My friend is 6 months pregnant and asked me for any first time parenting advice they don't tell you about in the books. Well, despite antenatal classes, family, friends and baby books, somehow I missed the single piece of advice that could have completely changed my dd's early life:
A breastfed baby will likely spend their entire first few weeks at the breast when awake.
No one thought to tell me that they feed differently to bottle-fed babies; it's not just one feed and then wait a few hours for the next. If I'd known that when my newborn cried she wanted the breast, we could have saved ourselves weight-loss, hospitalisation, formula top-ups, lactation consultants etc etc. That is my major (and in hindsight, completely obvious) piece of advice for her.
What one piece of advice do you think would have prepared you better for those first weeks with a new baby?
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The one piece of advice you wish you'd received
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BexusSugarush · 02/06/2016 09:34
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