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What Causes Crying And Irritation Of An Infant While Breastfeeding?
Question: Hi. My baby is 2 weeks old. He is not taking my breastfeed directly. Even if he takes, he is not at all satisfied and cries a lot. So I express my milk and feed him with spoons. Then he is satisfied. Nut it is very cumbersome to express milk every 2-3 hours. And sometimes I am unable to do so because of time crunch or because I am trying to feed him directly. Can I supplement him with formula milk? If yes, how many times should it be given along with breast milk in a day?
Brief Answer:
Feeding technique is not proper
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
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. It seems that the feeding technique is not proper. You need to insert both the nipple and areola (brown portion around it) into the mouth of the child. Unless that is done the child will not be able to suck properly. I do not think that you need to express breast milk.
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.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So I would not recommend formula milk. Hence I am skipping the next question.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
Feeding technique is not proper
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
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. It seems that the feeding technique is not proper. You need to insert both the nipple and areola (brown portion around it) into the mouth of the child. Unless that is done the child will not be able to suck properly. I do not think that you need to express breast milk.
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.
Breast milk also takes care of immunity against common ailments like cough and cold, and diarrhea. So I would not recommend formula milk. Hence I am skipping the next question.
Feel free to write back.
Regards
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Dr. Nagamani Ng
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