Infants who are fussy at the age of less than one year is a reasonable existence. But what if the baby suddenly more cranky than usual, even with the intensity that often. Not only that the baby was seen no more want to nurse as usual. For the mother who has a baby with this condition, do not panic, it could be your baby is experiencing growth spurts .
What is the growth spurts ? Growth spurts can also referred to as "accelerated growth", which usually happens in the first 12 months in the age of the baby. In general, growth spurts will be experienced by the infant within 1-2 days, but some babies experience this until the 7th day. Acceleration of growth experienced by the baby is an encouragement to grow more quickly than usual. As a result the intake of milk that babies need more. So that the mothers were required to produce milk more, in order to meet the needs of the baby.
In addition to fuss with an intensity that often and suckle with higher numbers, usually the baby will often wake up at midnight to feed. In this case the baby seemed to know if the production of the hormone prolactin (a hormone breastfeeding) highest in the evening. Once these conditions subside, the baby will sleep lebi calm and longer than the previous day.
To cope with the conditions when babies have growth spurts, do some treatment follows.
You should always follow the baby's desire, such as want to nurse every 30 minutes to an hour. At that age a baby needs only breast milk, so do not give solid food first, because it can interfere with ' natural alerts ' or natural signal to the mother's body to produce more breast milk. At the time the baby continues to suckle unremitting, do not think negatively that breast milk is lacking or is not sufficient. This thought will only affect milk production, namely labor disruption oxytocin (the hormone that facilitate breastfeeding). Not only that eliminate breast feeding schedules, if not, the baby will be fussy.
Conditions that will impact on the increasingly cranky mother panicked and trigger stress conditions, which also affect the inhibition of the formation of milk. Bear in mind that babies need more breastmilk and you of course, as a mother. Increase consumption of foods with a balanced amount of nutrients, multiply the consumption of water, as well as break ends meet. It would be better if the breaks do with your baby sleeping.
