The reason why the baby doesn't like to eat milk at four months

After the baby is born, his daily diet needs to rely on milk powder and breast milk, so as a mother, you must eat more nutritious food to better breastfeed the baby. However, some mothers often find that their babies do not like to breastfeed at 4 months. Let’s take a look at what is going on in the following article?

When babies are 4 or 5 months old, they 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). You can try switching to formula milk for babies over 6 months old that has a better taste and does not contain sucrose.

In fact, sometimes many mothers will try their best to make their children breastfeed when they find that their children don’t like to breastfeed. This is wrong, because sometimes children may not like to breastfeed because they are too playful, their taste has changed, or they are unwell.