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Have someone else offer the bottle to your baby. A breastfed baby may be least likely to accept a bottle from his mother — he knows where he expects the milk to come from! Even very young babies understand that different people care for them in different ways. Often, the best person to give a bottle to a reluctant baby is an experienced, confident bottle-feeder. Ideally, this will be someone who knows the baby well.
Hold the baby comfortably, but not lying in the crook of your arm. Babies who are bottle-fed lying on their backs can end up taking too much milk, too quickly. Very young babies under about 6 weeks can be fed lying on their side, on a pillow on your lap, with their feet towards you.
Some younger babies, and most older babies feed best sitting up fairly straight, supported behind their neck and shoulders by your arm or hand. You could gently tickle her lips with it, as many mothers do with the breast.
Most babies do best with a teat that encourages them to open their mouth wide. Keep the bottle in a horizontal flat position, so the baby needs to suck actively to get the milk, as he does at the breast. This can cause discomfort, as well as frustration when he returns to the breast and the flow of milk is slower.
Watch for signs that the baby needs a break. Bottle-feeding can be tiring for the baby, because she has to keep sucking at the same speed throughout the feed. If you notice any of these stress signals, or if milk spills from her mouth, tip the bottle down to stop the flow, or take the bottle away, until she asks for more milk. As at the breast, babies may want a feed that comes in two parts.
As I mentioned above, babies do an excellent job of self-regulating themselves, primarily when it comes to hunger and eating. Just another reason it can be pretty tough to overfeed a nursing breastfed baby. This goes for both breast milk AND formula. Compare that to a bottle where half the time bottles will slowly drip milk from the nipple with no suction at all. During a feed, milk becomes denser in fat as the feed progresses.
Fat content and energy density are also higher during the day than the night. In hot weather breastmilk can also be less energy dense, encouraging infants to consume more of a higher water content milk 9. Again, this can affect the amount or frequency of how often babies feed.
Generally, the less energy dense the milk, the more they take in. Feeding frequency is also context dependent. In Western culture our norm is to separate from our babies to some extent.
Baby wearing for most of the day and co-sleeping are normal from an evolutionary perspective but not common in our society today. Put simply, this means that babies do not always have easy and unfettered access to the breast. However, in cultures where co-sleeping and carrying infants in a sling are common, and babies therefore have free access to the breast, they feed far more frequently than this. An observational stud of the rural hunter- gatherer tribe known as the!
Kung, found that babies breastfed on average four times an hour, with an average feed being two minutes or less Other studies show less frequent feeds, but sill significantly more than in Western cultures.
For example one study in rural Thailand found babies averaged 15 feeds over 24 hours In the UK, when babies do co-sleep, they feed more per night Firstly, breastmilk is low in fat and protein but high in carbohydrates and lactose, which makes it easy — and quick — to digest.
It is more easily digested than formula milk, which means that breastfed babies often feed more frequently than formula fed babies approximately every two hours compared to three hour for formula fed babies Breastfed babies also tend to consume less milk than formula fed babies at each feed, preferring to feed little and often compared to many formula fed babies.
Breastfed babies tend to take smaller feeds, not completely filling their stomach. In the first six months babies need around ml of milk a day meaning that even at maximum capacity that equates to feeding around every three hours Research has shown that formula fed babies take in more milk from the first day of life about twice as much on day one and three times as much by day two Meeting the frequent and unpredictable feeding needs of a breastfed baby can feel challenging and is a common reason why mothers stop breastfeeding — either through anxiety that something is wrong, or a belief that formula will offer a more convenient feeding schedule However, responsive feeding is not only normal but important for a number of reasons.
Feeding responsively is particularly important when a baby is breastfed because it is intrinsically linked to establishing and maintaining a good supply of breastmilk. Breastmilk starts to be produced in small amounts during pregnancy.
Once the placenta is removed after birth this production shoots up, supported by rises in the hormones prolactin and oxytocin However, once this initial surge has occurred, one of the most important things for breast milk supply is frequent feeding. Simply, the more milk is removed from the breast either by a baby or by expressing , the more milk is produced.
The human body is very clever at matching how much milk is removed e. One study that asked mothers to either feed their newborn baby responsively or to feed to a set 3 — 4 schedule found that babies who were fed responsively consumed a third more milk Because responsive feeding is linked to a better milk supply, it has a knock on effect onto outcomes for babies. Responsive feeding is associated with mature milk coming in quicker after the birth 20 , regaining birth weight faster 19 , and a lower risk of jaundice Conversely, supplementing with formula milk, particularly in the early days and weeks, can lead to a drop in supply, or difficulties with latch Using a pacifier can also reduce milk intake as it can lead to a delay in how often babies are fed.
Based on this, it is not surprising that babies who are fed responsively are more likely to continue being breastfeed Meanwhile, trying to breastfeed to a parent led routine is associated with stopping breastfeeding This can apply to wider parenting style; mothers who adopt a routine for feeding, sleep and day to day care of their infant are more likely to stop breastfeeding in the early days Notably, those who stop breastfeeding after using a routine are more likely to report breastfeeding difficulties e.
One of the main needs infants have at night is to feed. Until that point, the concept of sleeping for an extended period of time is not something that babies are physiologically designed to do — and even then it can take a while to get into the habit However, society continues to sell us the myth that babies should start sleeping through the night after the first few weeks, and that getting them to this stage is an achievement.
Aside from evidence to the contrary, given that around a third of adults report at least mild insomnia, should we really believe that babies who cannot meet their own needs if they wake should be able to sleep all night? How many adults when they wake have a drink of water?
Waking at night is also thought to be protective. Babies want to be close to their mother at night and sleeping close to them helps babies maintain their temperature 28 , heart rate 29 and have steadier breathing Sleeping too deeply may be a risk factor for SIDS.
Babies who have died of SIDS are more likely to have longer periods of uninterrupted sleep and moved about less in their sleep Although sleep problems in older children can be an issue, waking at night as a baby has no link with later sleep problems or development Feeding at night is also common — and important — in supporting breastfeeding.
Firstly, the body takes into account feeds at night when establishing milk supply. Feeding at night is an important step in developing a good milk supply. Although it may be dark outside, the body still considers frequency of feeds at night when establishing milk supply. Paced feeding allows babies more control over his or her intake of breastmilk by responding to their cues, and may also prevent post-feeding fussiness by reducing overfeeding.
Since much of paced feeding also mimics feeding at the breast, it can also support the breastfeeding relationship and help babies transition back and forth from breast to bottle.
Babies may be less likely to get accustomed to the fast flow of a bottle and reject the breast. Are your nipples getting sore from pumping? We use cookies and similar technologies to provide the best consumer experience.
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