What are the reasons why three-month-old babies cry when feeding?

Women who have been mothers know that after the baby is three months old, most of them will stop breastfeeding blindly and start crying after eating. Not only do they not like to breastfeed, but they cry even louder when they see the nipple. You have to coax the baby to sleep and wait until he is half-hearted and feels hungry before you can feed him. If you force the baby to eat, he will keep crying. At this time, inexperienced mothers always think that the baby is sick and don’t know what to do. So what are the reasons why three-month-old babies cry when feeding? Read the article below and you will know why your baby cries when feeding.

Physiological milk aversion

Normal newborns are usually very focused on feeding in the first two months after birth. He cries when he is hungry and sleeps when he is full, and his weight increases rapidly. Parents feel a great sense of accomplishment when they see their beloved baby grow an inch bigger as he sleeps, like a balloon! Who would have thought that after 3 months, most babies would no longer feed in one go, but would stop feeding and sometimes make gurgling sounds. There are also some curious babies who stop sucking milk as long as there is a sound or people walking around. Obviously, other things are much more interesting to them than sucking milk. Therefore, this temporary aversion to milk in babies of four or five months old is medically called the "physiological anorexia period." Its characteristics are that the child develops normally and is very energetic, but the amount of milk is temporarily reduced. Usually, the child's appetite will recover naturally in about a month.

Pathological milk aversion

We often say that the seven necessities a housewife needs when she opens the door are "firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea". The life style of babies is "eating, drinking, defecating, urinating, sleeping, moving and playing". If a child has health problems, these 7 things will be affected, manifested as eating less, sleeping poorly, and having low energy. Milk aversion is a sign that often accompanies acute and chronic diseases. If your child's milk intake decreases sharply or he vomits, and is also accompanied by symptoms such as poor complexion, decreased energy, and irritability, then he is in the "pathological milk aversion period" and you need to take him to see a doctor for timely treatment.

After reading the expert’s detailed introduction to the reasons why three-month-old babies cry when feeding, are you still at a loss as to what to do when your baby cries when feeding? If you want to know whether your baby has physiological or pathological milk aversion, you can make a judgment by observing the child's characteristics. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact our online experts, who will provide symptomatic treatment for your baby's condition.