Babies who need supplementation may do well with a supplemental nursing system in which pumped milk or formula goes through a small tube that attaches to the mother's nipple. They also can be fed pumped milk or formula by bottle. Some experts feel that giving bottles too early can create "nipple confusion," leading a baby to decide that the bottle is a quicker, better option than the breast. To avoid this, be sure that your little one has gotten used to and is good at breastfeeding before you introduce a bottle.
Lactation professionals recommend waiting until a baby is about 3 weeks old before offering artificial nipples of any kind including pacifiers. If you're using formula because you're not producing the amount of milk your baby needs, nurse first. Then, give any pumped milk you have and make up the difference with formula as needed. If you're stopping a breastfeeding session or weaning from breastfeeding altogether, you can begin to replace breastfeeding with bottle feeds. As you do this, pump to reduce uncomfortable engorgement so you will not have problems with plugged ducts or mastitis.
As you eliminate nursing sessions, your milk supply will decrease and your body will begin to adapt to produce enough milk to accommodate your new feeding schedule.
Starting your breastfed baby on formula can cause some change in the frequency, color, and consistency of the stools poop. Be sure to talk your doctor, though, if your baby is having trouble pooping. If your baby refuses formula alone, you can try mixing some of your pumped breast milk with formula to help the baby get used to the new taste.
If possible, you should have someone else give your little one the bottle at first. This is because babies can smell their mothers and they're used to receiving breast milk from mom, not a bottle.
So try to have someone else — such as a caregiver or partner — give a breastfed baby the first bottle. Also consider either being out of the house or out of sight when your baby takes that first bottle, since your little one will wonder why you're not doing the feeding as usual.
Depending on how your baby takes to the bottle, this arrangement may be necessary until he or she gets used to bottle feeding. Below is a chart showing how the results were distributed:. I also looked to see if breast milk intake varied by any other factors that I had asked about in the survey, such as the age of the mother, whether the baby was a first baby or a subsequent child, and race. Mothers that pumped more milk tended to feed their babies more milk. This could be for a few different reasons.
For example, mothers that switched from nursing to exclusive pumping might be closely in sync with the amount of milk that their baby needs. I was curious whether or not the results that I got in survey would be similar to formula feeding guidelines, so I looked up the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines.
Reading them is a bit confusing, as the descriptions of appropriate intake use three ranges — the age of the baby i. Here we can see that the total daily recommended intake is fairly close to the averages reported above for babies by age.
The recommendation is slightly lower in the beginning, but on par with actual totals for breastfed babies by six months. As your baby grows, their feeding patterns will shift to match their constantly changing needs. The best way to know your baby is hungry is to pay attention to their feeding cues.
After 1 month, your baby will still wake up to eat in the middle of the night. Cluster feeding is very common and normal in babies who are breastfed. Cluster feeding is when a baby wants to nurse more often than every 2 to 3 hours. When a baby is cluster feeding, they eat several, small meals in a short period of time.
Cluster feeding tends to happen most often in the evenings and when your baby is experiencing growth spurts. Cluster feeding helps your body boost your milk supply during a growth spurt so your baby gets exactly what they need.
It also increases skin-to-skin time, which has emotional benefits for both baby and parent. If you are breastfeeding, there will likely be times when you need to give your baby a bottle, whether it be to return to work or simply to have some alone time.
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