1. Observe the mother’s breasts If the mother’s breasts are obviously distended before breastfeeding, milk overflows when squeezed and squeezed by hand, there is a feeling of breastfeeding, and the breasts become soft after breastfeeding, it means that the mother has more milk and the baby sucks strongly. If the mother’s breasts are not distended, the breasts are dry, milk is scarce, or there is no milk overflow even when squeezing and squeezing, it means that there is not enough breast milk. 2. Observe the baby’s reaction When the mother has enough milk, in addition to the obvious swelling of the breasts, you can hear the baby’s “gurgling” sound of swallowing milk, and the baby will automatically let go of the nipple after eating, and feel satisfied, and will sleep for two to three hours between feedings. If the baby swallows less milk, cries after eating, wants to eat again after a while, or does not let go of the nipple, it often means that the baby is not full. Although babies do not speak, but hungry will also be to mom and dad “help”, this is their innate instinct. Babies will have a kind of “foraging” reaction, opening their mouths left and right to search for or suck on the corner of the quilt, corner of the clothes, fingers, etc. near the mouth, and sleeping babies will shift from deep sleep to light sleep, sometimes opening their eyes wide, sometimes seeing eyelids fluttering, or sucking and chewing actions during sleep, like eating in dreams. “If you have the above signal soon after feeding, it means that the last meal is not full. 3. Observe the urine and stool The baby’s urine and stool can indirectly reflect whether the baby has enough milk or not, and it is a more objective indicator. Mom and dad should pay attention to observe when changing diapers, in fact, changing diapers is also a technical job. Babies who are breastfed generally have 3 to 6 bowel movements per day, while babies who are fed formula have slightly fewer bowel movements, mostly around 2 or 3 times per day, in the form of paste. If the baby does not eat enough, the number of stools will be reduced. The amount of urine varies in the first few days of life, but after three days, the baby generally urinates more than 6 times a day, and the urine is light yellow or colorless. Exclusive breastfeeding baby, more than 6 times a day urine, indicating that the amount of milk eaten is sufficient, here to remind mom and dad again, within 6 months of the baby exclusive breastfeeding, the so-called “exclusive breast milk” is not to feed water, exclusive breastfeeding baby if urine less is not to drink more water but to feed more milk yo. 4, observe the weight growth Weight growth is a reliable basis for measuring the adequacy of diet. In order to reduce the error of weight measurement, you can choose a uniform time weighing, such as each time again after defecation, before feeding, wearing the same amount of clothing weighing. A full-term newborn generally weighs about 720-750 grams in the first month and increases by about 600 grams in the second month. for babies under 6 months, the average monthly weight gain is about 600 grams. If the baby is gaining weight well and growing chubby, it means that the milk is sufficient; if the weight growth is less than 500 grams per month, it means that the baby is starved or has other disease factors. It is important to note that the newborn baby has a special performance called “physiological weight loss”, which refers to the first few days of the baby’s life to eat less, more water loss in the body, so there will be a temporary weight loss in the days after birth, so parents do not need to worry about the weight loss of the baby a few days after birth. This physiological weight loss is no more than 10% of the birth weight, and generally returns to the birth weight 7-10 days after birth. For example, a baby born at 6 pounds may drop to 5.4 pounds 3-5 days after birth, but a lower weight loss or less than 6 pounds at 10 days will require the help of a doctor.