On Becoming Baby Wise: Giving Your Infant the Gift of Nighttime Sleep

Figure 4.2 In a sitting position, place your baby’s legs between your legs and drape the baby over ...

Figure 4.3 Figure 4.4 Questions for Review What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative fe ...

What two factors influence breast-milk production? Explain your answer. What are the two sets of response cues? ...

Chapter Five ...

Monitoring Your Baby’s Growth If you have come this far, chances are you feel convince ...

observing these indicators will help alert you to conditions that may not lead to healthy growth. ...

breast-milk stools and a healthy sign that your baby is getting enough nutrition. A bottle-fed baby will ...

black) to brownie batter transition stools to yellow stools by the fourth or fifth day. An increased stooling ...

next three weeks. (This number will probably decrease after the first month.) Your baby during ...

pediatrician. Parents are responsible for seeing that their baby’s health and nutritional needs are recog ...

group A (Babywise babies) gained weight slightly faster than group B at each weight category. Even wh ...

(Doubles his or her birth weight by six months.) One Year: Approximate average: Two and a half to three ti ...

The end result is a hungry baby. Nature or lifestyle. Insufficient milk production can be a result of nature ...

babies demand too little food. As a result, the mother’s breast is not sufficiently stimulated for adequate ...

down reflex. As a result, the baby receives the low-calorie foremilk but not the high-calorie hindmilk. 2 . Im ...

pediatrician’s office, hospital, or clinic will often have a consultant on staff or can refer you to one. ...

of any consultant that advises something that the American Academy of Pediatrics expressly warns you not to d ...

bottle-feed instead is not a positive or negative reflection on your mothering. What is important is ...

between three and eight weeks old, consider feeding on a strict 2½-hour routine for five to seven day ...

them compatible with nursing, then you may be among the 5 percent of moms who can’t provide a sufficien ...