Breast milk is not enough for mothers to worry about during lactation. When breast milk is insufficient, mixed feeding is generally used.
First, what is the mixed feeding
Mixed feeding is to supplement infants with other milk or milk substitutes when the lack of breast milk is determined. Although mixed feeding is not as good as breastfeeding, but to a certain extent can ensure that the mother's breasts are stimulated by the baby's sucking on time, so as to maintain the normal secretion of milk, the baby can eat 2 to 3 times a day breast milk, there are still many to the baby's health benefit. The amount of each additional milk supplemented by mixed feeding should be based on the degree of lack of breast milk.
Second, the mixed feeding method
1. Eat as much breast milk as possible
Mixed feeding should make full use of limited breast milk and try to feed as much breast milk as possible. If mothers think that breastmilk is insufficient, they will reduce the number of breastmilk, which will lead to less and less breast milk. The number of breastfeeding should be evenly separated, do not breastfeed for a long period of time.
2. Best to feed breast milk at night
When the mother rests at night, the amount of milk secretion is relatively high, and the amount of baby's needs is relatively reduced, so breast milk generally meets the needs of the baby. However, if the amount of breast milk is too small, it is necessary to use milk powder as the main ingredient.
3. Give full play to the role of breast milk
Each time you first feed your mother's milk, you suck up the milk in your breasts and consider whether you need to feed milk. Breastfeeding should be no less than 3 times a day, otherwise the breasts will not receive the baby's sucking stimulation, and the milk secretion will be reduced quickly.
4. Do not add extra sugar to milk powder
Don't add too much sugar to the milk replacer, otherwise it will make the baby feel that breast milk is light and boring, and will not suck breast milk.
5. Determine whether breast milk meets the baby
Whether breastmilk is insufficient or not is best analyzed according to the baby's weight gain. If one week's weight gain is less than 200 grams, it may be that the amount of breast milk is insufficient. You can add 1 milk. Usually, you can eat 1 milk at 4 or 5 in the afternoon, and how much you can add, depending on your baby's needs. Special attention: If you choose to mix feeding, try not to use the bottle in the first few weeks, you can first use a spoon to feed, wait until the breastfeeding is stable before considering. Too early to use the bottle makes it easier for some babies to only eat the bottle instead of breast milk.
6. Do not mix breastmilk and formula together
First of all, baby sucking can promote the secretion of mother's milk more than artificial milking. Second, if the water temperature of formula milk is high, it will destroy the immune substances contained in breastmilk. Finally, breastfeeding is not only for the baby to get other milk. There are no nutrients and immune substances, but through direct skin contact with mothers and babies, so that the baby's psychological satisfaction, more conducive to the establishment of a good parent-child relationship.
7. What if the child does not like to drink formula milk?
You can give your baby a suitable pacifier, or try another milk powder.
If the response to vaccination or environmental changes, the child will gradually adapt after 3 to 5 days.
Do not force children to eat when they do not want to start the child may be hungry for 1 to 2 meals, if you are afraid of starving children and compromise, will be done before, as long as they insist, the children will soon accept formula.
Third, the impact of mixed feeding on the baby
After eating a formula, the baby will wait for a long period of time before thinking about eating another meal. This is because the speed at which the baby digests formula milk is not as fast as digesting breast milk, so she may be more prone to starvation.
Once the baby has eaten some formula, his bowels will be different. He will become harder than when he only eats breastmilk, and the consistency is similar to that of peanut butter. The color of the stool is brown or brown, smelly, and the stool frequency is likely to be less frequent than when he only eats breast milk.
You may find that your baby does not pull a bowel movement for a few days. This is because the formula contains more protein, which slows down the baby's digestion. If your baby has blood spots in the vomit or stool after adding formula, be sure to take him to the doctor. This is a manifestation of milk intolerance.
Fourth, how to survive the "temporary breast-feeding crisis"?
The so-called temporary breast-feeding crisis, the usual performance is that the mothers who had sufficient milk secretion conscientiously reduced their milk consumption at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 3 months after giving birth. The breasts had no milk, and about half an hour after feeding, the children cried. Eat, weight gain is not obvious. This phenomenon is mainly caused by the increased need for infants to rapidly increase their weight, the mother is too tired and nervous, the number of times a day to feed less, each sucking time is not enough, one of the mother and child is sick and the mother's menstrual recovery and so on. In order to successfully spend this period, the following suggestions can be referenced:
First, the mother must ensure adequate sleep, reduce stress and anxiety, and maintain a relaxed and happy mood.
Increase the number of breast-feeding properly, the more the number of sucking, the more milk secretion.
Each time the breasts are sucked for at least 10 minutes on each side, the breasts on both sides should be sucked and drained, which is beneficial to lactation and allows the baby to suck in milk containing higher fat.
When your baby is ill at the moment, you should squeeze out the milk and use a cup and spoon to feed the baby. If the mother is sick and cannot feed it, it should be milked at the frequency of the baby's breastfeeding to ensure that the baby continues to breastfeed after recovery.
The menstrual period is only a transient reduction in milk, during the menstrual period can be fed twice a day more milk, menstrual period after the amount of milk will be restored as before.
Mixed feeding should pay attention to the baby's health is the most important.
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