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What to do when your baby falls asleep while breastfeeding? Does your baby just want to sleep? Does he not want to wake up to breastfeed? Or does he wake up and start breastfeeding and then fall asleep? I went through this with my first child! João Pedro just wanted to sleep. I had to wake him up every 3 hours to breastfeed. Otherwise, he would sleep all day. Before I tell you the 7 tips for waking your baby to breastfeed, it is important to make sure that your baby is latching on to the breast correctly and that the baby is actually breastfeeding, extracting milk from the breast. Because it can happen that the latch is incorrect and the baby tries to breastfeed but the milk does not come out and he ends up getting tired and falling asleep on the breast. So make sure that the latch is correct when breastfeeding. And now, here are some tips: 1- Make the room brighter, open the curtains. A dark room can make it difficult for the baby to wake up. 2- Do not wrap the baby up. Leave the baby more naked, because when he is wrapped up warm, he ends up relaxing and falling asleep. Change the diaper and leave the diaper on if it is hot. 3- Compress the breasts so that the baby stays awake. Compress the body of the breast when the baby is sucking. Compress the base of the breast so as not to interfere with the latch. Compression will make a greater flow of milk into the baby's mouth. The baby feels the milk in the mouth and becomes more awake. Because sometimes he falls asleep because there is little milk coming in. 4- Change breasts. Sometimes simply changing breasts will make the baby go back to breastfeeding. 5- Breastfeed in the cradle position. 6- If the baby is sleeping on the breast, you can try taking the breast out of his mouth. Interrupt the sucking act so as not to hurt yourself. 7- Tickle the little foot Hello, I'm Mary, mother of two! I decided to create this channel because I had a hard time as a first-time mother. I didn't look for information and had a lot of difficulties at the beginning, especially regarding breastfeeding. That's why I decided to study a lot about newborn care and specialized in breastfeeding, which is the part of motherhood that I can say I like most. Here on the channel, I bring a lot of information based on studies and also on my experience as a mother of two. I give tips on pregnancy, newborn care, breastfeeding, baby sleep, baby behavior, weaning and much more. My intention is to help you face this beginning of your journey as a mother, with more peace of mind. I hope the videos help you, from the bottom of my heart!!