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We can learn a lot from babies who are still intutuive and primitive beings.
Research into breastfeeding patterns shows that those living in the most natural communities (hunter gatherers etc in Papau New Guinea and the Amazon) hold their babies all day (in a sling) and that when held like this they feed on average for a few minutes approx every 10 - 15 minutes) Whilst in so called developed world we think its unreasonable if a baby wants nrusing every couple of hours.
But society is not set up for this way of living. Sorry to go off at a tangent.
Justy.
Research into breastfeeding patterns shows that those living in the most natural communities (hunter gatherers etc in Papau New Guinea and the Amazon) hold their babies all day (in a sling) and that when held like this they feed on average for a few minutes approx every 10 - 15 minutes) Whilst in so called developed world we think its unreasonable if a baby wants nrusing every couple of hours.
But society is not set up for this way of living. Sorry to go off at a tangent.
Justy.
When I was a child my parents took in a starved and dehydrated mare with an hours old foal. The mare did not have any udder development and we were concerned she was not producing milk. Once fed and watered, she did produce milk. The foal nursed and thrived, but the mare never developed udders. The foal was consuming the milk about as fast as she was producing it. The foal’s growth and development were quite normal, so she was producing adequate milk.