Refusing breastmilk

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Refusing breastmilk

Asked for Female, 1 Years

My 7 months old male baby having cough and cold since last week. Now he his recovering well, he started refusing breastmilk 4 days back and still he is doing the same. But he eats nestum rice well. Please suggest me how to make him feed breastmilk and until that how many feeds of nestum rice or any other supplements required per day. His urination frequency also gone down. His weight 7 kgs Birth weight 2.6 kgs His cough and cold symptoms reduced.

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Dr. Pratheeba Pediatrician 9 yrs exp Chennai · Accepted Answer

Dr. Pratheeba

Pediatrician 9 yrs exp Chennai

GreetingsDue to cold and nasal block he may not be able to effectively latch and suck, use nasoclear nasal drops. Instead of nestum u can give rice, ragi kanji, dal, mashed vegetables and fruits.

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consult online/offline for detailed feeding advice.

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continue breastfeeding and expressed milk also if required

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