Question
How to feed low-birth-weight infants to promote faster growth?
Answer
A slow increase in an infant’s weight may be due to insufficient breastfeeding, incorrect feeding methods, or inadequate guidance from healthcare personnel. Additionally, factors such as the mother’s fatigue, maternal-child diseases, menstrual periods, underdeveloped breasts, or breast surgery may temporarily reduce breast milk supply. Hypothyroidism or the mother’s second pregnancy may also affect the child’s growth and development. It is recommended that the mother enhance her diet to ensure her child has enough breast milk and nutrition, and to timely supplement with food.