Feeding a child is not only a way to pacify a child's hunger, it's also an excellent communication with his mother. At first the baby requires a mother's breast very often - it is necessary for him to calm down and feel the mother's intimacy. By the end of the second week after childbirth, as a rule, the baby's diet regime is established. And every mother should be ready for night feeding of the child, regardless of how the baby eats - mother's milk or artificial mixtures.
At the age of up to two months the child eats at night as well as during the day - every 2-3 hours. The baby has his own regime, according to which he wakes up his mother. Breastfeeding at night is much easier for the mother than feeding the mixes. The child should only be put side by side and he already eats, for babies on artificial feeding the mixture must be diluted and heated, which significantly shortens the mother's sleep.
Lactation at night
When mother feeds her baby, she develops her own sleep and wakefulness regime. Particularly sensitive mothers wake up at night a few minutes before a child wakes up. This makes the baby's night feeding more calm. If the mother is very tired during the day, then she needs to take care that feeding at night does not violate her rest. To do this, listen to the following tips:
- During breastfeeding at night, the room should not include a bright light. Darkness or even darkness allows the baby to fall asleep immediately after eating;
- when a child wakes up at night, one should not be annoyed at it. Mom's displeasure quickly transferred to the baby, and he often begins to be capricious. In this case, mom has to spend more time feeding and soothing;
- much easier night stands a special nightgown for feeding. This shirt allows you to quickly release the chest and does not make the baby wait.
Night feeding with infant formula
Despite the fact that the baby is on artificial feeding, he still needs some time to feed at night. Mom, in order to facilitate this procedure, you should prepare everything you need in advance - a pacifier, a bottle and a mixture. In order to quickly warm up the food you can buy a special device - a heater for milk mixtures. This device allows you to quickly warm up the mixture to the desired temperature.
As a rule, moms, who feed their babies with baby food, try, as early as possible, to wean children from night feeding. For this baby should be fed
Do I need to feed the baby at night after a year?
If the mother and the baby are not a burden, then you can continue to breastfeed at night. If the mother is tired of the night rising, the baby should be weaned from it.
Pediatricians recommend night feeding for up to a year, after that the children's organism easily does without food at night. From night feeding after a year the child should be weaned gradually so as not to create stressful situations. To do this, you should diversify his diet, add new dishes and do not neglect a children's dinner.
In fact, the baby needs only 5-10 days to get out of the night feeding. It is important for mother to make this transition smooth and painless for the baby.