A baby’s sudden refusal to eat one side of the breast milk may be caused by physiological factors such as insufficient amount of breast milk on one side, improper feeding posture, or due to diseases such as mastitis.
1. Physiological factors: If you often give your baby the same side of the breast milk, resulting in one side of the breast milk is insufficient, then the baby suddenly do not eat one side of the breast milk situation. In addition, we also need to consider the improper breastfeeding posture, resulting in the baby to eat one side of the breast milk sucking feeling is not good, so will lead to not eat one side of the phenomenon of breast milk.
2. Mastitis: This disease is related to the lack of breastfeeding skills of primiparous mothers, resulting in milk stagnation and then secondary bacterial infection, which may include nipple dysplasia, excessive milk, external compression and other factors.
Common symptoms include breast swelling and pain, lumps, and increased skin temperature. When a breastfeeding woman suffers from mastitis in one breast, it is easy for the baby to suddenly not eat the breast milk of the affected side.
There may be other reasons why the baby does not eat the breastmilk on one side, so it is recommended to go to the hospital in time, complete the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of the doctor.