Keep the milk flowing

If your anything like me, being able to breastfeed was one of the most important lessons I wanted to learn when my baby was born. Please don’t get me wrong, I realise many mums cant and I believe there is absolutely nothing wrong with feeding your baby formular.

Naturally, eating well and getting lots of rest are the basics and play the biggest part but I found water to be the key.  I drink buckets of it. There have been times when I have fell behind in drinking and found it hard to keep my baby full. Both breasts would empty in one feed and he would be hungry for more.  It’s those times that I made a conscience effort to increase my water intake and the milk would increase.

The best way I find to make sure I drank is to keep a large glass at the kitchen sink. I drink at least one when he is due for a feed and also when he has had his feed.

I’m now coming up to my fifth month of feeding and feel that the water was the reason it has been a success. Please give it a go and if it doesn’t work for you, you have lost nothing but a little extra supply in toilet paper!