Short breastfeeds 'best for baby' (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

Giving regular, short breastfeeds is more beneficial than the "baby-led" method, a British study suggests.

Allowing a baby to choose when it feeds, and for how long, is often recommended to new mothers.

A study of 63 mothers in Bradford found regular feeds of up to 10 minutes on each breast led to increased weight gain and a higher breastfeeding rate.

However, midwives said the method suggested in Archives of Disease in Childhood would not apply to everyone.

The World Health Organization recommends that babies are exclusively breastfed until they are six months old, but only around one in four UK mothers follows that advice.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7355094.stm

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

1. Hey, breast feeding moms, Archives of Disease in Childhood says you're

not breast feeding correctly if you're not going 10 minutes on each breast regularly.

If you are doing that, disregard the notice. :evilgrin:

[RC]

2. So, how long at a time do apes and chimps feed their kids?

This sounds like more B.S. from some guy who wants his turn at the spigot and will short change his kid to get it.

Let the kid decide the way nature intended.

[kickysnana]

3. Tinhat on

Whatever method of birthing, feeding, diapering, burping, sleeping babies has to change by "experts" by the next generation in order to keep the generations from being too close and successful.
I babysat a lot as a teen and had two sisters born when I was 15 and 17 so my neices and nephews were scattered but what my "experts" told me was different than what they told my mother and her mother and different than what advice was given for my grandchildren.

In the end most people do what works but feel guilty. Just my frustrated 2 cents.