Patient's question:
The baby is only 3 days old. The baby is used to drinking from a bottle. Now there is more milk, but he doesn't like to suck it. What should I do?Doctor's answer:
Did you give the newborn sugar water or formula milk before the first breastfeeding? Feeding before breastfeeding can cause the newborn to develop "nipple confusion" (the nipple of the bottle is easier to suck than the mother's nipple), on the other hand, since the milk prepared from formula is sweeter than the mother's milk, it can also make the newborn less interested in the mother's milk, leading to failure in breastfeeding. The milk secreted by the after childbirth for the first week is light yellow, viscous, and rich in protein.