Patient's question:
The baby is five months old. Previously, he was exclusively breastfed. Recently, because I started working and the company is far from home, he can only drink formula during the day. However, the baby doesn't like drinking formula. He drinks water from the bottle, and he eats porridge and yolk with a spoon, but he refuses to drink formula. I wonder if it's because the formula tastes wrong. The baby is drinking Abbott Gold Formula Similac, but is there any formula close to breast milk and that doesn't cause constipation? Can moms recommend some? Is it that he's becoming more interested in solid foods? Or is it because the taste of the solid foods is too strong?Doctor's answer:
According to the clinical symptoms you described, for a one-and-a-half-year-old child, if they can eat food without drinking formula milk, they can also be given a lot of milk or yogurt orally, which is fine. It's not necessarily required to drink formula milk. However, when the child is very young, breast milk and formula milk should still be the main options. The above suggestions are for the issue of "young children not liking to drink formula milk," and I hope it helps you. Wishing you good health!