Breastfeeding/Baby Feeding

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Expert: Sageda El-Abbasy - 5/4/2009


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My 3 month old boy seems to have lost his appetite. He used to feed every couple of hours for 7-8 mins and generated enough wet and dirty diapers. But since last 2 weeks , he is feeding only 3-4 min, every 3-4 hours and giving 2 soaked diapers and 3wet diapers. He seems otherwise healthy. What can I do to increase his appetite. I have tried giving him bottle, but he takes maximum of 50 mL with it.

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Hello,
I apologize for my late reply as I lost internet connection at home.
It seems like your baby is have either an ear infection or thrush in his tongue or something else that is preventing him from feeding well.  Check with his gp.
Best of luck.

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Sageda El-Abbasy

Expertise

I can answer questions reagrding correct positioning for breast feeding, mastitis and how to deal with it, and increasing milk supply. I'd like to encourage and help women to continue breast feeding for the longest period possible. I can also help identify whether a woman is pregnant or not and what symptoms to look out for.

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I've been pregnany before and I read a lot of articles and sevral books about the subject. I've also suffered from mastitis three times myself and was able to identify it and deal with it the last two times.

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Took a course about Developmental Psychology in University while studying for my bachelor's degree. It covered pregnancy and breastfeeding as well as the child's psychology up till the age of 10.

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