Why does my 3-month-old baby not want to breastfeed?

Why does a 3-month-old baby not want to drink milk? When a baby is just born, it only drinks milk and does not eat other things. However, some babies are very strange and do not drink milk. Once many babies get used to breastfeeding, it is difficult for them to stop. But some babies stop breastfeeding when they are three months old? What is the reason why a three-month-old baby does not breastfeed? Mothers need to find out and see if there is something wrong with their babies.

Babies' refusal to feed and spitting up are just common symptoms of the baby's digestive tract development stage. Spitting up is often most common at 4 months old, and most babies will stop before 1 year old. Because the immune system of the baby's gastrointestinal tract is still immature, the amount of gastric acid secreted by the stomach and the protein-digesting enzymes and lactase secreted in the intestine is very small, and the barrier protection function of the chorionic epithelium in the intestine is also relatively poor. The pH value of gastric acid is higher than that of adults, so the digestion ability of protein is poorer. Therefore, it is likely to cause milk regurgitation or gastrointestinal reflux, vomiting is one of them.

In many cases, a baby's refusal to eat or spitting up of milk is related to his or her delicate stomach. At this time, giving your baby easily digestible food or milk powder, such as Mead Johnson Easy-to-Digest Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Formula Powder, can reduce the baby's gastrointestinal burden, reduce bloating, and relieve vomiting. Mead Johnson's Easy-to-Digest Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Formula Powder is gentler on the baby's digestive system and is easy to digest and absorb. In addition to alleviating the baby's digestive discomfort within 24 hours, Mead Johnson's Easy-to-Digest Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Formula Powder is 100% imported from the Netherlands in original cans. It contains clinically proven levels of DHA/ARA, which can provide comprehensive and balanced nutrition for newborn babies aged 0-1 year old. It helps the baby's daily DHA intake reach the levels recommended by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the World Health Organization, easily solving digestive discomfort while also paying attention to the overall brain development. Babies can consume it until one year old.

Think of the milk protein in formula as a string of pearls. Sometimes, it is difficult for babies to digest a whole long string of milk protein, or they may be sensitive to milk protein, causing the stomach to react as if the milk protein is an enemy, resulting in symptoms of vomiting. Now, break the string of pearls at five points, and you will get five or six small strings of pearls. These partially hydrolyzed proteins are easier for babies to digest and absorb. If these small strings are broken down again, you get even smaller milk protein fragments, which are more easily digestible extensively hydrolyzed protein formula milk powder.

This sounds a bit incredible, but when protein molecules are broken down into smaller fragments, the baby's digestive system can't even detect the milk protein. In most cases, digestive discomfort will not occur, and the baby's symptoms of not wanting to eat milk and spitting up milk will also be alleviated. Clinical experiments have shown that partially hydrolyzed protein formulas with low lactose content can significantly improve symptoms such as spitting up and other digestive discomfort. The number of spitting up times within 24 hours of consumption can be reduced by 36%.

In addition to choosing easily digestible hydrolyzed protein formula milk powder for babies who spit up milk or don't like to eat milk, mothers should also pay attention to some details in life:

1. Keep the bottle level when feeding. Fill the nipple with milk before feeding your baby. Also, the back of the bottle should be slightly higher than the front when feeding, so that the milk always fills the front of the bottle without leaving any air gaps.

2. Place your baby on his back immediately after feeding. To reduce spitting up, try to hold the baby upright for 20 to 30 minutes after feeding. If the mother's arms are tired from holding the baby, you can also use a front carrier, back carrier, cradle or baby chair to prevent the baby from lying on his back as much as possible.

3. Babies who spit up easily should be fed more often. Generally, it takes about 2.5 to 3 hours for breast milk to be emptied from the stomach, and 3.5 to 4 hours for formula milk, so it is more reasonable to feed once every 3 to 4 hours or so. If the baby is fed too frequently, some of the milk from the previous meal will remain in the stomach, which will inevitably affect the amount of milk taken in at the next meal, or cause stomach bloating and even vomiting.

In many cases, a baby's spitting up is related to his or her delicate stomach. At this time, giving your baby easily digestible food or milk powder, such as Mead Johnson Easy-to-Digest Partially Hydrolyzed Milk Protein Formula Powder, can reduce the baby's gastrointestinal burden, reduce bloating, and also relieve symptoms such as spitting up and not wanting to eat milk.

There are many reasons why a 3-month-old baby does not want to breastfeed, but the digestive function of a three-month-old baby is not yet fully developed, so he cannot eat many foods. Moreover, a 3-month-old baby has no teeth, so he needs to breastfeed. If the baby does not want to breastfeed, the mother should pay attention to find out what the cause is, and also need to improve her baby's diet.