- 21. Signs of Feeding Difficulties
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... or very hard stools in the first month. She appears hungry, searching for something to suck shortly after feedings. She becomes more yellow, instead of less, during the first week. Feeding Allergy ...
- 22. Practical Bottle Feeding Tips
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... baby seems to be gagging or gulping too fast, the nipple hole may be too large. If your baby is sucking hard and seems frustrated, the hole may be too small. Try different nipple shapes to see which ...
- 23. How Often and How Much Should Your Baby Eat?
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... hungry. These are called hunger cues. When she wants to eat, she may become more alert, put her hands or fingers on or in her mouth, make sucking motions, stick out her tongue, smack her lips, kick or ...
- 24. Bottle Feeding Basics
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... or bottle-feeding, your baby will give the same cues to let you know when she’s hungry and when she’s full. She will start rooting, scooting, sucking on her hand, and smacking her lips when she needs food. ...
- 25. Amount and Schedule of Formula Feedings
- (Feeding & Nutrition)
- ... for sucking and may just want to suck on a pacifier after feeding. Initially it is best to feed your formula-fed newborn on demand, or whenever he cries because he’s hungry. As time passes, he’ll begin ...
- 26. Thumbsucking
- (Crying & Colic)
- Thumbsucking is a common habit, and usually is not a cause for concern unless it continues past 5 years of age or affects the shape of your child's mouth. Different methods to eliminate thumbsucking work ...
- 27. Practical Pacifier Principles
- (Crying & Colic)
- ... give your baby a pacifier. Soothing through sucking. Pacifiers can be invaluable in soothing babies as well as satisfying those who want to suck all the time. You need not worry about your baby developing ...
- 28. Pacifiers: Satisfying Your Baby's Needs
- (Crying & Colic)
- Many babies soothe themselves by sucking. If your baby wants to suck beyond nursing or bottle-feeding, a pacifier can satisfy that need. A pacifier is meant to satisfy your baby’s noneating sucking needs, ...
- 29. Pacifiers and Your Baby
- (Crying & Colic)
- Most people have strong opinions about the use of pacifiers. Whatever the preference, what the baby needs during the early months is satisfaction for the sucking impulse. ...
- 30. Pacifiers and Thumb Sucking
- (Crying & Colic)
- What's the best way to get a child to stop sucking his thumb or using a pacifier? As a first step in dealing with your child's sucking habits, ignore them! Most often, they will stop on their own. Harsh ...
- 31. Calming A Fussy Baby
- (Crying & Colic)
- ... the beginning of one feeding to the beginning of the next. If it is not yet time to feed your baby, offer the pacifier or help your baby find her thumb or finger. Many infants are calmed by sucking. ...
- 32. Mosquito bites
- (Mosquito bites )
- ... While sucking your blood, she also deposits some of her saliva into your skin. This saliva contains proteins that remain in your skin. Your immune system may then react to those proteins, resulting in ...
- 33. Morning sickness
- (Morning sickness)
- ... Nibble throughout the day, rather than eating three larger meals. An empty stomach may aggravate nausea. Drink plenty of fluids. Sip water or ginger ale. It may also help to suck on hard candy, ...
- 34. When Your Baby Gets Teeth
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... baby has sprouted a tooth and you are concerned that she may nip you as a feeding ends, keep your finger ready to break the suction and remove your breast as soon as her rhythmic suckling stops (and before ...
- 35. Warning Signs of Breastfeeding Problems
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... consistently longer than about fifty minutes may mean that your baby isn’t receiving enough milk due to ineffective suckling or low milk production. Your baby still seems hungry after most feedings. ...
- 36. Vitamins for Breastfed Babies
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... that makes it difficult for a baby to suckle normally, such as a cleft palate, may make breastfeeding impossible. Mothers should remember that their pumped milk should be the first choice for any baby ...
- 37. Treating Breast Pain
- (Breastfeeding)
- It’s not unusual for your baby to have a little trouble latching on the first few times you breastfeed. Some babies suck on the nipple without taking enough of the areola into the mouth, which can result ...
- 38. Transitional Milk and Mature Milk
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... milk to be pushed out of the milk-producing cells into milk ducts so it’s available to your baby. The let-down reflex can be stimulated by your baby’s suckling, an approaching feeding time, or just the ...
- 39. The First Feeding
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... to breastfeed within an hour or so of giving birth to take advantage of your baby’s suckling instinct. When placed in skin-to-skin contact with the mother, the alert, healthy infant is capable of latching ...
- 40. Supply and Demand
- (Breastfeeding)
- ... your baby’s increased demand for milk spurs greater milk production from you and her diminished suck ling decreases your milk supply—nearly always takes a while to establish fully and requires readjustment ...
