After having a baby, parents need to put in more effort to ensure that their body is healthy and nutritious, so as to ensure normal development and a healthy physique around them and avoid the occurrence of diseases. We also attach great importance to the selection of milk powder. Can a half month old baby switch milk powder? This is what parents want to know.
Changing formula is determined based on the baby's developmental status. If the baby does not like the taste of the formula, the feeding process is very difficult, and the baby's weight has not increased, then it is possible to consider changing the formula. It should be noted that babies are quite sensitive to taste experience, and changing formula can easily make babies uncomfortable. Therefore, when changing milk powder, it is necessary to differentiate between different situations.
1. Exchange breast milk for formula milk powder. Although the proportion of ingredients in formula milk powder has become increasingly similar to breast milk, the basic composition of all formula milk powder is milk, which means that it cannot contain nutrients that can help infants digest. Therefore, when switching from breast milk to formula milk, it is best to test the baby for any adverse reactions with a small spoonful of formula milk each time. If there are no adverse reactions, alternate feeding with breast milk and formula milk, and finally transition to full formula milk feeding.
2. Exchange milk powder for milk powder. If other brands of milk powder are used to replace the existing milk powder, a small amount of new brand milk powder can be mixed into the original milk powder. At the beginning of the replacement, the mixing ratio should not exceed one-third. If there are no adverse reactions, the ratio can be gradually increased to 1:1 and adjusted step by step. The digestive system of infants is relatively fragile and requires some time to adapt to new nutritional ratios.
