What to eat to thicken breast milk, cool, baby gain weight?

The article was professionally consulted with Specialist Doctor I Nguyen Thi My Linh - Department of Pediatrics - Neonatology - Vinmec Danang International General Hospital.

For infants, breast milk is the most indispensable source of nutrition. Breast milk is thick, cool and sweet, which will promote your baby's development, and your baby will grow up quickly. So what to eat to thicken breast milk, cool, baby gain weight?

Not only is breast milk a daily source of nutrition for babies, breast milk also contains many antibodies, breast milk's composition changes from day to day, hour to hour, in accordance with the baby's development process. In the first years of life, nutrition in breast milk focuses on "nourishing" the baby's brain, not on weight gain and muscle gain like other milks.
The main nutritional components in breast milk:
Fat: helps the baby develop and produce energy, aids digestion. Protein: Taurine is one of the best proteins found in breast milk, it plays a big role in the baby's brain development. Vitamins and minerals: Helps children absorb easily and increase resistance. Other nutritional components: Substances in breast milk help enhance children's awareness and help them develop comprehensively.

Effects of breast milk on infants and young children:
Increase children's resistance to common diseases and cardiovascular diseases because breast milk in the early days contains a lot of protein. In which, 50% of the protein content is immunoglobulins (mainly IgA), effective against bacteria and viruses that cause disease. Babies who are breastfed with solid breast milk (for at least the first 6 months) can avoid many acute and chronic illnesses such as diarrhea and respiratory infections. Moreover, breast milk is the only source of Taurine for babies to develop brain and retina of eyes. Breastfed babies are less likely to have speech defects, because breastfeeding helps babies develop synchronously the oral and cheek musculoskeletal systems.

What to eat to thicken breast milk and gain weight is a common question among breastfeeding women. To ensure the nutrition of breast milk, mothers should supplement with important food groups including:
Adding green vegetables, fruits Mothers should add more green vegetables, fruits and whole grains in each meal, because These foods all contain ingredients with essential nutrients and support vitamins and abundant fiber for the body.
Protein tolerance Meat and fish are a rich source of iodine and protein, providing plenty of DHA for mother and child. Mothers should eat more fish 1 to 2 times per week, besides, increase meat to get enough protein and protein for both mother and baby.
Fortify calcium Besides adding calcium to the mother's daily nutrition, mothers should also pay attention to drinking more milk for themselves, because this is a great source of calcium and nutrients. birth, increase calcium for the child's bone system to develop and avoid osteoporosis for the mother in the future.
Water Water is an essential ingredient. To ensure enough water for the mother's body and enough milk for the baby, the mother needs to drink 8-10 cups a day, equivalent to 2 liters of water.

While thicker milk will help provide a greater nutrient content for the baby, the aroma and coolness of the milk will stimulate the baby to suck more and be much easier to digest. So what to eat to keep breast milk cool, baby gain weight?
According to experience, in order to get the best quality breast milk, mothers need to ensure that they have a proper nutrition and lifestyle regimen as well as the right way to breastfeed.
Add carrots to the mother's diet What to drink to keep breast milk cool? In fact, drinking a glass of carrot juice every morning or supplementing it with the lunch menu will help make breast milk more fragrant and cooler. The high content of vitamin A in carrots also contributes to improving the quality of breast milk, cooling breast milk, and avoiding heat and rashes.
Not only good for milk, carrot juice also helps mothers regain a slim body and beautify the skin after giving birth.
In addition to making juice, carrot soup or using pureed carrots with warm milk and sugar is also a way for mothers to add carrots to the menu every day in a reasonable way.

Dill is more than just a spice We usually only use dill as a spice, however, dill has other great uses as a dairy food.
Using dill not only helps the milk to secrete more, but also helps the taste of breast milk delicious, stimulates the baby to suckle longer.
With dill, mothers are advised to use it regularly during breastfeeding by processing methods such as dried stars to make tea or seasoning soups and porridges.
Dandelion leaf juice makes breast milk rich in nutrients According to traditional medicine, dandelion leaves have the effect of clearing heat, detoxifying and cooling the liver. Many postpartum mothers have used this leaf to cool the skin by drying it with water. Not stopping there, dandelion leaves are rich in protein, along with minerals such as calcium, iron, vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamins of group B, thereby helping to thicken breast milk, containing more nutrients. nutrition and help your baby gain weight faster.

Drinking brown rice water, nutritious fragrant milk Brown rice is not only delicious but also a food containing many B vitamins and can be used in combination to cure diseases. With a high content of trace elements such as magnesium, sodium, etc., brown rice is also a reasonable choice for mothers when wondering what to eat to make breast milk more fragrant and cooler.
Correct way for mom: Mom roasted brown rice and stored it in an airtight jar for later use. Every time I use it, I take 50g of brown rice, cook it with 2 to 3 liters of water, and can add white salt to taste. Using while still hot is best for the mother's body.
Mother's milk is more refreshing with spinach. Kale is rich in nutrients that bring high value to milk supply, such as: calcium, protein, phosphorus, fat, vitamins, iron. Kale leaves are used to help clear milk after birth for mothers, also help heal sores, reduce fever, especially water spinach works to clean the placenta, or the remaining dirty blood after the mother gives birth.
How to do it right for mom: Mother's spinach is washed, grinded to get water to drink, can also cook soup to eat daily with rice. The juice of the leaves of coriander leaves is cool and fragrant, stimulating breast milk to come in more.
Panax ginseng leaf has many effects: not only makes milk come back more abundantly, relieves tension, a solution when the mother's milk ducts are blocked, this is also a way for the mother to increase the quality of her baby's milk supply. Breast milk will be thicker, more fragrant, stimulating the baby to enjoy breastfeeding longer.
A note for mothers is not to use Panax ginseng for a long time, because it can cause milk loss.
Breast milk is thicker with pumpkin Pumpkin contains a lot of vitamins and minerals, providing the body with abundant energy every day. In particular, this is a great solution when mothers are bored when using powdered milk. Regular use of pumpkin will make breast milk thicker and more fragrant.
In addition, there are some foods such as: sweet potatoes, sweet potato vegetables, black sesame juice, green papaya porridge/soup.... you can supplement and diversify your daily diet to help milk. special cool mom, baby gain weight.
In addition, there are many mothers in the process of breastfeeding who have blocked milk ducts. When the milk duct is blocked, the mother needs to feed the baby more, actively sucking milk to let the milk out. If the condition does not improve, then you should seek the help of professional milk duct unblocking units or go to the hospital for advice from a doctor.
Currently, at Vinmec International General Hospital, spinal manipulation method is applied to treat blocked milk ducts after giving birth without using drugs. With the spinal manipulation method, the treatment technician mainly uses the fingertip software to act on the patient's back spine to adjust and open the milk glands, help clear rays, and soften the breast.
In addition to the treatment of blocked milk ducts, the spinal manipulation method also treats the following diseases:
Headache, migraine Vestibular syndrome Cerebral circulatory insufficiency, Paralysis of the 7th cranial nerve Peripheral hemiparesis cerebrovascular accident Neck and shoulder pain Shoulder periarthritis Back pain, hip pain, sciatic nerve pain Knee joint pain Disc herniation Numbness in hands and feet Stomach-reflux syndrome Bronchial asthma Sweaty feet and hands Restore breast milk supply, blocked milk ducts, lack of milk, loss of milk.