Many questions about feeding, organizing natural feeding and caring for a baby can be clarified through conversations with a lactation specialist by phone, skype, and correspondence with him. But there are certain situations in which it is preferable to invite a consultant on GV to your home. This is the most effective way to solve a particular problem.
These situations include:
- Properly organize feeding in the early days;
- When a baby refuses a breast;
- The transition from artificial or mixed feeding to exclusively breastfeeding;
- Injuries (cracks) nipples and breast tenderness during feeding (we also read about why it hurts to breastfeed);
- The baby does not grab the chest properly;
- Small weight gain in the baby;
- Breast engorgement after childbirth, lactostasesnot complicated mastitis.
- Organization of feeding premature, small babies;
- Features of breastfeeding twins or triplets;
- Assistance in organizing breastfeeding for special children;
- The introduction of complementary foods to a child who has reached 6 months of age;
- Avoiding Use nipple covers and switching to feeding directly from the breast;
- Mom goes to work.
I listed the main problems in the event of which, it is advisable to contact a lactation specialist for an in-person consultation. I must note that for other problems, questions, and incomprehensions, an in-person meeting is almost always more effective. A competent specialist, in addition to solving problems that served as an occasion for appeal, will always appreciate the application, show feeding poses, answer all your questions, and there are always a lot of them.
The main task of the consultant is not to solve the problems for you, but to show you how to solve them, share information, identify ways to overcome difficulties and teach you not to step on the same rake. You should not expect that when you visit an expert on breastfeeding, your problems will resolve by themselves, only from his advice.
Remember that only you yourself are responsible for the result, the consultant, for his part, will always support you, encourage, inspire confidence and tell you what and how to do.
If the mother herself is not sure of success, does not trust the advice, doubts her own ability to solve the problem, then, sadly, most likely, it will be so.
Every mother who calls a specialist to her home should understand that no matter how strange the advice may be, for example, feeding to a monotonous noise or taking a joint bath, they are given for a reason. And these techniques really work, and a professional will explain why it works.I say this is to ensure that you do not neglect any advice from a consultant and do everything exactly, you don’t have to “cheat” and hope that “it will do,” and then blame the specialist for not succeeding. Unfortunately, we sometimes encounter such situations.
But, for the most part, all the mothers are simply lovely and I sincerely love all my clients and their children, I am happy with their successes and proud of them! When my mothers succeed, the next child is happy to suckle, it just inspires me, at these moments I adore my work ...
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