Baby Crying?
It is not always easy to distinguish between hunger and a need to cry. Every single baby is certainly different from every other baby and each mother must therefore learn to decipher and interpret her own baby’s signals. Nevertheless, there are a number of guidelines for deciding whether or not your baby really needs to nurse. One guideline that you can use is the amount of time since the previous feeding, provided your baby has taken a full feeding and sucked at both breasts, which can take a half hour or more. If your baby then begins to cry less than 2 1/2 hours after the beginning of the feeding, she is not likely to be hungry again so soon. Perhaps she just wants to be held and to interact socially with you. If you suspect that she might need to cry, then holding her without nursing her will allow her to do so. The time periods between feedings normally increase as babies grow older, because their stomachs can hold more milk. If your baby seems to want to nurse more frequently rat
