oscargrace's Profile

I have a 20mth old and an 11 week old both and have breastfed both on demand, still feeding my son fed daughter til was i about 5mths pregnant, both have slept through from early on though my 2nd is much better ( and 1st decided to wake up during the night at about 5 mths), my 2nd sleeps 10 to 11 hrs straight, i find the most important thing is burping after feeds, i worked out with my daughter that that was the reason she was getting upset when in the first few weeks i would put her on the boob everytime cause i thought she was hungry where infact she needed burping, (a friend told me it helped with their boy), so, much more aware of it this time, know he needs burping if he pokes his tongue i and out and if his stomach is hard and fists clenched i don't put him down till his tummy is soft and fist not tight, and more aware of when i last fed him. I see so many mothers who feed and put the child straight down without burping, i think it's the most underrated thing about feeding babies, also notice when i have onion he gets a really upset stomach :P I know everybaby is different but think that it is something we don't really get told about when you have your baby