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Podcast: Lo’s Lactation Lab
Episode: Episode 120 How Often Does Your Breastfed Baby Need to Nurse?
Description: Have you been told how frequently to nurse your baby? Did someone tell you to nurse every 2-3 hours for 15-20 minutes on each side? Is this what your baby actually does? On today’s episode of The Milk Making Minutes IBCLC Lo NIgrosh talks about the difference between prescriptive breastfeeding plans and descriptive advice based on the averages of what babies tend to do, and how knowing the difference can ease your anxiety. On this episode you will hear: The typical advice given to families about breastfeeding frequency and durationHow this advice came to be What could be mo...