Since the baby, every day soup soup to the stomach, no matter good or bad, as long as the milk. Mom’s side of the hard to maintain not back to milk, the other side of the baby instead like the bottle how are not willing to eat breast milk, this time can be worried about the bad old mother. Many mothers even think that their own milk is not good, which leads to the baby does not want to eat, very self-blame. Previously, a parent consulted, the baby was just born because of various reasons to separate mother and baby, the baby has been eating formula, they are worried about breast milk secretion is not enough will also use the breast pump sucked out. When it was time to breastfeed, she realized that her baby would not take the nipple. Why is the baby reluctant to take the nipple and would rather take the bottle? This is called nipple confusion, which is often seen when the baby sucks on the bottle before breastfeeding, or when the bottle is used frequently during a certain period of time. Because it is easier to suck out the bottle, when sucking on the nipple, you need to take a few bites to suck out the breastmilk, so babies who are used to using the bottle will be more reluctant to suck on the nipple, which can also be attributed to one word “lazy”. Once the baby has “nipple confusion”, some mothers or other family members will think that the milk is not good and the baby does not want to eat it, so they will stop breastfeeding and switch to formula feeding. This results in less and less breastmilk until there is none. It’s a pity that the baby can’t have the best breastmilk and it’s an expense for the family to buy formula milk. How to correct nipple confusion in babies? When your baby has nipple confusion, it is possible to cope with it, don’t be too quick to deny yourself. Discontinue the bottle immediately and take a firm stance. If your baby is not hungry, keep trying to feed him/her. If your baby doesn’t eat, wait for a while and try again. If your baby is hungry, use a dropper or a small spoon or use a feeding aid to assist with kiss-feeding, in short, don’t use the bottle. When they see their babies crying, many mothers are not firm enough and take out the bottle again. This builds up a reflex in the baby that he or she must cry in order to get the bottle. Remember, if you don’t stop the bottle completely and take it out again when your baby cries, you are artificially prolonging your baby’s confusion. Increase milk supply Mothers with nipple confusion usually suffer from “not enough milk”. This is because babies with nipple confusion only take the bottle and not the nipple, resulting in insufficient sucking and stimulation of the nipple, and the mother’s milk becomes less and less, and she may even have to switch to formula feeding in the end. In order to maintain and increase the amount of milk, the mother can simulate the baby’s sucking with the help of a breast pump to artificially stimulate the nipple and increase the amount of milk. You can suck on the milk once every hour and a half to two hours, don’t wait until the milk is bloated and then suck on it. Stimulate the milk array before feeding It has been said before that the nipple confusion of the baby is actually trying to be lazy, because eating the bottle is easier than eating the nipple to easy, to easy. So the mother can stimulate the milk before feeding, so that the baby sucked on the nipple can be a big mouthful of breast milk. Specific methods: relax and think of the baby’s lovely appearance of breastfeeding, gently pinch the nipple with a washed finger and turn it from side to side, and touch the front of the nipple from time to time. When the breast has an itchy feeling, the breast becomes hard, the nipple is moist, gently pinch, there will be milk squirted out, it indicates that the milk array is coming, quickly pick up the baby to feed it! Milk burst stimulation method is also very helpful to use a breast pump to suckle the milk Oh ~ solve nipple problems Some babies do not eat nipples because of the mother’s nipple problems, some mothers nipple short thick or inverted, which makes it more difficult for the baby to suckle. At this time to solve the nipple problem is fundamental, some mothers share the experience of long-term use of breast pumps can be sucked out the inverted nipple. Mothers with short and thick nipples can use nipple shields to let their babies suckle. Don’t force to feed Don’t force to feed when the baby is not hungry, the mother can first hold the baby to play, let the baby more activities, lie down a little bit, the parents more teasing the baby, not only can increase the sense of intimacy between parents and children, but also indirectly increase the baby’s activity, making the baby’s hunger increased. Let the baby close to the chest when feeding, and then naturally send the nipple to the baby’s mouth, so that the baby spontaneously articulate milk. Generally follow the above suggestions, the baby will quickly adapt to the nipple, need parents’ persistence and patience. Mothers must not easily deny themselves, maintain a confident and optimistic attitude, more conducive to the production of milk~