HOW TO BREASTFEEDING NEW BORN

Breast feeding is very essential for your newborn baby to become healthy. Because babies can loss their birth weight in first few weeks. New parents are feel uncomfortable to feed their baby with their breast but don't be like, it will lead your baby into unhealthy and also cause many problems to mother. I hope this will help to know about how to breastfeed a newborn, how often and how long need to feed your baby.

Minimum 8 times and maximum 12 times in a day you have to feed your baby. Take 2 to 3 hours gap between every feeding it is for day time, At night you have to feed your baby for every 4 hours. When you saw a sign hungry with your baby like hand into mouth, you can start your feeding no need to wait until the going into cry. Some babies are sleepy they won't cry so you have to wake up your baby and then give milk. Leave your baby for long time with your breast after that you can feed your baby into another side. Frequent feeding will also increase your milk supply then you can give enough milk to your baby.

Sit comfortable at the time of breast feeding, fit a baby into your breast and latch nipple in a correct position on your baby mouth. And then put your hand on babies back shoulder for support. Your baby mouth needs to cover your whole areola not only the nipple of your breast. Feed at least 20 to 45 minutes or continue until your baby stop feeding. Some babies are need to feed at both breast and some babies are satisfied after feeding with one breast, at that time you have to feed in another breast at next time of feeding. At the time of breast feeding every mom's hold their child at different position like cradle hold, cross cradle hold, clutch and side laying position. The position is whatever it may be but the only thing is it should be comfortable for you and your baby. After finishing feeding remove your breast as gently from your baby mouth.

After your delivery your body will contain some special milk it is good for your baby health, so you can feed your baby in a delivery room itself. New mom feels uncomfortable but it is a learning skill you have to practice for that. And one more thing new moms need more energy for frequent feeding. So they need to take more meals and healthy snacks between them. With early born babies it is hard to baby as well as mother that time they have to take more nutrient foods for their baby growth and also for mother health. Please be aware with this, and don't feel shy to breastfeed it is about your baby healthy. Learn the hungry sign of your baby and give enough milk to him/her because the breast milk can easily digested. Like that learn that when to wake up and how close to your baby.