My new born baby just 22 days old has some acidity problem in stomach. My pediatrician has advised that don't give any bottle feed only and only mother feed. But as he is not full satisfied every time with mother feed. He is always feel hungry. So what to do and can we give bottle feed once or twice in a day or night time and rest all mother feed? kindly suggest is bottle feed harm for baby.

Dr. Vandan H. KumarPediatrician5yrs exp

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Bottle bottle feeding increases the chances of infection to the baby. Also the other problem with bottle feeding is that if the baby gets addicted to bottle the child will not take mothers milk and as a result will not get all the advantages of mother milk. Whethers mother's milk is adequate or not is decided on the basis of weight gain of the child, the number of times the baby passes urine and whether the baby sleeps after taking mother's milk. As one shift from mother's milk to outside milk the chances of the child getting infection also increases which later might lead to decrease weight of the child. The best diet for a child which can never cause acidity is mother's milk so if you are giving any other form of milk kindly avoid it as that might lead to acidity. Also Burp your child regularly after giving feed. 2 to 3 burps after feed decreases the chances of gas in abdomen & abdominal colic, vomiting.  

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