Breastfeeding is natural and beneficial for the baby. This is food and drink, and close contact between the baby and the mother. Properly organized natural feeding allows you to avoid digestive problems in the baby, guarantees good growth and weight gain, and forms a strong immune system.
Instructions
Step 1
Choose a comfortable feeding place where you and your baby will not be disturbed.
Step 2
Wash your hands and chest with baby soap, even if they appear clean on the outside. The body of an infant does not yet know how to resist even the most harmless microbes, therefore, lack of hygiene can lead to intestinal infection.
Step 3
Treat the chest with a piece of bandage dipped in boiled water.
Step 4
Squeeze a drop of breast milk by applying light pressure to the areola. This is necessary in order to get rid of germs that have entered the milk through the nipple.
Step 5
Place the baby on or next to you (depending on your feeding position) and place the nipple in his mouth. If your baby is sleepy, touch the corner of his lips with your little finger. The search reflex will work, and the baby will open its mouth wide. Make sure that the baby is completely enclosed by the nipple and areola. With proper attachment, you will not experience discomfort during feeding. An improper latch on the breast by a baby threatens you with painful fissures.
Step 6
Support your chest with your hands so that it does not cover your baby's nose.
Step 7
Offer your baby one breast at each feed. Human milk can be roughly divided into front and back milk. At first, it is translucent - this is front milk, with which the baby quenches his thirst. Hind milk is thicker, white or yellowish in color. It is more fatty, so it satiates the baby well. If you change breasts frequently during feedings, your baby will not have time to reach the nutritious hindmilk and will soon want to eat again.
Step 8
Rinse your breasts after breastfeeding to remove excess milk from the breast.
