Patient's question:
For artificially fed infants who are almost four months old, do they need to be fed on demand? How often should they be fed? Besides when to introduce complementary foods, what should be offered first?Doctor's answer:
Nursing on demand refers to breastfed infants, but it is not convenient for parents to care for them and can easily lead children to comfort themselves by sucking on the breast, even developing a milk addiction. For children of this age, changing diapers approximately every three hours is sufficient. After four months, it is advisable to start introducing complementary foods. The best first food to offer is rice porridge. Initially, you can add a small amount of scrambled egg yolk to the milk. Starting with a quarter cup, gradually increase the amount to half a cup, then a quarter cup, and finally a full cup.