Patient's question:
The child has been crying non-stop recently and isn't eating much. Is it okay for the baby to drink rice porridge as if it were water?Doctor's answer:
This is generally edible, but it's not necessary. Eating these things is only done out of necessity when there's nothing else to eat. Breastfed babies should be breastfed, and formula-fed babies should be given formula. It's never their turn to eat these things. Things are different now from the past, with more material abundance, so there's no need to eat these. Of course, it's possible to eat them, but they offer little nutritional value. It's perfectly normal. Many babies start lifting their heads a few days after birth, and things are usually like this. Once they're past the postpartum period, they rarely lift their heads anymore. When you put them on their stomachs, they start chewing on their bedsheets and sucking their hands. That's because they're getting smarter and learning to take shortcuts.