My 3 month old baby is refusing to feed, he feeds for a few minutes and stops and starts crying when I try to re-latch him. What should I do about this

2 Answers

ExpertVandana SharmaNutritionist3 years ago

A. Hello Mom if you are feeding the baby your milk you may feed on demand only as the quality and quantity of of the feed varies with time so when the baby demand you feed

Author of questionMom of a 4 yr 1 m old boy3 years ago

A. ok thankyou, he is having white patches on the upper side of the mouth, could that be a reason for it?

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