Question

Parents report that their baby, under three months old, has insufficient breast milk and wants to introduce formula milk. However, the baby is not accustomed to the bottle, refuses to eat, and often cries. They ask how to get the baby to accept formula milk.

Answer

  1. The breastfed baby may not be accustomed to the nipple, which is a common issue.
  2. The baby may not like the taste of the formula milk.
  3. The baby may enter a fussy feeding period around four months old, temporarily losing interest in milk powder (powdered milk), possibly due to increased interest in the outside world due to visual and auditory development, making it easy to be distracted while feeding.