REPLAY - Hunger Cues of Breastfeeding Babies

2025-11-24

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Does it seem like everything your baby does is a feeding cue? Of course it does. Tune in today as Dianne and Abby discuss cues, and how to really tell if your baby is hungry.

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Things we talked about:

Cues are confusing [4:08]

IG Message [5:16]

Learning your baby [10:07]

Rooting [12:29]

Sucking fingers [14:05]

Open/close mouth [21:20]

Turns towards the breast/chest [23:26]

Bottle feeding is not easier for babies [24:45]

Squirming around/fussiness [26:51]

Crying as a hunger cue? [27:39]

So how do you tell if baby is hungry? [28:55]

Watching the suck/swallow ratio [30:00]

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Links to information we discussed or episodes you should check out!

https://blog.babycues.com/2020/july/newborn-hunger-cues-explained/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/feeding-and-hunger-cues/

https://badassbreastfeedingpodcast.com/episode/030-distracted-babies/

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