It is best, to breastfeed a baby as required. Most healthy, fully delivered babies even know better, when, how long and how much they must drink at mothers breast.
You can assume that your baby wants to be breastfeeded at least six to eight times in 24 hours. Breastfeed your baby so often and so for a long time it want, also at the night. If your baby becomes older and riper, the number of the quiet breastmeals can become smaller.
Particularly young babies are inclined to a behavior, which is called Clusterfeeding. That means, the baby drinks at certain times frequently and at other times very rarely. The Clusterfeeding episodes arise classicaly in the late afternoon or early evening. Clusterfeeding is not a reference of less breast milk, but it is a really wide-spread quiet behavior with small babies. Clusterfeeding should not be confounded with growth spurts. If your baby wants suddenly clearly more frequently to your chest, this is called growth spurt. Growth spurts are typically in the age from two to three weeks to expect six weeks and three months. Put on your baby simply for a few days more frequently, and the equilibrium between supply and demand will reset itself.
You can assume that your baby wants to be breastfeeded at least six to eight times in 24 hours. Breastfeed your baby so often and so for a long time it want, also at the night. If your baby becomes older and riper, the number of the quiet breastmeals can become smaller.
Particularly young babies are inclined to a behavior, which is called Clusterfeeding. That means, the baby drinks at certain times frequently and at other times very rarely. The Clusterfeeding episodes arise classicaly in the late afternoon or early evening. Clusterfeeding is not a reference of less breast milk, but it is a really wide-spread quiet behavior with small babies. Clusterfeeding should not be confounded with growth spurts. If your baby wants suddenly clearly more frequently to your chest, this is called growth spurt. Growth spurts are typically in the age from two to three weeks to expect six weeks and three months. Put on your baby simply for a few days more frequently, and the equilibrium between supply and demand will reset itself.
