● How do I cope with the long term? Feed on demand. The more often your baby eats, the more milk you will get. Your milk supply will grow as well. It is not necessary or recommended to add formula or express your milk during the slam period. These practices, including breastfeeding on time, interfere with the natural supply and demand and prevent your body from producing milk on demand. When babies go through the jerking phase, nursing moms may feel especially hungry or thirsty. Listen to your body’s demands. Concentrated feeding and crying at dusk It is common for babies to cry and nurse at night, especially in the first few months. 1. Concentrated feeding: Short periods of time between feedings. This is very common and often occurs in the evening. It is often (but not always) followed by longer periods of sleep. The baby is “refueled” before a long sleep. Often babies are fed every hour between 6 and 10 pm. Concentrated feeding often coincides with your baby’s irritable time. Babies will nurse for a few minutes, pull away, cry irritably, nurse again, pull away, cry irritably, and continue to nurse for hours. This is very frustrating. The mom may start to wonder if the baby is getting enough, if what she is eating is affecting the baby, if everything she is doing is affecting the baby. It can really ruin your confidence, especially with other people on the side asking the same questions (your mom, your husband, your mother-in-law). 2, All of this is normal! It has nothing to do with your nurturing style or your milk. Don’t bother trying to find out why, just soothe your baby. Let your baby eat as long as he/she wants and when he/she wants. While you’re breastfeeding, have your baby daddy help you with food, drinks, or anything else you need (book/remote control/phone/etc.) 3. Is there not enough milk for my baby? Nope. Don’t give your baby a bottle. Adding formula will only tell your body that it doesn’t need to produce more milk, which doesn’t help matters! Remember, formula babies go through the same twilight crying period. It has nothing to do with feeding style. 4. Why do babies cry at night? An often-heard explanation is that hormonal fluctuations cause low milk production at night. However Dr. Peter Hartmann, who studied breastfeeding, found that evening milk production is not low. Evening milk usually has a higher fat content and the flow rate may be lower as a result, causing babies to become impatient and cry. Doctors usually attribute twilight crying to the immaturity of the baby’s nervous system, and twilight crying does stop after three to four months. However, Dr. Katherine Dettwyler, who did breast milk studies in Mali, West Africa and other traditional societies, found that babies in these societies did not have twilight crying or colic. In these places, babies hang on to their mothers all day and nurse several times an hour. For many babies, irritability generally requires frequent feedings, small amounts at a time, and the need to be held, caressed, and walked around is not a sign of not having enough to eat. The evidence is that babies who are bottle-fed breastmilk or formula and eat as much as they want will also cry at dusk. It may be that the baby “remembers” that when mom was pregnant, this was the time when she was moving around a lot. Or it could be that the baby just needs to suckle more, not drink more milk. 5. More soothing methods ＊Change of pace. Let the mom take a break to relax after a tiring day, and let the dad stay with the baby for a while. ＊Going out. You can go out a little bit before the baby starts to get irritable every day, take a walk, or just sit outside. ＊Use sound. Sing, hum, talk, murmur, shush, listen to music, use white noise. Try more different music and sounds. Â Â Use rhythmic movement to soothe your baby, walking, rocking, dancing, are all good choices. ＊ Soothe with physical contact. Hold your baby, or bathe him or her and touch him or her. Â Â Don’t get hung up on a schedule. Don’t schedule events such as parties in the evening when your baby is irritable. ● I’m afraid of spoiling my baby Holding or feeding your baby a lot won’t spoil ta. Quite the contrary, several studies have shown that babies who are held more often and whose needs are responded to in a timely manner cry less, and their parents learn to understand their babies’ needs more quickly. Little babies need their moms as desperately as they need their milk. Please understand this. Your baby needs you.Ta is not trying to control you and this is not something you can correct. Many times babies are irritable simply because Ta wants more contact with Mommy, and as long as that is met, the baby will be happy. ● Conclusion Caring for an irritable baby can be very draining. Make sure you surround yourself with supportive people and don’t put too much pressure on yourself that chores can be left undone. Don’t think that the time you give to your baby is useless. Every moment you spend with your baby and soothing TA is teaching your baby that you are available for TA to rely on wholeheartedly and that you love TA. nothing is more important than that.