More frequent feedings and feeding on demand are more beneficial for children with prediabetes. These children can easily become tired during feedings, resulting in not enough milk at one time, so more mundane feedings are more beneficial. Initially you may need to feed every 2 hours and wake your child several times a night for feedings until he or she can handle more milk. Mixed feeding may be more appropriate for some children. If your child’s prematurity was discovered before or at birth, you may not have the opportunity to care for your child after delivery. This is when you need to start applying a breast pump to your breast within 12-24 hours of your child’s birth to maintain your breast milk supply. During the better first week, you should pump every 2-3 hours, and when your breast milk supply is good, you can pump 4-5 times a day. Of course you can also consider renting an electric breast pump for home use. If your child needs surgery after breastfeeding has been established, you can apply a breast pump to keep your breast milk supply up when your child is not around. The procedure of breastfeeding is less than manual feeding, the coordination of sucking, swallowing and breathing is easier for infants and children who are breastfed can get more oxygen than those who are artificially fed. In general, in children with prediabetes, breastfed children are more likely to gain satisfactory weight than artificially fed ones. If you feed 8-12 times a day, your child can get enough milk and you can hear your child swallowing with a big gulp when the child’s mouth and nipple are well attached. Peeing 6-8 times a day and a satisfactory weight suggests that your child has enough milk. If you have questions and needs about breast pumps or breastfeeding, you can consult a lactation specialist. Before you leave the hospital, the lactation specialist will evaluate your breastfeeding to make sure it is going well. Choose the right bottle and pacifier. Some children with prematurity have difficulty sucking on a regular pacifier, so you will need to choose a pacifier that is soft and has a larger opening so that you can suck more easily. Pacifiers with small holes may make it difficult for your child to suck and may swallow air, which can cause vomiting. You can use a thicker needle to pass through the small hole in the pacifier to expand the opening area. Pacifiers need to be sterilized by boiling for 5 minutes before use and only used after they have cooled completely. Parents of children with preexisting heart disease can consult with a gifted cardiologist for more information about precautions, who will provide you with better professional guidance based on your child’s specific situation.