BABY FIRST FOOD: “BREAST MILK”

Make breast milk as especial and main baby food. Even breast milk very suggested to be passed to baby of age 0-6 months. Only breast milk. Not other food yet. Then can all mothers give breast milk? Sure! Generally after bearing, mothers indirect give breast milk. They have many reasons. Start from breast milk not gone out yet, the baby do not want to drink, until there is confessing that they only have a little breast milk. All of that reasons can’t become the barrier to suckle the baby. Because it is true that breast milk is the main food for your baby. It is true that suckling is not an easy matter. A lot of factor can influence the successfulness of a baby suckle for the first time. But most mother is panic, if the baby don’t want suckle the milk yet or can’t suckle the milk yet. Though since in mothers’ obstetrical, the baby have owned reserve of food which can make the baby defense till 12 hours after its birth.

BREAST MILK STIMULUS SUCK ENERGY
The successfulness of suckle can be happened so long as baby and mother in a healthy condition. So the baby born, drying baby as soon as possible and lay down with chest down ward on mother’s chest or stomach. Let baby adapt its environmental first. It is true that the effort of the baby don’t dive direct succeed. It needs time. Wait about 20-30 minutes. Baby by itself will make a move like crawling to mother’s bosom. Try to pay attention, oftentimes the baby of would licking mother’s skin and also mother’s areola. And also there is the movement to jolt head in area of mother bosom. Don't surprise, that one of baby’s way to squeeze mother’s bosom, to get its first food, breast milk. Newly after the baby is ready for drinking, during 40-60 minutes or more, by itself it will suck to its mother. We can’t hope breast milk will be direct of produce. What important there is excitement suck from baby to mother bosom. This case triggers process of forming the breast milk become quicker.

LEST BABY CONFUSE ABOUT THE NIPPLE
If really not yet succeeded, don't be direct give milk of formula as the solution. Keep trying, so that the baby don’t confuse about the nipple. Where about the baby more like to drink from dot and don’t want at direct suck from mother bosom, because it need effort and energy of the baby. And all mothers needn't surprise if breast milk of mother initially a few, because this matter relate to hormonal mother condition. One or two days after bearing, estrogen and progesterone hormone of mother still are high. Second or Third day, both of that hormones have decreased, while prolactine hormone start to mount. The prolactine hormone needed to help suckling process, besides hormone ocsytocyne. If early initiation done, excitement of baby sucking at mother’s bosom will trigger expenditure process of ocsytocyn and prolactine hormone take place better.

HUNGRY? GIVE BREAST MILK
Gift of breast milk in fact needn't be scheduled. When the baby is hungry, just give breast milk. So, give breast milk often the baby will. There is no schedule which become directive. But generally, baby will feel hungry every 2-3 clock. Distinguish of enough breast milk baby, after suckling generally it is fallen asleep (well-sleep) and urinate fluent.

Translated from:
Febria Silaen, 2008, Mom & Kiddie Ed. 2 th. III Jakarta : PT. Global MNI