Low milk supply: separating steps to try from signs to monitor

Low milk supply: separating steps to try from signs to monitor

Suggestions to try and signs to monitor serve different purposes when a parent is worried about milk supply.

In “Low Milk Supply,” applying heat before feeding is one practical suggestion. The article also points to diaper output and bowel movements as ways to gauge whether a baby is getting enough milk.

Keeping those ideas separate matters in a lactation consultation: a step a parent can try is not, by itself, evidence that feeding is going well. Observations about the baby belong in the conversation too.