Breastfeeding your newborn - How Much and How Often

Breastfeeding your newborn - How Much and How Often

For those first-time mothers, it's hard to know breast-feeding has enough milk or not? All these concerns about "How Much and How Often", vicious in head that many mothers sometimes fall into stress.

Advice From the Experts, Your newborn should be nursing eight to 12 times per day, nurses every 2 to 3 hours between feedings.

You can refer to the following table for nursing your newborn:

- Less than 7 days old: From 8 - 12 times per day. Every time from 30 - 90 ml.

- From 8 days - 1 month: From 8 - 12 times per day. Every time from 90 - 150 ml.

- When your newborn 2 months old: From 6 - 8 times per day. Every time from 90 - 150 ml.

- From 3 - 4 months: From 5 - 6 times per day. Every time from 120 - 210 ml.

Some signs your newborn has enough milk

Want to determine the most accurate, Your newborn is getting enough milk, which is not a simple matter. Here are some common signs and activities to help mothers recognize your newborn has enough milk.

- When your newborn has enough milk, Your newborn go to sleep and  seeing the satisfied expression on his/her face.

-  Baby uses on average 6-8 diapers per day

- The average weight loss in the first few days after birth. A good sign that Your newborn has enough milk, which Your newborn healthy and grow up.

- Nursing sessions should last about 20 to 30 minutes. Feeding time extended full length on as well as the average amount of milk that a child absorbs.

4/24/2015