The correct feeding posture can stimulate the baby's oral peristalsis, which is conducive to sucking. It can not only make the baby full, but also eat comfortably, which can arouse the baby's best eating state.
The correct feeding posture includes lying position and sitting position, and the sitting position is "hug". No matter which position is adopted, it is necessary to ensure that the mother is in a happy mood and the baby is comfortable to suck, and find a feeding position suitable for both mother and baby.
It is an ideal posture to sit and feed your baby. A mother can hold the baby's body close to herself, with one hand holding the baby's buttocks, the other hand holding the breast with the index finger, and the thumb pressing above the breast, but not too close to the nipple. The mother should first touch the baby's lips with her nipple. Immediately after the baby's mouth is opened, put the nipple into the baby's mouth so that its lower lip is under the nipple.
If mom is tired, she can also walk sideways. Mother can put something soft under the baby to support the baby's body. At this time, let the baby face the mother's breast, and the mother holds the baby's body with one hand and sends the nipple to the baby's mouth with the other. This way is more suitable for newborn babies.
Correct posture of nursing staff
Nurses are professionals who help mothers feed their babies. When helping to feed, the nurse's correct posture is as follows:
1. The nursing staff sitting on the right side of the mother should first choose their position relationship with the mother, usually the nursing staff should be on the right side of the mother. At this time, the nursing staff should free their right hand to appease the restless baby, and relax their muscles during the auxiliary feeding process, not too stiff, otherwise muscle fatigue will occur, causing back pain and arm discomfort.
2. Coordinate the position of the baby's head and breast. Nurses gently hold the baby's neck and back with palm roots, and naturally hold the baby's head with four fingers, so that the baby's limbs are flat to prevent the baby's head from shaking back and forth; The other hand of the nursing staff should be placed under and above the mother's breast with four fingers and thumb respectively, and gently hold the breast to ensure that the baby adopts a comfortable eating posture.
3. Cooperate with the baby sucking nurse to ensure that the baby's mouth moves in the direction of the breast. The best way is to sweep the nipple from the baby's upper lip to the lower lip to cause the baby's rooting reflex. When the baby's mouth is open and the tongue is down, the nursing staff should gently send the nipple into the baby's mouth.
The correct posture of the baby when feeding.
1. Prevent the baby's nose from being squeezed.
Keep your baby's head and neck stretched. When the baby is nursing, the mother should pay attention to help, gently hold the breast with her hand to prevent the breast from squeezing the baby's nose, ensure the baby's breathing smoothly, and avoid affecting the baby's breathing condition due to breast squeezing.
2. Prevent babies from inhaling air
When the baby is breastfeeding, try to let the baby lie flat and don't nest; The mother gently holds the breast and sends the nipple into the baby's mouth, so that the baby can suck it and prevent the baby from inhaling air. At the end of breastfeeding, it is best for the mother to gently hold the baby straight and pat the baby's back to let the baby discharge the excess gas in the stomach to prevent the baby from spilling milk.
Mother and baby should be as close as possible.
In the process of breastfeeding, mothers should try to keep their bodies dependent on their babies' bodies. The best posture is: the baby's head and shoulders are at the height of the mother's nipple, neither too high nor too low, because too high or too low will make it difficult for the baby to suck.
Feeding precautions
1. Keep your breasts clean before feeding.
Before feeding the baby, the mother should wash the nipple with a clean cotton ball or towel dipped in warm water to keep the breast clean. In the process of wiping, it should follow the circular route from the center to the areola.
Massage your breasts before feeding.
In the process of breast-feeding, the smell of the baby and physical contact with the mother can stimulate the mother's milk discharge reaction. At this time, if the mother does some auxiliary massage, it will be more conducive to the baby's sucking, thus ensuring that the mother has more milk.
Methods: Open the jaws of both hands and place them on both sides of the breast. When massaging, gently squeeze from the outer contour of the breast to the center of the nipple. At this point, put your hands on the upper and lower sides of the breast, wrap the breast in a ring with your hands, and massage the whole breast in this direction.
Feed your baby when he is awake and hungry.
Some mothers are used to feeding at night to put their babies to sleep. In fact, this is an incorrect feeding habit. Because the baby's metabolism will be relatively slow during sleep, the nutrition needed by the body will also be reduced. For babies, breastfeeding during sleep is just an unconscious behavior. If the mother feeds the baby too much breast milk at this time, it will accumulate too much food in the baby's stomach, thus causing an excessive burden on the baby's stomach, which is not conducive to the healthy growth of the baby.
Method: If you want to see if your baby is hungry, you can touch your baby's mouth with your fingers. At this time, if the baby has a sucking reaction, it means that he is hungry and can feed his baby.
Don't rush to use a bottle for the newborn.
Shortly after the baby is born, the new mother may want to feed the baby with a bottle or water immediately because of making up for the lack of milk, but she doesn't know that this is a wrong feeding method. Feeding the baby bottle too early will affect the baby's healthy development. Some new mothers will save trouble and even let their babies use bottles until they are two or three years old. In fact, these mistakes will have a very adverse impact on the healthy development of your baby.
Whether breastfeeding or artificial feeding, "bottle" is an important survival tool for babies. Therefore, mother must not ignore the knowledge of small bottles.
Newborns have just been separated from their mothers, and there are still some basically viable nutrients stored in their bodies. Therefore, the newborn baby is not in a hurry to eat. If the baby is born in hot summer and sweats too much, you can feed the baby a small amount of water with a spoon, but you must never use a bottle, let alone a bottle to feed milk powder.
Under normal circumstances, it is more labor-saving for babies to suck pacifiers than breast milk. If the baby is fed with milk powder from a bottle at birth and then breastfed, the baby is prone to nipple illusion, accompanied by anti-milk, annoying milk and disgusting milk.
The occurrence of this phenomenon will lead to difficulties in breastfeeding. At this time, the baby will not get the nutrients contained in the maternal colostrum. At the same time, if the baby does not breastfeed for a long time, it will also cause the new mother to induce mastitis due to breast fullness. If the baby does not suck the mother's nipple for a long time, it will also lead to a decrease in the milk of the new mother.
How to promote milk secretion
Mothers should keep full secretion of milk, pay attention to the reasonable collocation of diet when feeding, and ensure adequate nutrition supply. Eat more foods rich in essential nutrients, such as sugar, protein, vitamins and minerals. These are all essential nutrients to promote milk secretion.
Breast-feeding mothers had better drink more chicken soup, fish soup or bone soup. These foods are not only nutritious, but also easy to digest. But mothers should try to eat less or not to eat foods with too much fat, such as bacon, salted eggs, ham, etc., and spicy condiments, such as pepper, pepper, curry, etc.
During breastfeeding, mothers should keep a happy mood, because the secretion of milk is greatly influenced by emotions. Because the hypothalamus directly or indirectly regulates various hormones related to lactation, and the function of hypothalamus is closely related to emotions, when the mother is depressed, it will inhibit the regulation of hypothalamus and reduce the blood flow of the breast, so that nutrients and related hormones cannot enter the breast, which is not conducive to the secretion of milk. Therefore, mothers should avoid being angry and nervous when breastfeeding, and keep their body and mind happy, which is conducive to promoting the secretion of milk.
In addition, it is also necessary to ensure the number of times the baby sucks the breast and the correct sucking posture. The more times the baby sucks, the more beneficial it is to the secretion of milk. When feeding the baby, it is best for the mother to feed her breasts alternately. If the baby can't drink all the milk at once, it's best to squeeze out the extra milk, because the more milk squeezed out, the more milk will be secreted next time.
Mothers should also develop good habits of work and rest, have enough sleep and rest time, and be a healthy mother with regular life and comfortable mood.
Don't let the baby fall asleep with its nipple in its mouth.
Most mothers breastfeed their newborns for their health. However, in the process of breastfeeding, mothers will encounter a common problem, that is, the baby falls asleep with the nipple, and some parents may not pay much attention to this detail. Because mothers sometimes breast-feed their babies at night, most of them are very sleepy, and they will fall asleep unconsciously. The baby eats and falls asleep with his nipple in his arms. Mothers should be reminded that this feeding habit does more harm than good, and it must be corrected in time in the future feeding process. Because, once the baby develops this habit, it will become extremely dependent on her mother. Simply put, look at the fucking nipples. Even some babies have to find their mothers when they sleep and turn over. Once they can't find it, they will cry. Seriously, it will even affect the rest of the baby and mother. If this habit is not corrected in time during the baby's growth, but often half asleep with the nipple, mothers will always stay with the baby in order not to let the baby cry. As we all know, if you let your baby fall asleep with nipples for a long time, it will make your baby's lips slightly upturned and your mouth will become ugly.
Therefore, after breastfeeding, the nipple should be removed from the baby's mouth in time. If the baby cries, you can't "indulge" him. At this time, the mother can distract the baby in other ways. If the baby is sleepy, you can pat him in the cradle and let him fall asleep. After a long time, the baby will not only fall asleep easily, but also pat his ass and go back to sleep if he wakes up halfway.