NURSING

Triplets might EXCLUSIVELY be breastfed, but you will hardly be able to do it, unless this is the only thing you intend to do all day long!

Babies will usually take turns: you breastfeed two of them, while the other is bottle-fed. Each baby must, in his turn, be fed in only one breast.

It is essential to draw up a table to write when, how long and how much each baby was nursed and if they were breastfed or bottle-fed. Otherwise, you will certainly get confused. Use the same table and write down when you changed their diapers and what you found in them, when you bathed each baby as well as if they are taking any medication. This is much easier than relying on your memory.

Breast pump: If you produce a lot of milk, you can pump and freeze it so that you will not need to use baby milk in the first months. It is especially hard to breastfeed three babies during the night. You need to rest!! Get information in the hospital about breastmilk storing.

Prepare the feeding bottles of the day in the morning. You should always have 3 extra bottles ready, in case the babies spit up or if they get hungry before nursing hours. After the bottles are ready, they must be kept in the refrigerator. Remember to label the bottle if any of the babies is drinking a different kind of milk, such as soymilk. Labeling can be done, for example, through the color of the lid of the bottle.

You should always pay attention to the amounts when preparing the milk. It is best to have the “recipe” with the exact amount of powdered milk for the number of feeding bottles to be prepared in a board in the kitchen or stuck to the refrigerator.

Example
Bottle:
To prepare 6 bottles of 180 ml each: Boil 1080 ml of purified water. Add 36 scoops of milk. If you want to prepare them right before feeding your babies, keep the boiled water in a thermos. If possible, make your babies get used to bottles at room temperature.