I realize these questions will probably sound silly to anyone who has children, but I’m going to ask anyway. Curiousity killed the call, I guess.
You burp a baby who has been bottle fed because they swallow air along with their formula, right? Do you need to burp a breast-fed baby as well? It doesn’t seem to me as though you would need to.
I realize that breast milk is producted in the milk ducts and that a woman’s breasts often get larger at the end of her pregnancy in preparation for breast-feeding, but…Is there a preceptiable size difference before you’ve breast-fed a child and after a feeding? I mean, do they seem smaller with less milk in them?
Yes. Babies are just learning to eat and don’t do it well. They’re also learning ho to burp…hehe…so cute! Anyway, even adults still need to burp.
Mine did. That’s was how I remembered which breast to use for the next feeding, I felt myself up. My daughter was a light, frequent eater. She’d only eat on one side per meal. I had lopsided breasts for months. :rolleyes:
You need to burp them. They still swallow air, just not very much. My son would burp after twice breastfeeding. The first burp was teeny and would sort of startle him to close his throat. Continued patting would bring out the rest, the burp’s “little brother”. Now, at 7 months, he bealches like a sailor, as it were.
Not only do the breast sizes change with the feedings, the milk ducts can get engourged (and painful) if baby hasn’t eaten in a while. Milk production is based on past demand. Mrs. Spritle would sometimes get hard marble sized knots that would go away after the Spritlet would nurse. (sorry if that’s TMI).