Thursday, September 27, 2007

Motherhood - Breastfeeding Bint

Breast milk is the best gift that Allah gives to a child through his mother.

According to guide, once a child sucks intervals of 2-3 times towards the end of a feeding, it is an indication of the child is full. Well, well, well. It is true when I breastfed ibn, but NOT Bint. She can continue drinking her milk I think nearly 200ml if non-stop. This leads to her regurgitate like "FOUNTAIN" (according to zauji) due to too full. Many a time, I have to wash and change the bedsheet, pillow cases, quilt cases and the quilt. In addition, the laundry of clothes increases too! It is when our clothes get stained too (luahan seorang ibu).

Well, well, well. What's the solution?
This is one - for every 5 minutes of feeding, burp the child, in this case Binti. If there is a sound of liquid in her burp, that is an indication that she is nearly full. So I stop feeding her for the moment.

So mothers out there, do keep the above pointers in mind.

Ummu Zainah

3 comments:

Ummi's Blog said...

yr lucky thats its so easy to bf Zainah...no need to struggle or use force : )
thanks for the tip..will keep in mind if I ever get another opportunity at it.. insya'allah..

Anonymous said...

Salaam Ummu 'Lil Habib,

According to what my aunt told me, girls are easier to handle in some matters when compared to boys. For example, Zainah sleeps throughout the night from 2 months old (11pm-4 or 5 am). Mukhtaar woke up often at night.

Ummi's Blog said...

salaams...
yes, little habib too woke up or didnt sleep at all at nite..would really love to have a girl in future. but again, this is all in Allah's hands.