This baby is drinking very well at the breast. The pause in the chin as the baby opens his mouth to the maximum, just before closing his mouth, indicates his mouth is filling up with milk; the longer the pause, the more milk the baby is taking in. Thus, it is obvious that the advice to feed the baby 20 minutes (10 minutes, 30 minutes, whatever) on each makes no sense. A baby who drinks as this baby drinks for 20 minutes on the first side could easily refuse to take the second side since he would be full. Even a shorter period of time drinking as he does could easily fill him up. Compare this baby to the baby in the "nibbling" video. The baby in the "nibbling" video could easily spend hours on the breast and not get enough. The whole notion of feeding a baby by the clock makes no sense at all. The pause can also be seen in the first few days of life. See the videos of the 2 day old, 28 hour old and 10 hour old babiesNOTE This video is courtesy of Newman Breastfeeding Clinic and Institute (NBCI). Your support helps nbci continue to offer the services for which it has become renowned... empowering mothers to achieve their own breastfeeding goals. Your support also helps NBCI bring a variety of education services to your community. Individual donations represent the single largest source of support for NBCI. Thank you! If you would like to support NBCI, please visit canadianbreastfeedingfoundation.org. For a charitable tax receipt please make your donations online. Please ...
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