When a baby is breastfed, mothers often wonder how to know if there is enough breastmilk for adequate nutrition. Perhaps complementary foods should be introduced? The child does not yet know how to speak and cannot tell the mother whether he is full or not. There are several ways to resolve this problem.
Instructions
Step 1
While the baby is sucking milk, you notice the characteristic movements of the baby's chin. During the throat, the chin drops down, hangs and then returns to its place. The longer the chin hang-up pause, the more milk your baby received when feeding.
Step 2
It is believed that with artificial feeding, the baby gains 30 g of weight every day. For babies who are breastfeeding, this figure is slightly lower. Until the age of six months, the child should gain about 500 g per month. Keep in mind that by 4 months of age, the activity of weight gain decreases.
Step 3
The first three days of life, the child gets rid of meconium, which accumulated in his body throughout the entire intrauterine development. Meconium has a pronounced, dark green color. The more breast milk your baby gets, the lighter his stool becomes. In a normally developing baby who is receiving sufficient breast milk, stools are watery, faint, and mustard-colored. A week after birth, the child should have at least 2-3 times a day. It is also an indicator of sufficient milk supply for newborns when breastfeeding.
Step 4
For a child older than 5 days, already abundant urination is characteristic. If you change 5-6 well-prescribed diapers per day for your child, be sure that your child is getting enough milk.
Step 5
Sometimes mothers are concerned about the feeling of insufficient breast fullness. Do not be alarmed! Chances are, your body has not yet adapted enough to the regimen and needs of the child.
Step 6
And the most visual way to find out if there is enough breast milk will be shown to you by the baby himself. A hungry baby will not let go of your breast, but will actively continue to suckle it. And if the milk runs out, and the child remains hungry, you will understand this by his loud, dissatisfied cry. Or the baby will shorten the pauses between feedings.
