How do daddy and mummy know that I am feeding enough?
Unlike formula milk, which daddy and mummy can prepare the exact amount, knowing how much and whether I have enough is a guessing game. But there are some signs that tells daddy and mummy whether I have enough milk.
I have been fed well because I have 6 to 8 wet diapers a day. My eyes are bright and I have a wet tongue and mouth. As for my thigh, they are firm. Mummy also keeps a diary to record and monitor my feeding times. I have also gained in weight. These are signs that shows that I am feeding well.
How often do daddy and mummy feed me?
Breast milk is easily digested and it takes one and a half hour for me to feel hungry again. Mummy has set me on a routine where it involves waking me up three to four hours during the day to feed and leaving me to feed on demand at night.
Mummy's engorgement
Engorgement is a condition of swelling in the breasts that results from a normal increase in blood flow to the area combined with insufficent emptying of breasts. Mummy experienced it on the fourth day, when the milk comes in and peak. She felt pain and was unable to leave her arms. Her breasts felt like stones. Grandma bought her cabbage and used the cold cabbage leaves to cover her engorged breasts. And it works. She felt much more comfortable after that. It is thought that cabbage leaves caused vasoconstriction thus reducing vasocongestion.
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