Breastfeeding while carrying your baby is a practical thing, for instance when you are out and about and you find no place to nurse. After a few tries you will see that it is very easy.
Requirement:
- the baby carrier must be adjustable so that you can get your baby in the right position
- a bit of practice
- do not wear a high-necked dress
Advantages:
- You don't have to look for a place to breastfeed
- discreet
- You don't have to take the carrier off and then put it back on
- you breastfeed in a new position which is a good thing for emptying your breast (in particular when you tend to suffer from mastitis or breast pain)
- upright position and moving while drinking reduce flatulence
Breastfeeding in the baby carrier is a great thing:
- if your baby takes a long time when being nursed, because you can do something else while your baby is being fed
- on holiday or on the way to your vacation (airport, rail station)
- out and about but also at home, when you have to do some housework
- when you play with your other children
- ....
Ideal clothing:
You need to put your shirt up or down. When you put the shirt up, your back is naked and you might feel cold, depending on the weather. So here are our tips:
- use a special shirt for breastfeeding
- or at least do not wear a high-necked shirt
- and no high-necked dress (breastfeeding in public would be a mission impossible)
- a cardigan or similar worn over the baby carrier will keep your back warm
Large breasts - small breasts:
And one more thing about breast size: Many mums believe that breastfeeding in a carrier will not work because the breast is too big or too small. But that doesn't really matter. It is only important that the baby comes to the right position where it can dock. And that works by slightly loosening the stretcher.
Step-by-step instructions for breastfeeding with the emeibaby carrier:
How to breastfeed in your baby carrier. Please note that you have to hold your baby firmly with one hand during all steps:
- Slightly loosen the straps next to baby's head
- Loosen the straps under your arms
- Slightly loosen the hip belt and push the carrier down with the baby
- Your baby is now sitting quite a bit lower
- Position baby so that it comes to the breast. If that doesn't work yet, move your baby a little further down or up
- let baby dock
- push the baby's bottom slightly up after feeding
- move the waistbelt up to the position where you started and tighten the straps of the waistbelt
- Tighten the straps under the arms and next to the baby's head
- done