Chapter 154
"Why do you suddenly start thinking about this?"
Jiang Zhinian leaned against his chest: "It's not that I suddenly thought about it, I just happened to talk about it with other teachers, and I felt that I seemed to have given little thought to everything and was not fully prepared."
"So, what conclusion have you come to?" He didn't say his suggestion, he just wanted to hear Jiang Zhinian's thoughts.
"Me?" Jiang Zhinian hesitated, "I always thought breast milk was for six months..."
She didn't know whether six months was a satisfactory period in the doctor's eyes.
Shi Ye touched her hair and asked, "Then why did you choose breastfeeding?"
"Huh?" Jiang Zhinian was a little dumbfounded by this question. A reason for choosing breastfeeding? Did this even need a reason? "Don't all people choose this way?"
"That's not the case." Shi Ye said casually, "There are still many people who choose to feed their babies with pure milk powder."
"This is not good for the baby.
She read online that babies who have never been breastfed are prone to allergies, and that breast milk contains the mother's antibodies, which can make babies less likely to get sick and healthier.
“Allergies are actually more genetically based, and babies whose parents have allergies are statistically more likely to have allergies.”
He has seen babies who were exclusively breastfed being lactose intolerant or having eczema all over their faces, and he has also seen babies who were exclusively formula-fed being not allergic to anything or even having eczema at all.
"As for getting sick, babies who don't come into contact with viruses and bacteria won't get sick. It's more important to maintain good hygiene than to argue about the small amount of antibodies in breast milk."
For example, the first thing to do when you get home is to wash your hands, carefully use soap and running water and follow the seven-step hand washing method. In addition, change into clean home clothes before holding the baby. Finally, if you feel unwell, self-isolate immediately. If the conditions for isolation are not met, you must make sure to wear a mask.
When taking your baby out to bask in the sun, avoid going to crowded places, stay away from sick people, and take protective isolation measures, etc.
Although there is a saying that "exposure to viruses is a baby's way of fighting monsters and leveling up, thus strengthening their own immunity", once babies go to kindergarten, their virus database will be refreshed unprecedentedly. As for before the age of three, try not to get sick if you can.
Otherwise, for young children, who have not yet received all their vaccines, every fever and illness, especially bacterial infection, carries a high risk. Moreover, it is more tiring and difficult for parents to take care of a sick baby of this age.
Jiang Zhinian sat up and looked at Shi Ye strangely: "Why do I feel like you are trying to convince me to feed the baby with formula? Don't you want me to breastfeed?"
Shi Ye saw that her face still had some baby fat, so he pinched it gently and said, "I grew up drinking milk powder."
He never drank a sip of breast milk because Ms. Shi Mei thought breastfeeding was troublesome, so she prepared milk powder for him directly. In this way, even during the confinement period, the confinement nanny could help him feed the milk powder in the middle of the night, and she could get enough sleep and rest time to better recover her body, and then devote herself to the busy and intense medical research.
"Well, do you have any side effects?" In fact, Jiang Zhinian felt that she might, most likely, not have had much breast milk and was still relatively healthy, but she still couldn't help but worry about Shi Ye's health.
"What do you think?"
Jiang Zhinian certainly thought Shi Ye was a good person and had no problems at all.
"But...if formula feeding is really good, why do so many people still choose breastfeeding?"
"Let's put it this way. Breastfeeding is certainly better than formula feeding. After all, nursing is a natural instinct of human beings. Women's role as mothers has evolved and continued to this day, and this function has not been completely replaced by formula. Naturally, it has meaning and value. However, we must consider the pros and cons of everything."
If breastfeeding has become a problem that interferes with normal work and life, and a new mother struggles with difficulties such as blocked milk ducts, mastitis, fever, hospitalization, ruptured and painful nipples, and milk leakage at any time that affects her normal life, work, and social life, then there is no need to force yourself to persist, or be forced to breastfeed under the wishes of others.
In the parent-child relationship, only when the mother is in a happy, blissful and relaxed state can she love her baby more and take better care of her child. Only in this situation can the child grow up healthily and happily.
If a mother takes care of her child with the idea of gritting her teeth and sacrificing herself, her mentality will easily become unbalanced over time, and she will develop an unhealthy mentality of "I have suffered so much for you, and you have done so much for me" and "Who have I sacrificed so much for, why can't you understand me?" Under the influence and torture of such emotions, she will demand more from her child and have a stronger desire to control.
Of course, if a mother can really regard these difficulties as nothing and insist on breastfeeding in a completely happy state, that is also worthy of praise and praise. We should also not scold or even insult mothers who choose to breastfeed.
To put it bluntly, whether to breastfeed or not should be a choice made by the mother's own independent will and after weighing the pros and cons, rather than being influenced or forced by social will or the words of others. After they have made their own choice, society should respect, understand, and tolerate them, and provide appropriate help and convenience.
Jiang Zhinian thought about it carefully, and still insisted: "Then I want to try and see if I can feed the baby for the full 6 months."
Firstly, she still wanted to experience the legendary feeling of close connection. Secondly, she felt that with the personal guidance of Shi Ye, many difficulties should not be too terrible.
Shi Ye lowered his eyes and nodded: "Okay, you decide for yourself. If you want to give up halfway... just tell me."
"Why do you think I will give up?" Jiang Zhinian was dissatisfied. She felt that many people could do it, so she might not give up.
Shi Ye chuckled: "That's not what I meant."
But he refused to say what he meant specifically.
Jiang Zhinian had no choice but to ask him, "I saw someone online saying that even if you want to prepare breast milk, you still need to prepare some milk powder and bottles in advance, in case there is no milk right after the baby is born and the baby is hungry."
"You can prepare it, but actually, the baby's stomach is very small after birth, so the demand for milk is not that great, so it's not a big problem if the baby is hungry for a while."
Jiang Zhinian hesitated and said, "Let's prepare something, just in case she cries from hunger..."
Then she has no milk, what if the baby starves?
"It's all right, as long as you don't get anxious."
It is best to buy glass bottles when the baby is young. When the baby grows up and can hold the bottle to drink milk by himself, you can prepare plastic bottles. But remember to buy plastic that does not contain bisphenol A, preferably special bottle material.
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