if it seems that breast milk disappears.

Most mothers who intend to breastfeed achieve success in the hospital in the first days or weeks afterwards( with the possible exception of the first one or two days at home).Then many feel that they are defeated, and surrender. They say, "I do not have enough milk," or "My child does not absorb it," go "He's growing, and now it's not so important to breastfeed him."

Why all over the world do mothers manage to feed babies for many months, and in a country where artificial feeding is common, do many mothers suddenly get milk very early? I do not think that American mothers are so nervous. They are as healthy as everyone else. It seems to me that there is another reason. A mother who tries to breastfeed does not believe that she is doing the most natural thing in the world and therefore will achieve success without much difficulty;on the contrary, it seems to her that she is doing something supernatural and difficult. If she does not have an exceptionally strong self-confidence, she constantly thinks about failure. You can say that she is looking for signs of an imminent defeat in advance. If today the child cries a little more than usual, the mother's first thought is: I'm losing milk. If a child has indigestion, or gas, or a rash, first of all the mother suspects her milk. And, concerned, thinks the only way out is a bottle with a mixture. And the trouble is that the bottle is always at hand. Perhaps the mother explained before she left the hospital how to prepare the mixture( "just in case"), or she called the doctor, invited the visiting sister to get directions. Children who begin to receive a certain amount of a mixture are less likely to take their breasts. And the milk left in the breast is a natural signal: "Do less, do less."

In other words, when the mother is not sure of her ability to provide the baby with milk, and the milk formula is sold at every corner - it is not difficult to find an excuse to refuse breastfeeding.

The same thought can be expressed in the opposite way: in order to succeed in breastfeeding, you need to continue to give the baby a breast and stay away from the milk mixture( after a certain amount of breast milk has been established, you can give one bottle a day).Under normal conditions, the amount of breast milk does not remain constant. Depending on the needs of the child, the breast is at any time ready to increase or decrease the supply of milk. The child grows, his appetite increases, he thoroughly empties his chest and does it more often. This stimulates an increase in milk production.