hii dr.acharya
my 20 days old nephew does not breastfeed...he does not feed on breast but can drink her milk through spoon..so after all efforts we used to spoonfeed him.his mma's milk supply is also not sufficient .so can we give him cow's milk? or any other formula milk??

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Accepted Answer

Milk is very important for babies specially in the initial days of life breast milk is very important and should be given exclusively till 5-6  months of age .
formula milk should be given only as a substitute to breast milk if due to any reason it is not sufficient to fulfill the demand of the baby. according to the age different stage of formula milk are there like stage 1 till 6 months of age stage 2  from 6 months to 12 months and thereafter stage 3 .
after one year cows milk should be started and any kind of health drink povwder in milk should be  used only after the completion of two years of age .

Accepted Answer

hi
first of all ,stop spoon feeding gradually.
encourage your child to take direct breastfeeding by trying different feeding positions.
maintain skin to skin Contact while feeding your child which will definitely help.

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mam we already put all possible effort but the result is as usual..that's why we choose spoonfeeding.he does direct breastfeed on his aunt but not on his mma...this is the main problem.he is drinking cows milk from last four days.someone told that drain out her mma's milk for two or four days and thn try again to breastfeed.

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no need of formula or external milk.
the more you feed your child , the more milk is produced.

hii dr.acharya my 20 days old nephew does not breastfeed...he does not feed on breast but can drink her milk through spoon..so after all efforts we used to spoonfeed him.his mma's milk supply is also not sufficient .so can we give him cow's milk? or any other formula milk??