Milk-weary period

When babies are four or five months old, they no longer focus on breastfeeding as they did in the previous three months. Instead, they eat intermittently, and they can easily stop breastfeeding due to external interference. This period is called the lactation aversion period, also known as physiological lactation aversion. It is characterized by normal development and good vitality of the baby, but the milk supply is temporarily reduced, and the appetite usually returns naturally in about a month.

After the baby enters the milk-weary period, the most obvious symptom is that the amount of milk he eats decreases. However, many parents feed their babies based on absolute feeding amounts, which can easily lead to overfeeding. If the baby feels full, he will adjust the frequency of eating and eat less. Parents will mistakenly think that the baby is tired of milk.

To determine whether the baby is tired of milk, you can calculate the amount of milk the baby drinks every day. If it is lower than the required amount of milk, there is no illness or fever, and By 4 to 6 months old, the baby may have entered the period of milk aversion.

Generally speaking, for babies under 4 months old, the formula for calculating milk volume is based on the baby’s weight and the number of meals per day: span>

Weight x 120~150 ml - meals per day = amount of milk in one meal

< span>For example: a 4-month-old baby weighs 6.5 kg and drinks milk 5 times a day.

The amount of milk for each meal should be:

6.5×120～ 150=5=156~195 (ml/meal)

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