Patient's question:
The baby needs to eat every hour or half an hour during the day and cannot be put down while sleeping. At night, it can be put down if it eats every two hours. Why is that?Doctor's answer:
Hello, if the child has no other symptoms, this is normal. We recommend that you wait and see. Babies of a young age are naturally fed on demand, with frequent breastfeeding. The subjective feeling that breastfed babies are easier to get hungry is because breast milk is easier to digest than formula and stays in the gastrointestinal tract for a shorter period of time. As the baby grows older and their sucking technique improves, they will be able to take in more milk at once, so the intervals will naturally become longer. If frequent breastfeeding is causing trouble for the mother, then try to make sure the baby is fully fed each time and avoid letting them play while eating to prevent the habit of "snack nursing."