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MY BABY IS 4 MONTH OLD, IS IT TIME TO STOP BREAST FEEDING?
HELLO! ALL@!
there had been lots of controversies and misconceptions flouted by quack doctors;
regarding the breastfeeding duration and time of starting complementary feeding.
Now read this carefully!
Mothers milk is THE only best for baby; till only six months;
after six months; babies growth needs warrant introduction of variety of calorie and enriched diet
in baby's food.
So, as your baby is just four months, give EXCLUSIVE BREAST FEED TILL SIX MONTHS OF AGE.
why cant i switch to top feeds?
you shouldn't switch to top feed because almost always they are not required for your baby.
Even though they claim of having a balanced diet, baby is in need of some natural
immunity which will protect the baby from various infections and also will selectively help in
growth and development of specific organs; especially brain. Only mothers milk can provide that.
But why cant i give cow's milk now?
You can give anything; but you shouldn't unless advised by your doctor.
Remember, Cow's milk is meant for cow's baby; so its usefulness in definitely there for the calves
not human babies.
In fact, in someway it can harm your baby; like the sugar, fat, phosphorus content and the calcium content in cow's milk
isnt suitable for human baby.
In addition, it needs to be taken boiled, which will hamper some nutrients mainly whey proteins.
Also, the available milk may be skimmed, processed, contaminated or adulterated., hence not always safe;
so better go for natural clean and aseptic milk.
But i find it difficult to feed him; as i also have to go for job......
yeah! you can go for your work, i will explain in details how baby can be managed at home with your milk;
when you are at work; in next blog /post.
Dr Kondekar Santosh Venketraman
Lecturer Dept of Pediatrics
GS medical College Mumbai
if you are sure you can get good enough milk, you can surely give your milk to baby even if baby not able to suck due to facial palsy. facial nerve is required to have good tone in cheek muscles so that baby may be able to suck well, if the nerve is damaged may be due to birth defect like absent ear, cheek may not have good tone to hold and suck breast, and may eb for same reason baby is not breast feeding.It may be possible that if baby is able to bottle feed well, he may also be able to suck breast to some extent, so you can continue giving your breast to baby as many times so baby can learnb sucking some day.even though abbay is not able to suck, still you can give your milk to baby, by putting your milk in the bottle. woman milk can remain safe for 6-8 hours outside and in fridge for upto 24 hours. there is no need to boil milk, but do boil the bottle and nipple prior to use and let it cool down. Better option will be to feed your baby with wati and spoon, the milk from your breast.if you are not happy with quantity of breast milk you get, it can be increased by:1. good diet of mother, keeping baby close to breast; adding some vegetables like shepu, methii etc in daily diet2 some medicines like petocl0pramide may be started by your gyneocologist to improve milk out put.3., the most important and effective way to increase milk out put is by suckling and if not possible; manual excretion of breast milk by compression techniques or pumps. The number and duration of emptying of breasts increases the milk output in quality and quantity.how to express milk manually.. click here:http://www.bpni.org/breastfeeding/hand.htmldownload a powerpoint show on how to manually express and store breast milk including pictures:http://drpeds.blogspot.com/2005_09_22_drpeds_archive.htmlmothers milk is very important for baby, its very rare that a baby may not get mothers milk, and only when one is convinced that baby cannot or shouldnot be given mothers milk only in some rare situations, one should insist on supplementary milk or top feeds.also read:http://drpeds.blogspot.com/2005_11_12_drpeds_archive.html
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