What to do if your four and a half month old baby doesn't like to drink milk

Mothers should not think that it is their baby’s nature to breastfeed after birth. When the baby is four or five months old, the taste will gradually change. In addition, mothers are sometimes in a bad mood and fail to care about the child’s emotions, which may easily cause the baby to not like to breastfeed at four and a half months old. What should we pay attention to!

Babies aged 4 or 5 months start to drink less milk and have a poor appetite, which makes parents worry about insufficient nutrition. In fact, this is a common phenomenon of babies aversion to milk. Parents should not worry at first. As long as they carefully find out the reasons why the baby averse to milk, they can take appropriate countermeasures.

Reason 1: Feeling unwell (e.g. teething, vaccination, illness, etc.)

Method: If the baby is teething, you can use a nipple with larger holes to drink milk to reduce the pain caused by sucking. Or mix milk powder with other foods such as cereal, rice flour, etc. into a milk paste and feed it with a spoon.

Reason 2: Curiosity leads to inattention and playfulness.

Method: When feeding, it is best to avoid noisy sounds or things that may distract the baby so that the baby can concentrate on eating.

Reason 3: Physiological aversion to milk, poor appetite, aversion to milk for more than 2 months, and poor development of weight and height.

Method: You can supplement your baby with special vitamins, or ask your doctor whether to use appetizers to adjust gastrointestinal function and increase appetite.

Reason 4: The sense of taste begins to develop, and the baby lacks interest in milk with the same taste and wants to try new flavors.

Method: Do not force feeding as the baby may resist. It is best to provide complementary foods with a variety of foods and different flavors; and try to use natural flavors and do not add seasonings (within one year old).

From the article, we learned that it is normal for babies to not like to breastfeed at 4 and a half months old. This is because the child may be emotional or naughty, and not being hungry may cause the child to not like to breastfeed. At this time, mothers should not force the child to breastfeed.