Whether you’re breastfeeding, bottle feeding or both, in the
first few weeks of babies, you may face trouble in feeding them. While every
child is different and respond to the feeding in their specific ways, there’re
some ways that can be applied on babies to know whether they’re in trouble or
not. However, if you are raising an infant, try your best to relax. Stress will
make the feeding more difficult to you and your babies. Don’t be afraid of
asking nurses or specialists for help in feeding babies, if it’s what you’re
being.
If you are raising
an infant, try your best to relax.
Bottle feeding
Moms who are bottle feeding should hold their children in
front of their chests with their arms while letting children’s head point forward.
Baby’s bottom should be laid on your thigh, or on a pillow placed in your lap
if it’s more comfortable. Remember to hold baby’s head and neck with your arms,
tickle her mouth with a dummy. In bottle feeding, baby’s back will turn to you.
Feeding positions
There’re a several
ways recommended for feeding babies.
There’re a several ways recommended for feeding babies.
First, you can keep a baby in the crook of your arm, support his head and body
with your arm and let his head point forward. After that, gently turn baby to
your hip so that his abdomen faces to you. Use the hand on the other arm to
lift your breast and show the nipple to baby’s mouth. Baby’s bottom will lie on
your arm or in your lap in this position. Another way is you can switch the arm
that holds the baby to the other arm and let baby’s feet point forward. In this
position, you can control the breast you breastfeed your child with the other
hand.
Considerations about feeding
If possible, you
should prepare a few ounces of breast milk a day so that your husband can help
you feed your babies.
Some parents stop for a couple minutes each time and repeat
it during a breastfeeding section to comfort babies from eructing. Nonetheless,
there’re other ways to help fathers take part in the connecting process. If
possible, you should prepare a few ounces of breast milk a day so that your
husband can help you feed your babies. This will allow him to see himself as a
part of raising children as well as give you some time to rest. For example, if
you pump more milk, your husband can use the milk to feed your babies in the
evening, saving a couple hours for you to sleep.
