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My newborn is 15 days old..just wanted to know that how much time a baby takes on each breast ..my lo never seems satisfied he can suck for an hour ..I feel that my milk is not comming proper to fulfill his requirement but my pediatrician says he z wetting 6 to 7 diapers per day dayeans I am producing enough milk...for me breastfeeding is like endless process wat to do should I give him top feed or not
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A child accepts his full feed in first 10 minutes of a feeding session and then the baby keeps sucking as it is soothing newborn reflex.if your child passes 6 to 8 wet diapers then that should be enough.his weight gain should be reassuring.
Make sure your baby's attachment to breast is right.l
Try offering breast feed by sitting upright with your back supported and raise the child's level using pillows
Make sure the whole dark part of nipple is in child's mouth.
The child's lower and upper lip should pout out during feeding.
Childs nose facing up and chin touching breast
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start the feeding from one side ;feed for 10 minutes then shift to other breast.so that's 20 minutes.
your baby is just 15 days old .the baby might be sleeping in the day.so during day use a breast pump to express milk.store this milk and use your extracted and stored milk to child after a breast feed if you feel the child is asking for mor
Health Tips
use only katori chamach and try giving your feed only.stay away from bottle it's highly addictive to baby and mom as well.
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Dr. Amit Agarwal
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Absolutely no to top feed as long as your kid is gaining weight and passing urine every four hours. You should feed from each breast till you have feeling of emptiness, this feeling usually comes in 10 mins. Make sure you are holding your baby in correct position. Just have a visit with lactation consultant so the He/She can assess what's going on.
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