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1year old child refusing breast milk
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My child is 1 year 3 months ,upto 1 year he drinks breastmilk without any problem. But after that he refuses to drink milk. As I am a working mother,I can give BM only after I came back to office. Also I am giving breast milk at night also.While sleeping,he drinks milk without any problem.But,for other times,he is refusing to drink breast milk.I tried several option inorder to make him drink, but it is not working. Why the baby showing this sudden change. How can I get this back to normal. Can u suggest me the solution for this?
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There is term called self-weaning… when baby is introduced complementary food some babies self weans from breast-feeding… mostly occurs after 1 yr of age… give Breastfeeding when baby wants.. do not force feed… encourage other foods…
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Dr. Nikhil Shambhu Kedia
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Bilaspur
Babies are smarter than what we think. My understanding from the information you have given is that the baby is happy to breastfeed at night and as you are working this is what you wanted. The issue is we want babies to behave in a defined way which we have defined. This doesn't happen usually because they are an individual in themselves. So my suggestion to you will be to stop being anxious about this behaviour of your baby because this is completely normal for age as suggested by other doctors in the post.
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You can opt for a video consultation and we can discuss the behaviour changes at this age in detail. This will ease out your anxiety and will be helpful in future as well.
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
4 yrs exp
Rajkot
Maam you can give express breast milk
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Dr. Shebin C E
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Kanyakumari
Greetings need not to be worried sometimes the child won't be liking to drink the milk , you can try expressing the milk and give .
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