Breast milk is the most precious gift from mother to baby, is the best natural food for babies, recommended that babies six months of exclusive breastfeeding, more and more mothers understand the benefits of breastfeeding, breastfeeding. But within a few months of the baby, especially newborns, will not say will not speak, eat more for fear of propping up, eat less for fear of starvation, breastfeeding do not know exactly how much to eat into a small amount, how to know whether the baby “eat and drink enough” it? 1) Observe the mother’s breasts If the mother’s breasts before breastfeeding, there is obvious swelling, milk overflow when squeezing, breastfeeding feeling, breasts after breastfeeding to become soft, it means that the mother’s milk is more, the baby sucking strong. If the mother’s breasts are not distended, the breasts are dry, the milk is scarce, or no milk overflow when squeezed, it means that the breast milk is insufficient. (2) Observe the baby’s response to the mother’s milk in addition to the obvious swelling of the breasts, you can hear the baby “gurgling gurgling” sound of swallowing milk, the baby will automatically let go of the nipple to not eat, have a sense of satisfaction, the two meals between the breastfeeding will be fragrant sleep for two or three hours. If the baby swallowed less milk, still crying after eating, eating a while and then want to eat, or holding the nipple not to let go, often indicates that the baby did not eat enough. Although the baby will not speak, but also hungry to mom and dad “help”, this is their innate ability. The baby will have a “foraging” reaction, open the mouth around looking for or sucking near the mouth of the corner of the quilt, corner of the coat, fingers, etc., the baby will fall asleep from deep sleep to light sleep, and sometimes will open their eyes, sometimes you can see the eyelids trembling, or sleep will have sucking and chewing action, like in a dream to eat, the mother found that the above-mentioned The mother found the above “distress” signals should try to feed the baby, if the above signals shortly after feeding means that the last meal is not full Oh. 3) Observation of urine and feces The baby’s urine and feces can indirectly reflect the baby to eat enough milk, and is a more objective indicator. Mothers and fathers should pay attention to observe when changing diapers, in fact, changing diapers is also a technical job. Breastfeeding babies usually have 3 to 6 bowel movements per day, and babies on formula milk have slightly less frequent bowel movements, mostly around 2 or 3 times per day, in a burnt shape. If the baby is not full, the number of stools will decrease. Babies born a few days before the amount of urine varies, three days later, usually more than 6 times a day, urine is light yellow or colorless. Exclusive breastfeeding baby, more than 6 times a day urine, that eating the amount of milk is enough, here to remind parents, 6 months of the baby exclusive breastfeeding, the so-called “pure breast milk” can not feed the water, exclusive breastfeeding baby if the urine is less than not to drink more water but to feed more milk yo. 4) Observe weight gain Weight gain is a reliable basis for measuring whether the diet is adequate. In order to reduce the error of weight measurement, you can choose a uniform time weighing, such as each time after defecation, before feeding, wearing the same amount of clothing weighing. In general, full-term newborns gain about 720 to 900 grams in the first month, and babies up to 6 months of age gain an average of about 600 to 800 grams per month. If the baby’s weight gain is good and grows fat, it means that there is enough milk; if the weight gain is insufficient, it means that the baby is starved, or there are other disease factors. It should be noted here is that the newborn baby has a special performance called “physiological weight loss”, refers to the baby born in the first few days of eating less, the body’s water loss is more, so a few days after the birth of a temporary weight loss, so a few days after the birth of the baby’s weight loss parents do not have to worry about. The magnitude of this physiological weight loss does not exceed 10% of the birth weight, generally 7-10 days after birth to return to the birth weight. For example, a baby born at 6 pounds may drop to 5.4 pounds at 3-5 days after birth, but a much lower weight loss or less than 6 pounds at 10 days would require seeking medical help.