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What Causes An Infant To Refuse Cow's Milk?
Question: my daughter is 6 months old and i have recently started mother dairy cow milk 3 4 times a day.. now whenever she drinks either mother dairy or formula she makes forces to drink the milk.. what can be the reason
Brief Answer:
This is an adjustment problem pertaining to taste difference
Detailed Answer:
Hi..... if her weight gain is normal and she is passing urine 4-6 times per day and otherwise active you need not worry about this.
This is just an adjustment problem pertaining to the taste difference in the mother's milk and the other top feeds you are giving.
She will get adjusted in a couple of weeks.
But as you have started her newly on cow's milk you need to be on the lookout if there is any cow's milk protein intolerance. The signs related to this intolerance or eczema or rash over the body or weight loss or blood in the stool or persistent vomiting.
If they appear please stop cow's Milk products for the baby immediately and get back to me.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
This is an adjustment problem pertaining to taste difference
Detailed Answer:
Hi..... if her weight gain is normal and she is passing urine 4-6 times per day and otherwise active you need not worry about this.
This is just an adjustment problem pertaining to the taste difference in the mother's milk and the other top feeds you are giving.
She will get adjusted in a couple of weeks.
But as you have started her newly on cow's milk you need to be on the lookout if there is any cow's milk protein intolerance. The signs related to this intolerance or eczema or rash over the body or weight loss or blood in the stool or persistent vomiting.
If they appear please stop cow's Milk products for the baby immediately and get back to me.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
its mother dairy's cow milk and i think it would b highly processed to check any protien intolerance.. from the starting she is taking formula milk and now i have started mother dairy milk which is also diluted in water.. half the qty milk and half water
Brief Answer:
I am not telling it's cow's milk protein intolerance - just explained
Detailed Answer:
Hi....I am not telling that your baby is having cow's milk protein intolerance. As the first symptom of cow's milk protein intolerance could be refusal of feed, I was just trying to explain you the symptoms.
As you have just told that the baby was on formula feeding since long, and formula feeds contain cow's milk protein, I don't think you should worry about it.
Please do not dilute milk with water. The nutritional value will go down.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
I am not telling it's cow's milk protein intolerance - just explained
Detailed Answer:
Hi....I am not telling that your baby is having cow's milk protein intolerance. As the first symptom of cow's milk protein intolerance could be refusal of feed, I was just trying to explain you the symptoms.
As you have just told that the baby was on formula feeding since long, and formula feeds contain cow's milk protein, I don't think you should worry about it.
Please do not dilute milk with water. The nutritional value will go down.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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