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Hlo Doctor, My Baby Girl 2 Mnth 7 Days Old
Question: Hlo doctor, my baby girl 2 mnth 7 days old she intake breast milk and formula milk lectogen both .formula milk start after 1 month from birthbecause breast milk is not sufficient but after formula milk start i face some problems baby passed stool blakish colour.At birth baby weight is 2.970 and now 4 .1 Plz suggest me better
Brief Answer:
Normal. Shift to exclusive breast feeding
Detailed Answer:
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I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool, dark stool, or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
Normal. Shift to exclusive breast feeding
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for using the Ask a Doctor service.
I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. Let me emphasize on the fact that breast milk is the best possible milk for a baby and there can be no alternatives for the same. Most formula milks are cow milk based and hence difficult to digest. Moreover they make the child more prone to complications and infections. Mother's breast milk is produced on the demand of the baby. Hungrier the baby, more vigorous is the suck. More is the suck, more is the amount of breast milk produced. Giving formula automatically reduces the demand of the baby and thereby the production of breast milk. All you need to do is to switch back to exclusive breast feeding and the production will increase automatically. All you need to do is to monitor the urine output. If the frequency is more than 6 times in 24 hours, you would know that the amount of feeding is adequate. If the amount of passage of urine is less or if the child is lethargic you would need to take the child to a doctor without delay.
For a baby of this age, it is normal to pass stool several times a day or even after each feed. Alternatively the child may pass stool once in 10 days and that is normal too. Unless the stool is hard and pellet like, you need not grow concerned. It is also normal to pass green stool, dark stool, or a combination of yellow stool. The green colour occurs due to rapid transit through large intestine where the bile pigments do not get adequate time to convert to the yellow colour of stool.
Let me know if you have further queries.
Regards
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Vaishalee Punj
Plz suggest difference between lectogen 1 and dexcolac 1 and suggest best formula milk. After 1 month i join duty so plz suggest
Brief Answer:
Options are given
Detailed Answer:
Lactogen and Dexolac are infant milk formulas from two different companies. Dexolac is slightly more close to mother's milk than Dexolac. There is no definition of 'best formula milk' but NAN Excella Pro 1 or Similac Advance is better formulas. However, none of these can remotely equate the benefits of mother's milk.
Regards
Options are given
Detailed Answer:
Lactogen and Dexolac are infant milk formulas from two different companies. Dexolac is slightly more close to mother's milk than Dexolac. There is no definition of 'best formula milk' but NAN Excella Pro 1 or Similac Advance is better formulas. However, none of these can remotely equate the benefits of mother's milk.
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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