The baby always wants to eat milk, and always seems to have enough to eat. What happened? Is there not enough milk?

After the baby is born, some experienced people will teach novice mothers how often to breast-feed the baby and what to do after breast-feeding, so that adults and children are not so tired, they should breast-feed when they should, sleep when they should, and take care of the baby as simple as that!

But it was my turn to find out that this was not the case at all. Angel babies are always in other people's homes, and the one in my own home will only be a high-demand baby, who has to breastfeed all day and seems to be always hungry. Really 100 babies, 100 samples.

The baby has been nursing and always seems to be hungry. Is there a shortage of milk? After the baby is born, besides sleeping, the favorite activity is breastfeeding. Through breast-feeding, the baby can get the nutrition needed for growth, and also get a sense of security from the mother, so the baby has been breast-feeding, not necessarily because the milk is not enough.

Babies have been breast-feeding for the following reasons:

1. Insufficient breast milk

After the baby is older, the demand for milk has increased, but the amount of milk has not increased normally, resulting in the baby not getting enough milk. Because of hunger, the baby instinctively wants to eat more milk, so he has been eating. ? How to judge whether the baby is full or not?

(1) The baby was hungry just after eating for a while and kept looking for milk to eat. Even if the baby is asleep, when the mother pulls out the R head, the baby wakes up immediately and holds the R head tightly in her mouth.

2 The baby's sleep time is short, generally no more than two hours. Babies who are normally full of milk can generally sleep for more than two hours.

(3) The baby's weight is also one of the criteria for judging milk quantity. Babies within six months grow very fast, gaining more than 600g per month on average. Babies within three months grow faster. As long as there is enough milk, it is not a problem to gain 30-50g a day.

4 If the milk is not enough, the baby's daily urine volume is not enough. Under normal circumstances, the baby should change diapers more than 6-8 times a day, and each diaper should be more than 70% wet.

⑤ If the milk is not enough and the baby is not full, the baby's stool will not be golden yellow or golden paste as normal. Of course, some babies have irregular stools. It's just that if the milk is insufficient and the baby doesn't eat enough, then the excrement is not enough, and the baby can't defecate normally, and both the quantity and the shape will change.

There is also a false lack of breast milk, that is, the mother's mammary duct is small, and the milk output is relatively small at a time, so it takes more time for the baby to eat enough, and Ma Bao will feel that she has not enough milk. In fact, the number of mammary ducts of every mother is similar, generally from 15 to 18, but the inner diameter of mammary ducts is different, big and small. The larger the inner diameter of mammary duct, the more milk is produced. On the contrary, if the mammary duct is small, it will take longer for you to get the same amount of milk, so the baby spends more time nursing and feels that the baby has been nursing.

Lazy mothers belong to the category of small inner diameter of milk tube, so the baby takes a long time to breastfeed, so that the mother-in-law often looks at it anxiously, thinking that it is insufficient milk, and always suggests adding milk powder to the baby. Later, when the milk was blocked, it was found that even if it was squeezed, there was less milk coming out, and the milk sprayed out was like a pocket shower, like a very thin line. Then I remembered that a relative at home had a lot of milk, almost two levels.

So this kind of milk is not enough, but the flow is small, so it is a fake milk shortage.

? What if there is not enough milk?

(1) Lactation is very simple, so lactation can be put on the agenda. Give your baby more milk, drink more water, strengthen nutrition and pay attention to rest.

② If it is because the inner diameter of mammary duct is small, it can only increase the baby's breastfeeding time.

If the baby is six months old, parents should consider adding complementary food to the baby.

2. The baby is afraid

The newborn baby has suddenly changed to a new environment, and has not yet begun to adapt, and needs the parents' sense of security. After all, some babies are courageous and not afraid at all, but some babies are timid and afraid of a little noise, so I always hope to be with my mother, hear her voice and smell her.

So some babies can continue to sleep if they just wake up and see their mother around. If their mother is not around, the baby will cry immediately, and breastfeeding is the best way to appease the baby.

For babies with poor sense of security, it is necessary to make themselves more at ease through continuous breastfeeding.

? In this case, you can do the following:

When the baby is asleep, you can wrap the baby's hand in a bag and put a small pillow around it to make the baby feel that someone is around.

When the baby is awake, talk to the baby more and let the baby know that the mother is always around.

3 Usually have physical contact with the baby, such as doing passive exercise, or simply holding the baby's little hands and feet to give the baby enough security.

(4) Or artificially create some high-frequency sounds, but it must be something that the baby likes to listen to. Such as the rustling of TV, the sound of fans, the sound of washing machines and so on.

3. The baby enters the soaring period.

When the baby enters the soaring period, the demand for milk will increase greatly, so the baby will always eat milk, which really seems to be insufficient. When eating, he will show disgust. Babies will have many periods of rapid growth, such as 7- 10 days after birth, 2-3 weeks, 4-6 weeks, 3 months, 4 months, 6 months and 9 months.

? What does the baby need to pay attention to when entering the skyrocketing period?

The baby grows very fast during the soaring period, so the demand for milk has also become great, and it is necessary to continue to eat milk to meet their own requirements. What a mother needs to do is to feed her baby when she is hungry. Although the baby seems to have never had enough to eat, the mother still insists.

During the surge, the baby has a bad temper, loves to cry and is restless. This is because the baby grows fast, which leads to growth pain, so the baby is very different from peacetime. The more the baby cries, the more parents should patiently appease the baby.

(3) The soaring period will last for two or three days, and it may be longer, so mom and dad are prepared, and it will be fine after these days. Success belongs to the persevering.

4. Baby teething

Some babies begin to teether when they are about four months old. When they have teeth, they will drool, have some pain in their teeth and have a fever. Therefore, the baby needs to relieve these symptoms through continuous breastfeeding.

? If the baby is teething:

① Pay attention to cleaning the baby's mouth, and clean the baby with clean gauze every morning and evening.

2 The baby often drools, so be sure to wipe the baby's saliva often, and don't let the saliva flow under the neck, otherwise it will easily cause the neck to overflow.

After mom and dad wash their fingers, they can help the baby massage the gums with their teeth to relieve the pain.

4 Avoid letting the baby eat hard things and damage the gums.

5. Habitual breast sleep

Some babies are attached to the feeling of breastfeeding, and even eat when they sleep, forming the habit of breastfeeding. Mothers will feel that their babies are breastfeeding whether they are awake or asleep. This is a bad habit, and mother had better help the baby to quit.

? It is recommended that Ma Bao do this:

① Don't let the baby sleep with R head. Pull out the R head immediately after feeding the baby, and then burp the baby according to the established procedure to let him sleep.

If Ma Bao has difficulty sleeping, then give this responsibility to Bao Da, because the baby can't smell the milk on his mother, and his desire for milk will not be so strong.

6. Other physical discomfort

In addition to the above, if the baby has some physical discomfort, such as flatulence, red buttocks, diarrhea and so on. At this time, the baby is relatively fragile, and I hope to get more attention from my mother, and I also hope to distract my discomfort through breastfeeding.

? It is recommended that Ma Bao:

If the baby is uncomfortable, it is best to see what causes the baby first, and then deal with it if conditions permit. If you can't handle it, see a doctor in time. Don't delay.

Generally speaking, the reason why the baby has been breast-feeding is not only because the milk is not enough, no matter what the reason is, it is not good for the baby and mother, so it is necessary to correct it as much as possible, and this important task requires the cooperation of mom and dad. After all, this is a big project, which needs the efforts of two people to complete.

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