EXPECTATIONS TO MANAGE
It can take up to six weeks for you and your baby to get the hang of breastfeeding and for breastfeeding to become established.
The best way to do this is to let your baby lead the way – it's called baby-led feeding or demand feeding.
A mother and her baby are a finely tuned team, and as feeds increase, mom's body responds to the cues that her baby is giving by producing exactly the right amount of milk.
Using a dummy to delay feeds at this time will slow the production of milk and may cause problems for both mother and baby. Supply needs to meet demand, and the only way to do that is to let baby feed as often as she needs. Demand feeding also prevents mastitis and other complications caused from overfull breasts.
Most young babies need and naturally request eight to
