In einer eMail vom 19-7-01 0:36:58 West-Europa (zomertijd) schreibt
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> That's the time I explain "Even if it doesn't seem like much is there,
> every little drop (or tiny bit or half-ounce, etc.) he is getting now is
> much CREAMIER and higher in calories, like dessert!"
>
>

I like to use this anology:
We like to have our dinners in 3 rows: soup, main dish and dessert. And that
is what baby gets if he empties the breast. He will start with the thin
watery portion, the soup, with lots of vitamins and appetizers (sp?), then
the main dish comes with patotoes and meat with gravy and veggies, that will
fill his tummy and provide him with all kinds of good stuff and then to top
off comes the pudding with cream to make him feel he had a really good meal.

For the number of breast changing I use as rule of thumb that the more feeds
in 24 the less breast awitching, up to 5-6 feeds boths breasts, 6 to 10-12/24
1 breast and 12 up 1 breast in every 2-3 or so hours. For most moms this
seems to work fine, tho some ofcourse have to fit it to their milkmaking
capacity; moms with low supply will change more often and mom with high
supply will need to stretch the 3 hours to perhaps 6, 8, 12...
Espeially when lecturing or teaching nurses, midwifes, etc I use this rule of
thumb (and the modifications), while they (the ones I teach) seem to need (or
think they need) rules and numbers to stick on.
For moms it often is enough to explain the mechanics and teach/explain het to
watch her baby and her breasts and then determine when an how long to feed
and how often to switch.
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Gonneke van Veldhuizen, IBCLC
MOM, LLLL, primary schoolteacher
Hiilensberg, Germany

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