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2 Month Old Child, Not Breast Fed, Started Drinking From Bottle, Now Will Not Take Mothers Milk. What Should I Do And How Do I Increase My Breast Milk?

ya hi.. my baby is 2months old, but bcoz of some reasons i dint feed him for sometime. now the senario is like he started taking milk from bottle, and now he is unable to breastfeed . so what should i do in this case? and also my milk is decresing so what should i do do increase my breastmilk please suggest so that i can feed him back....
posted on Fri, 13 Jul 2012
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hello madam,
I am highly concerned of this problem of yours. You have made a big mistake of introducing bottle for feeding. It creates nipple confusion, and then makes child avoid breast milk and take bottle milk. So , this is earliest and right time to stop bottle feeding as soon as possible. Give breast feeding as much as possible every 2 hourly, if not taking then give expressed breast milk with Katori and spoon every 2 hourly thereafter. The best stimulation for increasing breast milk is making the baby suck the nipple as much as possible. You can consult your pediatrician for further help. Thank you.
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2 Month Old Child, Not Breast Fed, Started Drinking From Bottle, Now Will Not Take Mothers Milk. What Should I Do And How Do I Increase My Breast Milk?

hello madam, I am highly concerned of this problem of yours. You have made a big mistake of introducing bottle for feeding. It creates nipple confusion, and then makes child avoid breast milk and take bottle milk. So , this is earliest and right time to stop bottle feeding as soon as possible. Give breast feeding as much as possible every 2 hourly, if not taking then give expressed breast milk with Katori and spoon every 2 hourly thereafter. The best stimulation for increasing breast milk is making the baby suck the nipple as much as possible. You can consult your pediatrician for further help. Thank you.