My baby starts crying after drinking breast milk for 5 minutes and refuses to drink again. He is 3 months old. Few people says that it is due to insufficient milk supply. I am really worried about this. what should I do?

1 Answer

Dr. Vaibhav jainFather of a 5 yr 9 m old girl4 years ago

A. you should know that breastfeeding should start and should complete within 20 minutes also make sure that you empty one breast at a time check your breast milk supply it should not be so that baby immediately after feeding is crying

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