Breast Feeding Milestones

Diamond boobs two years of breastfeeding or longer.

Breast feeding milestones.

The breastfeeding milestone awards are there for parents who have struggled to nurse and have not found it easy so please don t think they are just for mamas who have had plain sailing. Baby s eat very often during this time especially breast fed babies. Meals can be as close as 1 5 hours apart early in infancy and move to 2 3 hours apart as they get older. All babies reach milestones on their own developmental timeline.

You shouldn t obsess over any list of milestones or pressure your baby to develop new skills according to a schedule. A multitude of factors influence the rate of each baby s individual growth such as genetics form of delivery gestation at delivery medical issues effectiveness of the placenta prior to delivery and so on. Breastfeeding mealtime milestones first week. However there is a persistent and understandable demand from first time mothers for information.

During the first week focus on making sure your baby knows how to latch on correctly. After two months of breastfeeding your baby may also have a reduced risk for food allergies. Golden boobs one year of breastfeeding. Silver boobs six months of breastfeeding.

Babies breastfed until two months of age and older had a 62 percent lower risk of sids while babies who were exclusively breastfed during the same time period had a 73 percent lower risk. Exclusively takes mother s milk or formula from a bottle or breast feedings. This not only helps. Breastfeeding babies often are thinner than their formula fed peers but hit the mental and other physical milestones faster so think of milestones as general guidelines.

Get tips for helping babies with acid reflux. In honor of world breastfeeding week we ve created some breastfeeding badges to show your breastfeeding achievements download the badge you want and share it with others. Breastfeeding takes a lot of hard work dedication and love. We know there are reasons why people are advised not to breastfeed at all to ensure their own and their baby s safety.

So whether you breastfeed for the first time a month a year or more you deserve a pat on the back.