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Bookmark or Share- What to Expect While Breastfeeding | Infant and Toddler Nutrition - CDCEvery mother’s experience with breastfeeding is different. Even if this is not your first baby, each baby is unique. Position your baby to feed. Observe and follow their hunger cues. Manage your breast milk supply and breast health. At birth, your breasts will make a thick, yellowish substance called colostrum.
- How Much and How Often to Breastfeed | Infant and Toddler Nutrition - CDCOn average, most exclusively breastfed babies will feed every 2 to 4 hours. Some babies may feed as often as every hour at times, often called cluster feeding. Or they may have a longer sleep interval of 4 to 5 hours. Some newborns may be sleepy and not interested in feeding.
- Newborn Breastfeeding Basics | Infant and Toddler Nutrition | CDCYour baby is breastfeeding often, 8-12 times per day (24 hours). You can see and hear your baby swallowing while breastfeeding. Your baby seems content after a feeding. Your baby is steadily gaining weight. It is normal for breastfed babies to lose some weight in the first week following birth.
- Breast Feeding: Getting Started - Johns Hopkins MedicineMost full-term, healthy babies are ready and eager to begin breastfeeding within the first half hour to 2 hours after birth. This first hour or 2 is an important time for babies to nurse and be with their mothers.
- Breastfeeding your newborn: How and when to start - BabyCenterBabies are often most alert right after birth and then get sleepy, so the first hour after delivery is a great time to start breastfeeding. At the beginning, your body will produce small amounts of a special milk called colostrum that will help protect your baby from infection.
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