Linlin has been married for four years and is very happy to have a baby, so the family is very busy. Her mother-in-law was doing her best to cook every day, one day with hoof soup, the next with hen soup, and she was getting plenty of milk. But these two days the couple is full of sadness, it turns out that Lin Lin has a cold and fever, the doctor recommended suspending breastfeeding, need to switch to formula feeding, know the benefits of breast milk Lin Lin anxiously do not know what to do. So, under what circumstances should breastfeeding be suspended or stopped in favor of formula? When the baby or the mother has any of the following conditions, you should consider using formula feeding temporarily or permanently. If the mother only has cold symptoms and no fever, she should wear a multi-layer gauze mask after breastfeeding or express her breast milk to feed her child; if the mother has a high fever at the same time, it is recommended to suspend breastfeeding for a few days and express milk regularly at the same time, so that the mother can resume breastfeeding when her cold is cured. Breastfeeding. 2, Acute mastitis, commonly known as “milk boils”, is a disease that often occurs in breastfeeding women and can be divided into three stages. The initial DD local breast swelling with pressure pain, milk secretion is not smooth, with fingers can feel the lump, there is fever, fear of cold. At this stage, the pent-up milk should be eliminated as soon as possible. The common method is to suck the milk out of the breast by hand or with a breast pump, or use fermented flour or traditional Chinese medicine, such as dandelion pounded and applied externally. After the above treatment, most of the boils will be cured. In the middle stage, DD milk accumulation does not disperse, local redness, swelling, heat and pain are more obvious, high fever persists, and pus has been formed in the breast. In the later stage, DD abscesses form and mature, the skin breaks down, and pus flows out. If in the initial stage the mother has no fever and no special drugs are used, and the milk is not contaminated with bacteria, the baby can still breastfeed directly. If the mastitis has been in the middle or late stage, it is not suitable to feed, because at this time the milk may have been contaminated by bacteria, and after treatment with antibiotics, the drug in the milk reaches a certain concentration, some drug concentration is higher than the blood concentration, the baby sucking this milk is not good for health, should suspend feeding, to be healed boils and then resume breastfeeding. 3, mother-to-child transmission of diseases China is a high incidence of hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus infection, the virus can be transmitted through breast milk to cause infection in children after birth, it is recommended that mothers with hepatitis B, cytomegalovirus infection stop breastfeeding and switch to artificial feeding. According to the World Health Organization, there are more than 50 million AIDS patients worldwide and more than 500,000 infected people in China. The breast milk of a mother with AIDS contains HIV, although it also contains protective antibodies and glycoproteins, but breastfeeding can still lead to postnatal infection in children, and the longer the breastfeeding time, the greater the possibility of infection. Other viruses such as rubella and herpes simplex are also found in breast milk, but the transmission of these viruses through breast milk is rare and therefore breastfeeding does not need to be interrupted, except when the mother has an active herpes simplex virus infection near the nipple or areola, and breastfeeding should be suspended. Breastfeeding should be prohibited when the mother has active tuberculosis. Other diseases that should stop breastfeeding 1. If the mother has serious heart disease or chronic nephritis, breastfeeding will increase the burden on the mother’s heart and kidneys, which can lead to heart failure in severe cases. 2, not yet stable diabetes, breastfeeding can cause serious complications —- ketoacidosis, or even coma. 3, suffering from epilepsy (commonly known as sheep epilepsy) of the mother, in the long-term use of anti-epileptic drugs, drugs will have a certain impact on the baby, such as the child sucking power is not strong, slow weight gain, drowsiness, vomiting, etc.. And when the mother has a seizure, it can also hurt the baby and cause an accident. 4. When the mother has cancer and receives chemotherapy. When the mother has to be separated from the baby for a long time because of going abroad or business trip. For baby 1.Children with metabolic diseases, such as galactosemia or phenylketonuria, breastfeeding will aggravate their own diseases, so special therapeutic formula must be used for feeding. 2. If the baby has persistent jaundice (yellow skin) and other causes are ruled out by the doctor, and breast milk jaundice is considered, the amount of breast milk should be reduced and a certain amount of formula should be fed, and when the jaundice is basically gone, exclusive breast feeding can be resumed. However, when the bilirubin value exceeds 20 mg/dl, breastfeeding should be suspended. Mother’s milk is the main food for your baby in the first year after birth. Compared with many formulas, it is multifunctional in terms of nutrition, immunity, hygiene and temperature, and is known as “white blood”. In order to make your baby smarter and healthier, in general, mothers should breastfeed as much as possible, artificial feeding is only a way to feed under special circumstances.