Your baby will stop eating when she is full. Don’t try to get her to take more than she wants. Here are some clues that your baby is full:
- pushing away the breast or bottle,
- turning away,
- crying and fussing,
- forcefully moving his entire body away from you,
- putting his hands in front of his mouth.
Babies are getting enough to eat if they are:
- growing,
- having at least six wet diapers a day,
- having at least one stool or bowel movement a day or every other day.
Most doctors want to know if your baby misses more than one feeding. Something is usually wrong if a baby misses two or three feedings in a day.
