Common knowledge to know about breastfeeding

Breastfeeding often encounters such problems: Is the child full? Can a nursing mother use medication? And the amount of breast milk is short-lived.

1. How to judge if the child is full

From the situation of the child's feeding, the child has a wish to have milk, and then he holds the breast and sucks and swallows. After 5 to 10 minutes of sucking, he doesn't suck or even suck the teat. Then he releases it. The teat sleeps quietly. After 3 days of birth, there should be more than 6 urinations and 3 to 4 stools every 24 hours.

Before the child eats milk, he weighs it and after eating it, he weighs it. The difference is the amount of milk eaten. Adding the amount of milk each day is the total amount of the day.

After 10 days of birth, the minimum weight gain is 125 grams per week, or at least 600 grams for the full moon. The monthly increment can be calculated from the following formula:

0-6 months infant weight (kg) = birth weight + (months + 1) x 0.9

7-12 months infant weight (kg) = 7.01 + month-old × 0.29

Parents who use the above measured body weight ratio are compared with the reference value of the World Health Organization and compared with the results of the survey of children aged under 7 years old in 2005, and can also be compared with the estimated value of the above formula to know whether the child is growing normally. , which indirectly determines whether it is a good idea to feed a child. You can also compare the result with the result of your child's last test and see how long it is and whether it is normal.

2. Shortage of breast milk

The following phenomena are available for reference:

After 5 days of birth, the breasts did not squeeze milk. Before the feeding, the mothers did not feel bloated. When the baby had just eaten, there was no urgent swallowing, and the nipples did not become soft after feeding.

The number of feedings per day is not small but the baby is still committed to sucking, lasting longer than half an hour. The number of infants urinating decreased and the number of stools decreased.

The weight gain of the infant is not ideal, and the birth weight has not been restored after 10 days after birth; the body weight does not reach the lower limit of the reference value after the full moon.

Should pay attention to whether the mother has nipple pain, congestion, dry nipples and other phenomena.

3. Nursing mothers should prudently use drugs

Due to the various conditions that may exist, sometimes nursing mothers need medication. Whether it is Chinese medicine or western medicine, absorption into the human body will follow the blood circulation to reach the mammary gland and be discharged with the milk, so the milk will more or less contain the drug ingredients, these are non-physiological substances for a newborn baby, and when the content is large, Poisoning can occur even if the baby is adversely affected. Therefore, when taking medicines, you should pay attention to the influence of the medicine on the baby.