Tizzie Hall - anyone find her advice useful for baby routines and breastfeeding?

Strict routines don't work for babies, no matter how they are fed; they just make babies miserable and mothers feel like they're failing. Babies are not born with wristwatches - and even if they were, wristwatches don't tell any human beings when they're hungry. Babies only know that they are hungry or full. Most babies will need to feed 10 or more times in 24hours in the first 4-6 weeks - because their tummies are tiny they need little and often. They tell you they are hungry by wriggling, grunting, poking out their tongues, moving their heads from side to side and mouthing on their hands or blankets. If mum doesn't recognise these signs, then bub will start to cry - but this is a late sign of hunger and crying babies are difficult to feed. In my role as a breastfeeding counsellor, I have worked with many many women who have tried to follow so-called 'flexible routines' (which are usually not very flexible at all) and ended up with babies who are not growing and low milk supply. Human milk is made on a supply-demand basis. The more often a baby is fed, the more milk is taken from the breast and the more milk is made to replace it. If you only 'allow' baby to feed 5 or 6 times in 24 hours, s/he will not consume enough milk, fail to gain enough weight and your milk supply will not get established.