Patient's question:
My baby is six months old. A few weeks ago, I started giving him rice porridge and noticed that milk alone wasn't enough. Without solid food, he was barely getting by! After eating rice porridge for about two weeks, he sometimes refused to eat it, so I was worried about his nutrition and decided to wean him off breastfeeding to switch to formula. The first three days of weaning, he ate very little because I wasn’t giving him anything else. When he was hungry, he refused the formula and then got hungry again. Starting from the fourth day, I began the weaning process. On the fourth and fifth days, he barely ate and cried a lot. By the sixth day, I had almost given up on weaning and started feeding him breast milk with rice porridge. But he refused the rice porridge, and my milk supply wasn’t enough, so I stopped giving him breast milk. He was hungry again, and the rice porridge wasn’t eaten either. Later, I switched to a different formula, and since yesterday, he’s been eating a bit more. Today, he ate even more than yesterday. During the weaning period, he caught a cold and has a slight cough. He’s been taking pediatric Chen Huang granules and ambroxol hydrochloride oral solution. Recently, he’s been drooling a lot, and I wonder if it’s because he’s teething? The main concern is that today he had dark-colored poop, which I’ve never seen before! Is it due to poor digestion, the medicine, or the formula?Doctor's answer:
Dear Parent, your baby is six months old. After weaning, they can only eat rice porridge and other foods, such as egg yolks and rice juice, thick rice, mushy noodles, and so on. If the baby doesn't eat for a few days, their immunity may increase, which could lead to colds and coughs. It is best for the baby's current bowel movements to be thoroughly checked at a regular hospital for a stool routine examination to identify the cause, and then medication can be used based on the results. Pay attention to keeping the abdomen warm and prevent catching a cold.