Get Is Your Baby Hungry Or Full? Responsive Feeding Explained ... 2020-2023

Responsive breastfeeding is when a mother responds to her baby's cues, as well as her own desires to breastfeed. Feeds are not just for nutrition, they are for love, comfort and reassurance between a mother and her baby. You cannot overfeed a breastfed baby so enjoy that special time together.

Your baby will give you signs to let you know when they are hungry and full....Learn how to tell when your baby is hungry—or full. Fists moving to mouth. Head turning to look for the breast. Becoming more alert and active. Sucking on hands or lip smacking. Opening and closing mouth.

Feeding young infants requires active care and stimulation, where the caregiver is responsive to the child clues for hunger and also encourages the child to eat. This is also referred to as active or responsive feeding.

Based on the trust model (Eneli, Crum, & Tylka, 2008), feeding practices that are responsive (that identify and respond appropriately to the child's hunger and satiety cues) will have a protective effect, whereas non-responsive feeding practices may override the child's ability to respond to internal cues of satiety.

Your baby is only nursing for comfort nursing when you see these signs: Flutter sucking, slowing down, stop sucking, or making little sucks. Still and looking into space while nursing. Holding the in their mouth but not sucking for milk. Rooting and sucking lightly at the breast. Arching and grabbing ears.

Responsive feeding (RF) involves reciprocal nurturing feeding practices between the caregiver and the child that encourage the child to develop preferences for healthy foods and beverages and to eat autonomously.