Breast feeding and tips for better lactation

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A friend of this author has written a nice article; read it here:

 

http://ayurveda-foryou.com/women/breastfeeding.html

 

Dr. Bhate

 

Dear Dr. Bhate;

Thank you for sharing this article - and the links to the herbal preparations

for shatavari kalpa and 100 washed ghee access at such a good price. Our group

will not only really appreciate the insights and tips, but likely also have some

concerns - such as,

 

1. use of sugar in first food for the baby - would you kindly explain the

benefit, type of sugar, and does this also not include some ghee? My clients

find Baby does well on the water of boiled rice first, then gradually thicker.

After a week, they may add water of boiled split mung, with similar sezuencing,

gradually adding appropriate purees of these and vegetables, giving several days

at least before introducing a new food. We find if the baby begins with sweet

things (commonly here mothers begin with mashed banana or applesauce) then the

baby does not accept much vegetable, very commonly. I also find that if the

mother includes a bit of ghee and salt after the plain introductions, as well as

pinch cumin/turmeric, something like this according to season and doshic

factors, Baby's taste for the food as well as good digestion of it without gas

is protected. The tendency to add fruits to grains or vegetables in same meal

is unfortunate habit in the West.

 

2. the 4 month mark strong recommendation for first food experience - my

understanding is that generally infant males tend to be wanting/needing some

supplement as soon as 4.5 months, that females tend to be ready around 6 months.

We were taught to recommend 3 guidelines for beginning - first tooth, providing

salivary enzymes for carbohydrates, around this age (generally 6 months) AND

strong desires indicated from the little one, not just wanting to play with food

but apparent good appetite for it. In addition there is something about being

able to hold the tongue to support the food/spoon rather then always pulling in,

as Dr. SHrestha explained to us.

 

Warm Regards;

Ysha

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ayurveda , " Shirish Bhate "

<shirishbhate wrote:

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> 1. use of sugar in first food for the baby - would you kindly

explain the benefit, type of sugar, and does this also not include

some ghee? My clients find Baby does well on the water of boiled

rice first, then gradually thicker. After a week, they may add

water of boiled split mung, with similar sezuencing, gradually

adding appropriate purees of these and vegetables, giving several

days at least before introducing a new food. We find if the baby

begins with sweet things (commonly here mothers begin with mashed

banana or applesauce) then the baby does not accept much vegetable,

very commonly. I also find that if the mother includes a bit of

ghee and salt after the plain introductions, as well as pinch

cumin/turmeric, something like this according to season and doshic

factors, Baby's taste for the food as well as good digestion of it

without gas is protected. The tendency to add fruits to grains or

vegetables in same meal is unfortunate habit in the West.

 

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The article by Dr. Patwardhan gives the recommendations by Vaidyas

of thousands year ago, when not only there were no environmental

toxins to weaken fertility, but the real nutrients in soil, fruits,

vegetables were good and so was the quality of water.

 

What you are recommending is a correct approach for babies with

weaker digestve systems, immature digestive agni. In ayurveda, sugar

means crystal sugar and ghee means indian cow ghee only. This sugar

is not refined fully and has molecular water and few minerals also

present.

Inclusion of sugar is for development of CNS, which demands more. In

an article on ayurveda, the contents of Cerebro spinal fluid

are stated as chlorides, glucose, proteins. Glucose is very

essential not only as energysource but also for cellular

communication.

 

 

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> 2. the 4 month mark strong recommendation for first food

experience - my understanding is that generally infant males tend to

be wanting/needing some supplement as soon as 4.5 months, that

females tend to be ready around 6 months. We were taught to

recommend 3 guidelines for beginning - first tooth, providing

salivary enzymes for carbohydrates, around this age (generally 6

months) AND strong desires indicated from the little one, not just

wanting to play with food but apparent good appetite for it. In

addition there is something about being able to hold the tongue to

support the food/spoon rather then always pulling in, as Dr.

SHrestha explained to us.

 

This is the difference between theory written millenium ago and

practice by actual mothers; practice takes into account visual signs

of requirements. Delaying solid food till tooth appears is logical.

Code rules in texts are not rigid, since ayurveda treats each

individual different. Last week a 23 year old girl stated that she

had breast milk from foster mother till she was six years age! Can

you imagine this occurying in any country?

 

regards

dr. bhate