How to do if your baby does not suck the nipple

After the baby is born, we must actively breastfeed. In the process of breastfeeding, it often happens that the baby does not suck the nipple. First of all, we must actively look for the reason why the baby is not sucking the nipple. The first thing to look at is whether the breastfeeding position is right? A breastfeeding mother should maintain a comfortable position, so that the baby faces the mother’s body, so that the baby’s mouth is facing the mother’s nipple, to take the nipple and most of the areola in the baby’s mouth. The second thing to look at is whether the mother’s nipples are sunken, when the nipples are obviously sunken, the child will also appear to not suck the nipple performance, this situation we can usually pull the nipple outward, or go to the nursery to buy a breast patch, so slowly the baby can suck the nipple. If the child is not able to actively take the nipple in the mouth because the nipple is too big, we have to put the mother’s nipple in the baby’s mouth and then stimulate the child’s earlobe to promote sucking. There is also a common phenomenon that babies add formula during breastfeeding for various reasons, causing nipple confusion, and this situation can also occur when the baby refuses to suck the nipple, so try not to add formula to the child after birth, and do not use a bottle nipple to give the child formula to avoid nipple confusion, and the child may not want to suck the breast. It is natural for babies to eat breast milk, and the phenomenon of babies not sucking their nipples is temporary, as long as we insist, every baby can be breastfed.