What should I do if my baby refuses to drink milk powder? To solve the problem, first find the right reason

Many parents will try to get their babies to accept milk powder before they are ready to wean their babies. However, many babies are unwilling to accept milk powder at first and simply refuse to drink it. This makes mothers who are ready to wean their babies very anxious. Is there any way to get their babies to accept milk powder? What should they do if their babies don’t drink milk powder? To solve this problem, they must first find out the reason.

What to do if your baby stops drinking milk powder

1. Although the feeling of a good pacifier is still different from that of breastfeeding, you can choose a pacifier that is closer to your mother's milk. There is also a saying that if you boil the pacifier for a while to soften it, your baby may be more receptive.

2. At 2 months, you can drink juice. At 4 months, you can eat complementary food, such as rice flour, egg yolk, liver meal, fish meal, fruit puree, and then vegetable and meat porridge, soft noodles, etc. After you can eat complementary food, it will be much better. At least you can absorb nutrition from other aspects. However, eating too much complementary food will affect the amount of milk, so you should pay attention to it.

3. Many children who don't like to eat milk powder will cry and turn their heads away when they see the bottle or eat milk powder. When they are in a good mood, they will put the nipple in their mouth, but not suck it. If the nipple is opened wide, they will eat it even if it leaks into their mouth. Although it is slow, it is better than not eating. They can eat about 90ml at a time.

4. When the baby falls asleep, put the bottle in his mouth.

5. The milk temperature should be appropriate. If the baby is accidentally scalded, he will develop a fear of breastfeeding, and it will be difficult for him to accept a bottle in the future.

6. Make preparations before feeding your baby. Help him/her urinate first. Don’t feed him/her for a while and then do other things. If you keep doing this, your baby will not be in the mood to feed.

7. Add complementary foods in time: At 2 months, the baby can drink fruit juice. At 4 months, he can eat complementary foods such as rice noodles, egg yolks, liver meal, fish meal, and fruit puree, and then gradually to vegetable and meat porridge, soft noodles, etc. After being able to eat complementary foods, things will be much better, at least he can absorb nutrition from other aspects.

Reasons why babies don't drink milk powder

Reason 1: Breastfed babies don’t like pacifiers. This is the most common reason why babies don’t eat formula milk. Most breastfed babies will encounter this problem when switching to formula milk.

Reason 2: Don’t like the taste of milk powder. Although the baby is small, he has his own ideas and tastes, and he may not like the taste of this milk powder.

Reason 3: Wrong feeding method. The angle of the bottle is not right, pressing the tongue and preventing the baby from drinking milk.

Reason 4: The baby enters the milk aversion period. The lactose enzyme in the body of babies aged 4-6 months begins to decrease, the taste of the tongue also begins to change, and the appetite begins to change. Due to the addition of complementary foods, the baby may prefer new flavors of food and temporarily lose interest in milk powder. On the other hand, the baby's neurological development gradually matures, and there are breakthroughs in hearing and vision, which makes the baby more interested in the outside world. Often, the baby will "meddle in other people's business" at the slightest sign of trouble, and his mind is no longer on feeding.

Reason 5: Oral or other diseases. If the baby occasionally does not eat milk powder for a long time, or is accompanied by crying, lack of energy, etc., there may be physical problems.

Doing these things will help your baby accept milk powder

1. Give your baby enough sense of security

When weaning their babies off breast milk, many mothers will use the "parent-child separation method" to force rapid weaning. In this way, some mothers may be able to successfully wean their babies all at once, but this will make the baby feel very uneasy. 0-3 years old is an important period for babies to establish a sense of security, so Duo Ma does not recommend this "violent weaning" method. On the contrary, during the period of weaning, mothers give their babies enough attention and companionship, and wean them gently, which can keep the baby's emotions happy and relaxed, and is more conducive to the baby's acceptance of formula feeding.

2. Extend the interval between meals

If the baby still does not accept the formula powder, the mother can appropriately extend the interval between the two meals, play games with the baby more during this period, and give the baby less snacks such as desserts and biscuits. The baby will feel hungry and will be more willing to accept the formula powder.

3. Give your baby a quiet environment for drinking milk

In addition, it is also important to create a quiet and pleasant milk-drinking environment for the baby. Before feeding, the mother should turn off the TV and not let the baby play with toys. You can hold the baby in your arms, chat with him, and tell the baby "You are grown up now and can't drink your mother's milk. The baby can still grow taller by drinking milk from the bottle."

Tips for mothers to choose milk powder

1. Check whether the baby has constipation or diarrhea after eating milk powder, and whether the weight and height grow normally. If the baby sleeps well, has a good appetite, has less eye mucus, and has no rash after eating a certain milk powder, it proves that this milk powder is suitable for the baby. At the same time, the closer the formula milk powder is to breast milk, the better.

2. Suitable products for different age groups. For example, during the brain and optic nerve development stage, pay attention to products with added DHA and AA. Children with anorexia should choose special milk powder for this situation. Premature babies should choose premature baby milk powder. Children with phenylketonuria should choose low-phenylalanine milk powder and control their diet. Children with diarrhea or allergies should choose corresponding products.

3. Under the same conditions, choose products produced by large and regular manufacturers. After all, the brand is well managed and less likely to go wrong.