When babies are young, especially those 0-6 months old, they often can’t express their feelings yet. Some mothers always think that their baby is not full and when the baby cries, they think they are hungry. In fact, babies may also cry because they have wet diapers, need affection, are sleepy or uncomfortable. It is important to find out exactly why your baby is crying and not to feed him or her whenever he or she cries, as this can easily lead to overfeeding. How much milk does your baby need? Infancy is a special period of “strong oral appetite” and sucking is a natural need for psychological security, so it is not necessarily a sign that your baby is hungry. How much milk a baby can drink at one time does not mean how much he needs to drink at one time, as the stomach can be enlarged. Digestion time is related to stomach capacity, and a baby’s sucking needs should not be met with an unlimited increase in milk, let alone a strong support. Small babies are born with the need to eat less and more, which is determined by their gastrointestinal tract development. Artificially propping up their stomachs can cause a lot of pain and can plant a time bomb for their future health throughout their lives. Breastfeeding is not the same as formula feeding! Generally speaking, babies have the instinct to regulate their energy intake. But this instinct is more in breastfeeding. Mothers don’t have to worry about “overfeeding” their exclusively breastfed babies because they are breastfeeding too often. Even babies who are overweight due to frequent breastfeeding in the first few months will slow down or lose weight as they crawl and walk with more movement. For formula-fed babies, the need to suck and the design of the bottle are two reasons for overfeeding. Small babies have a strong need to suck. Babies get milk every time they suck on a bottle, and there is no possibility to simply enjoy sucking with ease. The bottle is designed on the principle that milk is sucked out by the negative pressure of air formed in the baby’s mouth. When a baby eats and swallows a mouthful, the swallowing action itself creates new negative pressure in the mouth, allowing more milk to flow into the mouth. By the time the baby eats until his or her mouth is basically satisfied, he or she is already propped up. What are the dangers of overfeeding? Easy to cause brain fatigue In order to digest too much food, the digestive tract is bound to expand, limited blood and oxygen is transferred from the head to the digestive tract, brain cells will thus be temporarily ischemic, so the more you eat, the more blood the stomach and intestines need, the less blood supply to the brain, the greater the harm to the brain. Cause motor ability development backward many fat babies, most motor ability generally than the same age baby backward. Because obesity leads to clumsy movements, do not like to move, the time to sit can not sit, the period of crawling can not crawl. The weakened motor ability further leads to the baby’s physical energy consumption is too little, coupled with excessive feeding, will inevitably become more and more fat, more and more lazy to move. Flexible motor ability, active and energetic is an important sign of the physical and mental health of the baby. Causes overfeeding diarrhea Pediatric overfeeding diarrhea is the result of a feeding error. Young parents should adjust the type and quantity of their infant’s diet according to the cause of the occurrence. Children with diarrhea caused by gastrointestinal digestive dysfunction due to excessive nutritional intake should be supplemented with appropriate amounts of vitamin B1, B6 and multi-enzyme tablets to aid digestion while limiting food intake. Do not blindly abuse antibacterial agents because you think that diarrhea is caused by bacteria in children. It is most important to go to the hospital for a stool test to accurately identify the cause of diarrhea. Increase the risk of childhood obesity The in-depth study on the subject of “childhood obesity on adult chronic diseases (hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, cancer)” nowadays shows that obesity in infancy is also a problem that cannot be ignored, and this obesity can affect the health of the whole life. In the eyes of adults, a chubby and white baby is the most attractive. In order to raise a chubby baby, parents always let the baby eat more and more. Some mothers are “proud” of their children for eating a lot, eating fat, and growing fast, but in fact, too fat or developing too fast may also bring a lot of trouble to the child.