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Not latching to the breast
My grand child a female born on 8 Oct 20 in Singapore since birth is not taking milk from her mother's breast making us worried. Though she is taking milk from bottle, formula as well as pumped milk by the mother. Any solution that she latches the mothers breast and start taking breast milk. Otherwise her mother is getting nervous.
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Dr. S. T. Pushpam
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16 yrs exp
Bangalore
Stop bottle feed. Bottle nipple are very soft and mother’s is hard,so because of nipple confusion babies don’t latch.
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Stop bottle and give with spoon/ Palada. Baby will slowly latch on breast. Have patience.
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