Transition from breast milk to mixed feeding or artificial feeding, there are many babies will appear resistance, such as frequent crying, poor stool and so on. How to transfer milk scientifically, master the following skills, transfer milk more scientific.
The technique of scientific milk transfer
1. Get your baby used to the bottle
Because of the difference between the nipple of the bottle and the mother's nipples, if the baby is directly over-fed to the bottle, the baby will inevitably not adapt, thus increasing the difficulty of transferring milk. Before the milk transfer, the mother can squeeze out the breast milk and feed it to the baby in a sterilized bottle, so that the baby can get used to drinking milk with the pacifier first. When choosing a bottle, pay attention to the material of the pacifier and the size of the pacifier hole, with soft latex material and 1 drop of milk per second, to prevent the baby from choking.
2. Mix breast milk with formula
To get your baby used to formula, mothers can mix breast milk with powdered milk for a while. The mother can feed with pure milk powder once, or let the baby eat milk powder during the day, eat breast milk at night, and then gradually convert the breast milk at night to milk powder. In general, it is to gradually reduce the number of breastfeeding, increase the number of drinking milk powder, step by step, and finally transition to pure milk powder feeding.
3. Choose formula that is easy to digest and absorb
Because the baby's gastrointestinal tract is still very fragile, the process of milk transfer is likely to have diarrhea, poor bowel movement and other symptoms, mothers can choose to add prebiotic combination of milk powder such as galactose oligosaccharide, fructooligosaccharide and fructofructose, to help the baby's intestinal flora balance. Soften the poop, make it easier for your baby to poop and make your tummy more comfortable.
4. Try not to add new complementary foods during milk transfer
It is normal for the baby to have slight discomfort during milk transfer, and there is no need to worry too much about the baby's mother. Often manifested as diarrhea, vomiting, do not like to eat milk, allergies, crying, constipation and so on. At this time, the baby's stomach is relatively fragile, so before the milk transfer is not successful, do not add complementary foods to the baby, until the baby is successfully transferred, and then continue to add.
5. If severe diarrhea occurs, go to the hospital in time
In the process of changing the milk, the baby may have gastrointestinal intolerance and diarrhea. If you have mild diarrhea, you can try to reduce the number of meals on the new formula, but if you have severe diarrhea, you should immediately return to the original feeding regimen and go to the hospital to prevent dehydration and malnutrition.
Three contraindications of milk transfer
Avoid frequent milk transfer: Some mothers will prepare several kinds of milk for the baby at the same time, which taste is suitable for which, this approach is a big mistake, because the baby's digestive system is not fully developed, for the digestion of different foods takes a period of time to adapt, frequent milk transfer is easy to lead to milk transfer failure.
Avoid turning milk too fast: turning milk is a slow adaptation process, gradually and gradually replace, at least 1-2 weeks to complete, mother do not hurry.
Avoid transferring milk when the baby is sick: before and after the baby has a cold and fever, vaccination, or when the baby has a bad mood in the new environment, it can not be transferred milk.
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