Proper breastfeeding: Tips for twins

Correct breastfeeding becomes more difficult for twins. How to have an effective schedule for both babies to enjoy the sweet mother's milk? Some of the tips below will be very helpful for moms.

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Key # 1: Flexibility is the key to everything

Tip 2: Feed your baby as often as possible

Secret 3: Drink plenty of water

Key 4: Recharge regularly

Secret 5: Breast care

Tip 6: Take notes regularly

What worries mothers of twins most is not enough milk for their babies. Indeed, breastfeeding for twins or triplets often requires a lot more effort than normal births. In fact, in the first few weeks, babies will feel hungry start every half hour. I need a scientific real-time arrangement and lots of help from those around me to be able to overcome this "stormy" period.

Key # 1: Flexibility is the key to everything

To schedule a schedule for the first days, you can apply some basic "strategies" such as:

Breastfeeding two babies at the same time with the help of a special pillow: Mom will place two babies on both sides of this pillow and breastfeed at the same time to save time.

Start feeding when 1 in 2 babies "signal" hunger:  The next feeding will start when one of the babies starts to show signs of hunger such as crying, hands to mouth ...

Breastfeeding according to the needs of each baby: If two babies are not hungry at the same time, the mother can breastfeed based on the unique needs of each baby. For example, one baby will be hungry every 3 hours, the other will be hungry every 2 hours which means that every 1 hour the mother needs to do her lofty "duty".

You may find that you are spending too much time and energy, but breastfeeding your baby directly for the first year will save up to 300 hours and a few tens of millions of dong in comparison to formula feeding. .

You can use a special nursing pillow or use several pillows to feed 2 babies at the same time

Tip 2: Feed your baby as often as possible

For more milk , the simplest and most effective way is to feed your baby as often as possible. Most milk supply problems will improve when the mother breastfeeds the baby properly.

When breastfeeding your baby, you should wait for one breast to run out of milk before moving to the other side. If the baby is finished feeding and the breast still has milk, the mother should express it. This is the signal that helps the milk glands begin to produce new amounts of milk.

Secret 3: Drink plenty of water

The hormone oxytocin that the body releases during lactation can make a mother feel extremely thirsty. Besides, water is the main raw material to create breast milk. Therefore, mothers need to supplement a lot of water to stimulate the milk glands to function properly.

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Key 4: Recharge regularly

Raising twins will take away a lot of energy from the mother. Don't let yourself fall into a state of exhaustion, mother. The two most important things moms need to remember at this point are nutritional supplements and adequate sleep.

In their meals, mothers need to have enough carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins and minerals. Therefore, mothers should eat rice, cereals, fish meat, eggs and vegetables and fruits to ensure the body's nutritional needs.

Besides, mothers should ask someone to look after the baby to get enough sleep and night. This is very important to help re-energize the body.

Secret 5: Breast care

Breastfeeding for twins does not increase the risk of chest pain or inflammation. Breastfeeding problems such as cracking a chicken neck only happen when the mother is breastfeeding the baby incorrectly. If this happens, mothers should combine breast-feeding posture correction and apply cream to treat chapping on the affected area between feeds. The emptying of milk on both sides of the chest after breastfeeding, clean nipple hygiene helps mothers reduce blockage of milk jet and inflammation of the nipples.

Breastfeeding: Overcoming uncomfortable breastfeeding problems When your baby sucks, repetitive sucking movements over a long period of time cause the nipples to stretch, causing painful cracks, even Bleeding makes many mothers very afraid of breastfeeding, even dare not breastfeed due to too much pain.

Tip 6: Take notes regularly

To schedule a reasonable time for the baby to breastfeed, and to check whether the baby has breastfed enough or not, mothers can use a small notebook to record the time frames for feeding the baby during the day. Besides, on the next page, mom records the amount of wet diapers the baby has released. Each day, a fully-fed baby will have between 5 and 8 wet diapers. In addition, each month, mothers combine weighing and measuring baby's length to know if the baby is growing well or not.

After the first few months of relatively hard work, she will receive a worthy "reward" for her efforts. Maintaining the right breastfeeding regularly and regularly will help the little angels grow, healthy, intelligent and alert. Mom will quickly recognize the baby's daily changes and less tired as the baby gradually gets in order.