This paper describes how breastfeeding can be protected even if supplementation is necessary. When is supplementation of a breastfed baby really necessary? In an easy and reliable way, this can be determined with help of the weight curve. How to supplement, which device to choose, which quantities are important questions. At-breast supplementation is possible with different devices and protects breastfeeding. How can you evaluate the impact of supplementation with the weight curve? Baby-led reduction of supplements with visual assessment of the weight curve is time-saving and reliable.

8 pages, Lactation & Breastfeeding, 2021-2

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FOR PROFESSIONALS: “Relactation, Review of experience and recommendations for practice” is a classic on the topic, a comprehensive and, at the same time, a concise summary of the essential influential factors, when a mother wants to boost her milk supply, to breastfeed again after an interruption of it or to induce lactation for a child to whom she has not given birth. Obviously, the physiological bases remain the same and the literature on the topic since then is modest. Frequent, intensive breastfeeding, supplementary feeding at the breast and a great deal of support are the most important measures. Supplementing at the breast with a tube and a cup is described.

A4, 38 pages, World Health Organization, 1998