Baby taking hair inside mouth

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Good noon doctor, my daughter is 4months 22 days old shes on breastfeeding since birth , actually I have lot of hair loss even after braiding my hair sometimes , i have hairfall on my t shirts and trousers whenever I breastfeed my baby sometimes tiny to medium hair shes taking in her mouth swallowing and does some kind of sounds I try to remove by opening her mouth but she doesn't cooperate please help if she has swallowwed many hair unknowingly does it affect her stomach? Pls help how to prevent am already trying to clean my tshirts before i feed my babygirl thank you

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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra

Pediatrician 4 yrs exp Rajkot

Consult to Pediatrician physically for further evaluation and treatment

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Dr. Priya Daswani Pediatrician 7 yrs exp Nagpur · Accepted Answer

Dr. Priya Daswani

Pediatrician 7 yrs exp Nagpur

Hello,it could be postpartum hair loss.you can consult a dermatologist for this and healthy diet will help you in preventing it.baby should not swallow hair ..it can affect her digestive system..trie to avoid that..as much as possible. Or feed the baby with cup and spoon until it is possible.

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