4 months baby refusing milk and interested in solids....

Hi,

Babies should be given only breast milk upto 5 to 6 months. This benefits both the mother and baby in many ways. I don't know why you are giving her expressed breast milk! May be you are a working mom.

If you don't have adequate milk secretion before 5/6 months then can go for formula or diluted cow's milk. Better not to use them when you can breast feed your baby adequately. Breast milk secretion also depends a lot on frequent sucking by the baby. So more breast feeding leads to more milk secretion. Formula milk and cow's milk are sweeter than mother's milk. So once you start on them baby likes them more than breast milk.
Baby finds it easy to suck milk from the bottle than from the breast.

Anyway you have already started on semi solids. You can continue with that. But introduce one new food at a time. Every week you can add one more new item. Give small quantities 2 to 3 teaspoonfuls 2 to 4 times in a day. Slowly you can increase the quantity. While the baby should have good weight gain (atleast 3 times the birth weight by the 10 to 12 months) nowadays we should be careful about over weight also . If you are a mom at home then continue to breast feed the baby directly and continue with semi solids. There is no need for formula or cow's milk. Once the baby start sucking milk secretion also will increase.

Breast milk is First Best Milk for the baby

Breast milk is Second Best Milk for the baby

Breast milk is Third Best Milk for the baby

God Bless
Ganthi