What to do if your four-month-old baby refuses to drink milk powder

When choosing a feeding method, most mothers will choose breastfeeding because breast milk contains the most nutrients. However, some babies can only choose to drink milk powder because their mothers do not have enough milk. What is the reason why a four-month-old baby does not drink milk powder? Let us explain what to do if a four-month-old baby does not drink milk powder.

This phenomenon occurs when children reach this age. Many children are like this, especially mixed-feeding babies. They either like to suck on pacifiers or only drink their mother's milk.

It can also be said to be a period of milk aversion, because the mother's nipples are softer and the baby likes them, and the baby also likes the taste of the mother's milk. There is no better way. Think of ways to secrete more milk, drink more soup, and drinking some milk should be good. If you really can't secrete milk, you can only stop the milk. Of course, you can try feeding with a spoon, but looking at your situation, the baby doesn't seem to accept it. Try it slowly. If you can feed with a spoon, you can continue with mixed feeding.

I slowly fed her 150 ml of milk powder. Later, after I completely weaned her off from breast milk, she was willing to drink from the bottle.

This is not an illness so there is no problem. Don't worry too much. What you should worry about is to let your baby drink more milk powder. At the beginning, feed the baby milk powder slowly in small amounts until the baby gets used to it, and then you can naturally use a spoon to feed the milk powder.

If the baby has no physical discomfort recently and has not been vaccinated, he will usually have a physiological milk aversion period at 3-5 months. As the baby's vision and hearing gradually develop, his curiosity about the surrounding environment begins to affect his interest in drinking milk. It is recommended to create a quiet environment for the baby and feed the baby in small amounts and multiple meals to ensure the daily milk requirement. You can choose to feed the baby when he is hungry or in a good mood. After the baby passes this period, things will gradually get better! Parents should be more patient, encourage and praise their babies more, and avoid force feeding.

Babies refusing to drink milk powder is an important problem that troubles parents. In order to ensure the baby's physical health, various methods will be adopted to make the baby drink milk powder. Choosing a scientific and reasonable method of drinking milk powder is the most effective, so as to ensure the baby's physical development.