In the preceding topics we have seen the reasons why a baby can reject the breast, both when it is a newborn and later, when breastfeeding had already been established, offering some first notes to address the situation positively. In this article I will give a series of general guidelines for the care of the baby and the mother, which will help them maintain emotional contact in the crisis and after this, they will be able to maintain or not breastfeeding.
In the following articles of the series we will see more specific aspects and ways to recover breastfeeding while maintaining production.
Closeness
Breastfeeding is an act of love, in which we not only provide food, also flow connection and feelings. The child needs a lot of loving physical contact in all circumstances, but if reject the chest moreover it will help us to let them feel very close.
Using a baby carrier helps us to have it very close, to hear and smell, also allowing breastfeeding on demand, and the child can access the chest whenever he wants directly.
To be skin to skin, in the style of the Mother Kangaroo method, is very effective in breastfeeding crises. You have to relax, look for a dim penunbra and a quiet and warm atmosphere. Undress ourselves and the baby, without even a diaper, and let him feel our body as his natural habitat. It is a very relaxing experience for them and very sweet for moms, and, even if we do not overcome breastfeeding crises, we can continue to offer that space of comfort and connection equally.
He colecho o Shared dreaming is another way to expand physical and emotional contact with the baby. In addition, many babies who while awake reject the breast, at night, asleep or asleep, usually breastfeed. This also allows to increase or maintain production, since nighttime breastfeeding is essential so that the amount of milk remains adequate.
It is often the case that babies who do not breastfeed for whatever reason, during the day, at night and allowed to sleep close to the mother's body, relax and reconcile with the breast much more easily.
He shared bathroom It is another way to achieve a greater physical and emotional connection. The adult bathtub, at the right temperature, will welcome mom and baby, being very rewarding and relaxing moments. Like the kangaroo or the colecho they serve to increase the chances that the baby will recover breastfeeding without rejection, but also, if breastfeeding is abandoned, they continue to have enormous value to maintain contact and its loving benefits.
A message for the mother
If the baby rejects the breast we should not think that he rejects natural breastfeeding, nor his mother, the problem is the method of feeding for some cause that we will surely be able to solve. The problem is not the mother. Calm down on this, sure that all women can breastfeed and have milk supply except for some detectable medical causes, it is time to find solutions and feel calm about our ability.
We are going to see in the following topic ways to help the baby who is rejected the breast so that he can breastfeed again and be fed properly, but, whatever the feeding strategy we are going to adopt, the baby, let's remember, still needs to His mother more than anything in the world.
The baby will reconnect to breastfeeding, but even if we do not succeed, it is possible that it will be reengaged later, as there are many cases of relactations, even spontaneous, long after a crisis ends the first lactation. Always leave that possibility open and give the child the opportunity to have an accessible chest to do so.
Conclusion
It is necessary to take, serene, the necessary time, protecting the milk supply so that this can continue to be the feeding of the child, by means of maintenance of the production that we will be analyzing in successive subjects of this series.
Though the baby rejects the chestEven if we finally stop breastfeeding, we are still wonderful mothers, what our little son loves most.
It is sad that many women stop breastfeeding without wishing to, because, or they do not have adequate information and assistance to detect the cause of the problem or, even if they find out the reason for the rejection, they fail to develop the precise guidelines and strategies to trace breastfeeding.
For a mother who has spent a lot of time, efforts and enthusiasm in breastfeeding, it is sometimes desperate not to solve the problem. The support groups should serve to provide them with informative and emotional support, whether they are able to recover breastfeeding or if they end up abandoning it. With this series of topics I intend to offer you a first written resource to go to to help you find possible solutions to chest rejection, to give you the weapons to overcome it.
However, stop breastfeeding if our baby rejects the chest and we have not managed to solve the problem is not at odds with giving him all the love, physical contact and emotional closeness that they need so much. A lovingly given bottle, hugs, kisses, shared baths, colecho and thousands and thousands of hugs will nourish the most important thing, your heart.
