The main reasons for the decline in milk production include: physiological reasons, anorexia, disease state, etc. The baby’s milk production will decrease in the next few months, and the baby’s stomach capacity will increase gradually.
1. Physiological reasons: the baby from about 6 months of age to add complementary foods, and then the amount of complementary foods and the number of meals gradually increased, the baby’s stomach capacity is limited, the amount of milk will naturally decline, which is a normal phenomenon, 8-12 months of age, the amount of milk is about 660-960ml.
2. anorexia: many babies to a certain stage will appear milk volume decline, some babies are easily attracted to other things when eating milk, thus leading to a decline in milk, generally this situation is limited to the decline in milk, without special treatment.
3. Disease state: when the baby is sick when the body is not feeling well, will also lead to a decline in milk, such as pneumonia, acute gastroenteritis and other diseases, can be accompanied by fever, diarrhea, mental instability, or irritability, choking, spitting, etc., should be timely medical treatment, follow the doctor’s instructions for targeted treatment.
Baby milk volume decline causes more, parents can be based on the baby’s complementary food intake, mental and symptoms, etc. judgment, if necessary, timely medical treatment.