The baby suddenly eats less milk

Babies under one year old need a lot of breast milk or formula to replenish their body energy. But many mothers will find that their babies suddenly eat less. Why is this? In fact, experts tell us that as the baby grows and develops, the amount of milk the baby consumes actually changes. Of course, if your baby eats less, it may be due to some reasons, and mothers should also pay attention to this.

1. Do not change milk at will

If the flavor or ingredients of the milk that the baby usually drinks are suddenly changed, it is easy for the child to refuse to drink milk. Therefore, when parents consider changing the baby's milk, they must adopt a gradual addition method (adding half a spoonful of new milk powder every day until all is replaced).

2. Understand the reasons and supplement the needs

If the baby's refusal to drink milk is due to illness, you must first give him appropriate food according to the symptoms. For example, constipation can affect your baby's appetite, causing him to be unable to concentrate on drinking milk. At this time, you can try to feed your baby more vegetables, fruits and other fiber-rich foods to improve the symptoms of constipation.

3. Diversified food supply

Babies may become tired of milk because they are tired of eating a single food. If parents can change the types of food, it will increase the child's acceptance of the food. In addition, if the baby has been eating complementary foods for a while, parents can even work on the color of the food, such as: carrots, lean meat, green vegetables, egg yolks... These are the best "coloring" materials for complementary foods.

4. Nutritionally adequate alternatives

If your baby doesn’t like drinking calcium-rich milk, parents can provide calcium-containing food substitutes, such as dried fish, bone soup, etc. to make up for the deficiency.

5. Reduce external stimulation

Children can easily forget to "eat" due to distraction. If there are people walking around or noise, it will easily distract the baby's attention and make him forget the "action" of drinking milk. Therefore, it is very important to provide children with a quiet eating environment.

6. Pay attention to the design of the pacifier

Some babies may dislike milk because the size of the nipple is not suitable for sucking, making it impossible for them to drink milk smoothly. The way to test the caliber of the nipple is to turn the bottle upside down. The milk of the standard caliber will drip out in the shape of water drops. If the milk drips too fast or too slow, it will easily cause discomfort to the baby and cause milk aversion.

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If the baby drinks less milk, mothers should pay attention to it, because once the baby gets used to it, it will be difficult to change, which can easily lead to malnutrition in the baby.