Breastfeeding on demand

Breastfeeding is the normal, natural and healthiest way of feeding babies . The World Health Organization (WHO) and numerous national and international scientific organizations (including the Association Spanish Pediatrics) recommend and encourage exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of

Breastfeeding is the normal, natural and healthiest way of feeding babies. The World Health Organization (WHO) and numerous national and international scientific organizations (including the Association Spanish Pediatrics) recommend and encourage exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months of life and continue breastfeeding on demand, along with other foods, up to 2 years or more, depending on the child and the mother.

What is breastfeeding on demand

Until not long ago there was widespread belief among mothers and professionals that the baby needs to take its mother's breast 20 minutes from each breast (every three hours) to obtain the necessary food to cover your needs. Sadly still today, this recommendation continues to be heard from time to time.

These recommendations are made thinking that breastfeeding only covers the baby's nutritional needs, but breast milk is much more than a food. This offers many advantages for the physical and mental health of the mother and child, as well as many scientific studies.

Breast feeding has to be on demand. This means that you have to offer the breast to the baby when he asks for it durante and for as long as he wants, until he releases it spontaneously. That is, that breastfeeding on demand is breastfeeding without schedules or duration times. Benefits of breastfeeding on demand for the mother and the baby

Thanks to breastfeeding on demand,

milk production is regulated according to the needs of the child , milk intake is assured at the beginning and at the end of the toma, whose composition is different, and a good emptying of the breast is achieved, avoiding an excessive accumulation of milk that can cause engorgement and mastitis (problems that often cause breastfeeding to fail). With feeding on demand we get:- An adequate weight gain of the baby (since when emptying the breast, it is able to reach the most fatty portion of the milk, which satiates it and helps it to gain weight) Una - A correct regulation of the milk produced by the mother and needed by her child (the baby will mark according to their needs at all times.) The amount of milk produced by the mother, in the spikes or sprouts of growth, which needs more calories and nutrients the baby will breastfeed more often)

Many children, in addition to food, seek comfort in their mother's breast. A baby who cries and demands to be breastfed needs his mother. Delaying unnecessarily the time of the shot causes avoidable suffering for both the baby and his mother.