping with your baby,
breastfeeding on demand.
It is simply not possible to over-feed an exclusively
breastfed baby
who is
breastfeeding on demand.
Pumping can help (and for many moms
who go back to work shortly after baby is born, it's a necessity) but it's not a true substitute for
breastfeeding, so feed baby
on demand at your breast as often as possible.
The idea of
on demand lactation consultants
who come to you is not only genius, but so necessary in a culture that is grossly uneducated in
breastfeeding and so much misinformation out there.
One twin came home a week before the other but when we were all home, at 37 weeks, I cut out the top - ups, stopped expressing, and just
breastfed on demand — much more relaxing and rewarding We have had several challenges to
breastfeeding, especially with the smaller sleepier twin,
who was diagnosed with reflux and
who had trouble latching
on.
It is not only the biological norm for babies and toddlers
who are
breastfed on demand to wake frequently to
breastfeed, but there are actually many important reasons as to why this happens.
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WHO's guidelines recommend «continue [d] frequent,
on -
demand breastfeeding until two years of age or beyond.»
Babies
who are
breastfed on demand are likely to be «colicky».
In all these categorizations, however, the bias still leads us away from finding the benefits of
breastfeeding / risks of formula because the only «pure» group would be those
who followed WHO guidelines and exclusively breastfed on demand for 6 months then continued to nurse for approximately 2 years or more (some children wean before that and they would be biologically norma
who followed
WHO guidelines and exclusively breastfed on demand for 6 months then continued to nurse for approximately 2 years or more (some children wean before that and they would be biologically norma
WHO guidelines and exclusively
breastfed on demand for 6 months then continued to nurse for approximately 2 years or more (some children wean before that and they would be biologically normal).
(Perhaps religious LLL members
who feel that
breastfeeding on demand is what God intended?)
It is not only normal for babies and toddlers
who are
breastfed on demand to wake frequently and
breastfeed, but I am actually surprised if I come across a woman
who has a baby or toddler
who sleeps well at night!
Even in our own day when I know many women
who practice this type of
breastfeeding (cosleeping, no other nipples, nursing
on demand, etc.)-- it is no guarantee against getting pregnant.
You can do all of this while still
breastfeeding on demand and paying attention to your husband over there in the corner
who is looking at you with those big sad eyes...» remember me?»
This is helpful if you have a sleepy baby
who doesn't wake for feeds, if you would like to establish a
breastfeeding schedule, or if you're feeding -
on -
demand and would like to keep track of your baby's
breastfeeding patterns.
I have been
breastfeeding on demand for over 3 and a half years now and when someone
who has
breastfed for a few months because it was too hard is upheld as a standard I have to laugh.
Most babies and toddlers
who are
breastfed on demand wake frequently.
It can be hard to hold off a feeding for a newborn baby
who would otherwise be
breastfeed on demand, whether at 10:30 a.m. or not.
CRISTI LEWIS: So, for women
who are exclusively
breastfeeding and when I say exclusively
breastfeeding, I mean that you are feeding
on demand and that you are also feeding your baby during the night, so that come typically to about 4 hours during the day and 6 hours during the night.