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questions about breastfeeding

Dear Ms. Weigert,
since 4.8. I am now a happy mother of a son and had thanks to your repeated reading "Still little book," Still a wonderful beginning with uncomplicated lactogenesis. My son had to release on Friday of his birth weight already exceeded what you want.
now at home are still a few issues appeared, unfortunately, my follow-up midwife does not seem particularly knowledgeable breastfeeding to be, because most of their "tips" by and large contradict what I previously "learned" have. That is why I am writing with a few questions for you, my group is still not until next week again and I would not do anything wrong until then.

first I still between 7 (so far only once) and 10 times a day, each 30-60 minutes long, the small drink is not continuous, but usually beginning 10-15 minutes, then he is sleepy, I wrap it and then "dock" we a few more times until he tired is. Mostly he needs at the very end, when he is back in her cot again for a second helping, he is then agitated, making searching movements and sleep again after about 1 minute on the chest then. I have defined for me as Gemütlichkeitsschluck. Is this all so within the framework and ok? My midwife says, 10 times a day would be too much chest, that would be like in a growth phase, but as I have understood this, then yes, the kids get more per hour to part?

second My child has until today actually 600 (!) Program has increased. Now I'm worried that he is too fat, even if it means children are not breast could be overfed. The midwife advises zu Tee zwischendurch, ich halte eher weniger davon, heißt ja auch Stillen nach Bedarf und jetzt schon diätetische Massnahmen zu ergreifen, finde ich übertrieben. Was meinen Sie? Ich versuche mich gesund zu ernähren, aber muss gestehen, dass ich relativ viel Süßes und auch zum Teil Fettiges esse. Allerdings muss ich mich insgesamt eher zum Essen zwingen, um nicht noch rapider an Gewicht zu verlieren. Können sich überhaupt entsprechende Ernährungsgewohnheiten auf die Zusammensetzung der Milch auswirken und damit auf den Energiegehalt? Die Hebamme hat mich nämlich gefragt, ob ich viel Sahne essen würde (ernsthaft). Oder kann die Gewichtszunahme daher kommen, dass ich über 5 Tage pro Mahlzeit nur 1 Brust gegeben have, as I have mad a lot of milk? Since yesterday I am now again both breasts per meal.

third In the course of that I have so much milk, I have had "run out" the other breast for a meal or spread out, some I've been using the hand pump even angepumt and then streaked into the vacuum, for me a little easier. Is that ok or also stimulates milk production?

4th My son drinks as already mentioned, often continuously over a longer period, the longest that we have done it were, 15 minutes. Otherwise, he is always off again, making searching movements and I Docke then again (first ever in the same breast, only when I have the impression that the appetite subsides, I will change or if he can really slide the nipple from the mouth). Is there something I can do about it or has to do with all that milk? The whole meal quite short (the actual time of drinking) make me somewhat puzzled, on the other hand, I can not compel him so long to drink ...

5th My son often makes searching movements, opens his mouth very far and wants to leave but then dock only after several attempts. Do you have an explanation?

Thank you for your effort and for your great book!

Regards
Veronica Johannson

• Lady Johannson,
• congratulations to your son! I am very pleased that you like my "Little Book Still" good to the side stand!
• I have just read your mail carefully and can tell you: do it all WELL! Here are my detailed answers to five questions:

1. you describe here the normal drinking behavior of a baby at that age - very nice!
2. Make yourself please do not worry! You are absolutely right, a baby is not feeding at the breast and takes over in the first six Months of life nothing but breast milk. Even tea is not recommended. (Incidentally, all my statements here are based on science and not just my "opinion"). Your diet also corresponds to what is recommended - try their appetite for something sweet (in the breast-physiological basis and completely normal) with things to breastfeed, which are naturally sweet - for example, dates, dried apricots, etc. - and also in fat, it depends on the best quality, ie high quality vegetable oils as found in nuts and seeds, and in the oils (linseed oil, walnut oil, pumpkin seed oil, seed oil, etc.) Mother's milk is always the needs of the baby, unabhängig von der aktuellen Ernährungsweise der Mutter (in den westlichen Industrieländern), lediglich der Vitamingehalt und die Qualität der Fettsäuren lässt sich teilweise durch eine entsprechende Ernährung verbessern.
3. Lassen Sie die Milch lieber auslaufen und verzichten Sie auf die Pumpe, die regt tatsächlich die Milchbildung an - so wie Sie es beschreiben dürfte das nicht sehr wesentlich sein, aber trotzdem: lieber nicht. Sie können die auslaufende Milch auffangen in einer speziellen Milchauffangschale, die es im Handel gibt.
4. So wie Sie das beschreiben sehe ich es jeden Tag bei Babys in diesem Alter, Ihr Sohn gestaltet damit den Milchfluss nach seinen Needs. Also the change to the second page, you describe exactly as I would recommend it in this case.
5. This too: typically in the first few weeks / months. There are also no hurry!

• So be proud of yourself and to your son, you are happy that you have so much milk that your son grows so well that he drinks so beautiful that it's all regulated so wonderful, especially: that you had so much love! Best wishes!