If your milk changes to meet the needs of your baby/toddler ...

[yadiyadiya]

How does it know what to do when you tandem feed? Sorry if this is a silly question.

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Interesting question, marking place!

www.mothering.com/community/t/572143/milk-changes-when-tandem-nursing

someone mentioned saliva recognition

www.cafemom.com/group/325/forums/read/15236575/Composition_of_milk_while_tandem_nursing_toddler_and_young_infant

it isn't very clear

i know after 6 months there is less iron and so my DD who was bf was also having hipps purees etc, when i was pregnant she bf til 3rd trimester then milk dried up. Following birth of DS she has continued to bf on and off but mainly a comfort thing...she noticed diff in taste at start and was less keen but would have had some colustrum.

tbh i do not think my milk is tailored to them both as she is a toddler and is bf less and less- i think she is freeloading her DBs infant milk but maybe causes more antibodies to be produced?

kellymom.com/ages/tandem/tandem-faq/15germworries/

interesting info on pregnancy to birth changes but noting on unique content per se

kellymom.com/pregnancy/bf-preg/16milkchanges/

1. All the benefits of newborn milk

Newborn breastmilk is full of so many good things, and the mother’s body adjusts the milk to meet the newborn’s needs. That means the toddler is getting all the benefits of baby milk, all over again.

so i think the newborn takes priority nutrient wise and the eldest ups the supply???

The milk you produce after the new baby is born will be colostrum. Nurse your newborn first and then nurse your older child. The extra stimulation that your older child will provide at the breast, will help increase your milk supply. After a few days, your milk will come in and adjust to feed both of your children in the same way that it would for someone who has multiples

At this stage, your older child will be getting most of his or her nutrition from other food sources and will probably only nurse a few times a day. You can continue to nurse both of your children for as long as you feel comfortable.

Sources:

American Academy of Pediatrics. New Mother’s Guide To Breastfeeding. Bantam Dell. New York. 2006.

Still unclear to me as to whether there is a mechanism for two milks to be produced of different content - if the body reboots with baby#2 then i still think tandems or indeed multiples would be getting the same richness as the sibling

contentedlycrunchy.blogspot.de/2011/03/answering-googlers-and-other-thoughts.html

okay this lady leads me to believe the nutritional content is default youngest unless you are a kangaroo that has a baby teat and a toddler teat!

ommunity.babycenter.com/post/a24226753/funnyodd_thing_my_midwife_told_me_today

okay have just finished bf so am off to sleep.
it was ....interesting reading but if anyone has any research links feel free

community.babycenter.com/post/a24226753/funnyodd_thing_my_midwife_told_me_today

Hmmm not sure about that. DD is 3.5 and only feeds off one side 99% of the time now. I'm 34 weeks pregnant and she is definitely getting colostrum and not milk. If that link was true, would she not be getting milk from that side and there would be colostrum in the other?

Or does that only work after giving birth? Being that colostrum production is linked to hormones rather than supply and demand?