Feeding a child is a very touching and crucial period in the life of every woman. In order for this period to pass the most beneficial for the child, it must be properly prepared by the mother. From how correctly mom will react to feeding the baby, will depend on the duration of this process and the benefits brought to him by breast milk.
For breast milk to be as healthy as possible, a nursing mother should carefully monitor her diet and lifestyle in general. We need to remember a few rules that must be followed, otherwise you can harm the health of the child.
The quality and quantity of milk directly depends on the food products used by mom. Doctors believe that the first month of feeding is extremely important for mother and child.
If a woman behaves and eats correctly, this period will run smoothly for the baby and for herself. This will mean that breast milk is enough for the baby and he will easily continue breastfeeding.
Determine whether there is enough milk for a child by his behavior. If he is naughty after feeding, it means he did not get enough, most likely my mother does not have enough milk. But do not immediately panic and feed the baby with a mixture.
This may lead to loss of breast milk from the mother and may not be able to resume lactation. It is important to properly attach the baby to the chest.
If feeding for the mother is very painful, then the baby takes the wrong breast, most likely it sucks only the nipple, and the child’s girth is also considered correct. Then mother feeding will bring only joy.
Principles of making the mom's menu in the first month of breastfeeding
Breast milk should be useful for the child to grow up healthy, strong, so that he has strong immunity, so that he is intelligent and active. For this you need to lay health from birth. In the first month of breastfeeding, the mother must be extremely responsible and this responsibility is not only for herself, but also for her baby.
Nursing mom's menu plan should include:
- foods containing proteins;
- fruits vegetables;
- porridges;
- liquid.
Foods that are rich in proteins:
- meat;
- a fish;
- eggs;
- milk;
- kefir.
What fruits are needed for a mandatory diet daily:
- apples;
- pears;
- bananas.
Vegetables that are good for nutrition during lactation:
- carrot;
- potatoes;
- beet;
- zucchini;
- watermelons;
- cucumbers;
- pumpkin.
Useful tips on food:
- food must be steamed or cooked. Fatty and fried should not be taken when breastfeeding;
- fruits and vegetables should be familiar to our habitat. Exotic fruits are best excluded because they can cause allergies;
- it is useful to eat foods that contain fiber, which helps better digestion and absorption, as well as the removal of degradation products from the body;
- as for drinking, it should be abundant. However, you can not drink everything. It is important to give preference to tea, natural juices, broths, and also mineral water without gas.
Food, due to which the normalization of lactation
If for any reason a woman has lost milk, then she must urgently take steps to restore it.
To do this, you need to eat the right foods, namely those that lead to the normalization of excretion of breast milk:
- dairy products (milk, cottage cheese, cheese, sour cream, yogurt, ryazhenka, kefir);
- fresh fruit, except exotic;
- freshly squeezed juices, tea and decoctions of medicinal herbs (chamomile, nettle, rosehip, mint, lemon balm);
- mineral water without gas.
What not to eat during breastfeeding
As for milk, it is useful in any form, except raw. You can not buy milk from unknown people. There may be many dangerous bacteria, and the cow will be sick. Raw milk must be boiled or pasteurized.
Juices useful to drink natural, without preservatives, dyes and other food additives. Vitamins most of all in fresh fruit, as well as in natural juices. Therefore, before buying juice in a beautiful package, it is better to think whether it is useful. Instead, it is better to eat a fresh apple, but not bought in a supermarket, but picked in your garden.
Water is advisable to drink purified or boiled, but in any case not from the tap. Raw water contains hazardous substances that are not useful to the little man.
A nursing mother must constantly think about the health of the baby and therefore remember that under no circumstances should you break the rules of eating and therefore strictly not strictly forbid yourself to eat such products:
- fatty and fried foods;
- exotic fruits, as well as strawberries and raspberries, because they are often children are allergic;
- use honey and nuts with caution, as there may be an allergic reaction to these products;
- raw water and raw milk;
- sauces, spicy dishes, salted, smoked, seasonings, garlic;
- flour products, hot dogs and other products from fast food;
- products containing dyes, preservatives, flavors and other food additives;
- carbonated drinks, including mineral water;
- coffee;
- alcohol;
- products of unknown origin, preparation and storage conditions;
- antibiotics, medications without a doctor's prescription and the urgent need to take them.
In order not to doubt the quality of food, it is better to eat at home, avoiding cafes, restaurants, other catering establishments and street shops.
Each person should monitor the shelf life of products, as well as storage conditions, what can we say about nursing mothers. They, like anyone else, should be interested in high-quality and healthy food.
In addition to food, other factors also affect the quality, duration and amount of breast milk:
- lifestyle (sedentary, prone, active);
- psychological situation (lack of stress, mood in the family, support of loved ones);
- no bad habits (smoking, alcohol);
- the opportunity to rest (healthy sleep in a comfortable environment, the correct mode of the day);
- the correctness of the attachment of the child to the chest.
If there are no contraindications and a woman is healthy, then she should not be depressed, lazy and feel sorry for herself, even if she is very hard. Active walks in the fresh air with the child or the most necessary for normal lactation.
Walking does not hurt anyone, but only helps to overcome depression, drive bad thoughts, prepare the body for healthy sleep and an active day.
In order not to feel tired and killed in the first months after birth, you need to try to normalize your schedule. If it is difficult for a woman because of the nightly whims of a child, then it is obvious that she needs the support of her husband, mother, sister, and so on.
Menu nursing mothers on the first day after birth
The nursing mother's menu on the first day after birth is an important point that cannot be missed, as it can be decisive, in the sense that milk may not be worked out for many reasons.
Some mothers commit absurd acts due to the fact that they were not warned about the consequences, because of their ignorance and ignorance.
Childbirth is a very difficult process for a woman’s body, which lasts from several hours to several days. During this period, a woman eats very little, and maybe not at all, because she is not so much in those difficult hours.
Yes, and you can not eat when the process of childbirth began, when the contractions are already underway, you can drink only water in small sips. To normalize the process of digestion of the mother after giving birth without harm to her and her newborn baby, she needs to follow simple rules:
- to eat on the first day of birth, you need often, but in small portions. In between meals, snacks are important so that there is always a source for producing milk;
- need to drink a lot;
- You can not immediately fill up to the blade. This can harm the mother’s digestion and disrupt the normal production of milk.
Mom's diet on the first day:
- a glass of kefir (yogurt);
- banana, apple;
- small portion of cereal (buckwheat, rice, wheat);
- a piece of boiled meat (chicken, lean pork);
- cottage cheese;
- tea, juice, mineral water without gas.
They say that a nursing mother should eat for two, but this does not mean that she should eat everything that is horrible and the more, the better. A woman can not starve, but overeat is also not recommended.
The diet should include only healthy foods for her and the child, and the calorie content of food should be 500 calories more than the daily non-lactating woman. Therefore, before eating anything for food, it is better to consult with doctors.
The woman spends the first day after giving birth in the maternity hospital and therefore there will be no doctors left without observation.
It is believed that if the first month - one and a half mother fed the child normally, no problem, then everything will be fine, there should be enough milk, provided that you continue to follow the rules of feeding.
They get into his body with mother's milk, so everything that a mother consumes will also be received by her baby.
Many doctors argue that if a mother introduces any products in very small quantities into the baby’s diet through breast milk, this will not cause him any allergic reactions. It is in small doses that you need to introduce a new food, for example, the floor of a mandarin lobule, the floor of a strawberry berry, a small piece of chocolate, a new kind of fish and so on.
Then the child will gradually get used to the new food and he will not have problems with digestion.
The diet of the nursing mother in the first month after the birth of the baby
Mom's menu should be useful, balanced and timely. In order for the milk to be tasty and arrive in sufficient quantity, the nursing mother must eat properly.
Sample menu nursing mom in the first month:
Breakfast:
- a glass of kefir, yogurt (water without gas);
- boiled egg, a piece of boiled fish (steamed);
- any porridge.
Snack:
- an Apple;
- banana;
- a glass of juice, kefir.
Dinner:
- soup, broth (low-fat);
- a piece of bread from durum wheat;
- borscht should not be consumed due to the content of red foods that cause allergies (tomato, beetroot, pepper);
- boiled potatoes, porridge, cottage cheese;
- boiled meat or fish (steamed);
- fresh juice, tea, decoction.
Snack
Tea time:
- omelette;
- a fish;
- milk, kefir, yogurt, fermented baked milk;
- banana, apple, pear.
Snack
Dinner:
- muesli on milk;
- steamed or boiled vegetables;
- porridges;
- yogurt.
For a snack you can drink a glass of juice, water, tea. You can eat an apple, a banana. If you really want, then you can afford a small piece of sweet.
The body of a woman is individual and therefore the diet can be for each.
This is not to say that it should be like this. For one woman, you can use some specific food, and for another they can not.
Therefore, nutrition during breastfeeding should be approached responsibly, and you should consult with your doctor on any issues of interest in order not to harm the baby and continue to breastfeed for as long as possible.
Nursing mom drinking regimen
The amount of milk depends on how much liquid is drunk per day. If there is little milk in the breast and the woman feels it, then you can drink warm tea or broth, pure water, juice or kefir.
After all, if there is no fluid in the body, then milk cannot be produced from. Therefore, you need to keep track of how much a woman drinks fluids per day.
If this is a summer period, the amount of fluid should be at least 2 liters per day. It is necessary to understand that in summer the liquid goes faster with sweat due to the high temperature of the air.
On hot days, thirst is greater than in winter, so in summer it is better to drink more water, juices and decoctions. But this does not mean that in winter you do not need to drink a lot. If the water does not climb in winter, then tea can serve as an outlet. It can also be brewed on herbs. It is only important to ensure that it is not very strong and not put a lot of sugar in it.
For many women, thirst appears immediately after the baby has taken the breast. This process happens automatically. The body reacts to the baby's mouth and makes it clear to mom that she needs something to drink.
This usually occurs in the first months of feeding. Then the thirst gradually becomes less pronounced. But the woman should continue to drink, as before, 2 liters of liquid per day, regardless of what time of year, where she is and how busy she is.
If a nursing mother takes into account all the rules of breastfeeding a baby, then this process will bring her pleasure, and the baby will grow up healthy and happy.
Additional information about the menu is in the next video.
