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Baby not feeding properly
My baby is at breastfeeding. He drinks milk only when he is half asleep. And also drinks only 5 to 7 mins. After that he refuses the breastfeeding and starts crying and sucks his finger.
The actual problem is
MyThe feeding technique of
You
Your milk will secreat when hungry baby sucks the breast
The first few ml of milk will be Little watery
Hence baby mouth will be made wet
The real milk will start flow then
But baby will try to sleep in watery milk
Next Steps
you try to wake him up by small slaps and make drink the milk fully
till you feel your breast is empty
( so that he will be quite for say 1 to 2 hours)
Health Tips
every cry is not for milk
tune your for cry for say pain/bordem/ wet nappies
thank you
no artificial feeds please ☺️
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