Although mothers take good care of their babies, sometimes they will still get sick if they are not careful. Looking at the suffering baby, the mother felt distressed and wished she could get sick on her own behalf.
This is obviously unrealistic, so some mothers have found an alternative method-taking medicine for their babies and then giving it to their children through breast milk.
This is obviously wrong.
Many mothers believe that if they take the medicine themselves and then use breast milk to give the medicine to their babies, the amount of medicine the babies will take will be greatly reduced and the harm of the medicine to the children will be correspondingly reduced.
In fact, breast milk is not reliable.
First of all, to enter breast milk drugs, must first enter the mother’s blood, that is to say, there must be drugs in the blood circulation.
Drugs such as probiotics, montmorillonite powder (commonly used antidiarrheal drugs) and lactulose basically do not enter the blood circulation, and babies cannot obtain drugs through breast milk.
Secondly, drugs lucky enough to enter the blood circulation should enter the milk again.
Not all drugs will leak into milk completely. The better the fat solubility, the smaller the molecular weight, and the lower the ability to bind to proteins, the easier it is for drugs to enter milk.
Generally speaking, the [threshold] for different drugs to enter milk is different, and the concentration of different drugs in milk and blood is very different.
We cannot control the amount of each drug entering milk. Uncertain dosage will also cause health risks to children.
Lactation volume affects the relative dose of drugs in breast milk.
Third, the amount of milk produced by different mothers varies greatly. There are those who cherish little milk and there are also super [cows].
The same mother lactates differently at different stages of the lactation period. The amount of milk is often low in the early postpartum period and during the lactation period, which leads to different doses of drugs. How much the child can eat is uncertain.
Finally, as a [consumer] baby, the difference in state will also lead to the difference in the amount of medicine absorbed by the baby.
The amount of drugs taken by newborns, premature infants or children with some congenital metabolic disorders is different from that of older children.
It can be seen that taking drugs through mother’s breast milk is not only unreliable, but also increases the risk of taking drugs for children.
No matter what you eat, breast milk will not be more nutritious.
In addition to drugs, some mothers will also think that what their babies lack can be supplemented by eating more. In order to make milk [more nutritious], for example, some mothers will try their best to eat some high protein or high fat foods to try to increase the content of these substances in milk.
The composition of breast milk is basically constant, even the milk secreted by malnourished breast-feeding mothers is sufficient to meet the growth needs of the child with good quality and quantity, and will not affect the weight gain of the baby due to the quality of breast milk.
If the baby’s weight gain is not ideal, the nursing method or frequency should be improved, and whether the baby has other health problems should be eliminated in time.
Excessive calorie intake will only lead to the mother’s own obesity and excess nutrition, increasing the burden on the body.
In a word, the use of breast milk for medicine and nutrition cannot achieve the expected purpose. The mother’s deep maternal love will not only fail to take effect, but will even backfire and put the baby at risk.
Therefore, if the baby really needs to take drugs, mothers can take the corresponding drugs and doses to the baby according to the doctor’s instructions.