Reasons for reduced milk supply at eight months

Generally, mothers will not wean their babies until they are about one year old. Weaning mainly means letting the baby quit the habit of drinking breast milk and accept other foods that help supplement the body's nutrition. Therefore, during breastfeeding, if mothers find that their milk supply has decreased, this will be a huge problem for them. The following article will explain to mothers why the baby’s milk supply decreases when he is 8 months old.

1. Replenishing body deficiency

Don’t be afraid if you have little milk. You can regulate it through drugs that regulate milk secretion, such as some Chinese herbal preparations of lactation tea. It will not have any effect on the body, but will improve the weak physique after childbirth. It can also have a nourishing effect and is beneficial for promoting milk secretion.

2. Acupoint massage

If the milk secretion is low, you can improve it by massaging the acupoints. Acupoint massage can have a certain regulating effect on women's postpartum qi and blood deficiency, postpartum depression, or low milk secretion. It can also soothe the liver and regulate qi, and is beneficial for regulating physical fitness and promoting lactation.

3. Unblocking the mammary ducts

If your milk supply becomes less, check if it is due to blocked milk ducts. If milk is blocked, it is because the milk ducts are blocked. Massage can promote the unblocking of the milk ducts, which can help improve the problem of low milk supply.

4. Drink lactation tea

You can make your own lactation tea by boiling it with green papaya and dandelion. It can prevent milk blockage, promote recovery for those who are weak after childbirth, and promote lactation.

Eight month old baby food

For 8-month-old babies, complementary foods include chopped vegetables, egg yolks, porridge, noodles, fish, minced meat, etc. The nature of complementary food should be soft and semi-solid. The varieties of vegetables prepared for babies should be diverse, such as carrots, tomatoes, onions, etc. For babies who often suffer from constipation, you can choose foods rich in fiber such as spinach, cabbage, radish, and shallots.

1. Beef Oatmeal

Ingredients: 30 grams of minced beef, 20 grams of oats, and appropriate amount of water.

Method: Soak the oats and wash them clean. Cook the oats into oatmeal. Cook the ground beef in the oatmeal. Put the cooked oatmeal beef porridge into a blender, blend it into a paste, and then feed your baby with a spoon.

2. Chicken and vegetable porridge

Ingredients: appropriate amount of rice, 1 chicken leg, appropriate amount of black fungus (soaked in water), appropriate amount of Chinese cabbage, and a little sesame oil.

Method: Wash the chicken legs, remove the bones, and cut into small dices. Boil water in a pot, blanch the diced chicken legs to remove the blood foam, pour out the dirty water, and clean the diced chicken legs. Soak the fungus, wash it, and chop it into small pieces. Tear the green leaves by hand. Wash the rice clean, put the diced chicken thighs, fungus and rice into a pressure cooker, pour in appropriate amount of water, cover the pot, cook over high heat until the high pressure comes up, then turn to low heat and cook for 10 minutes. Turn off the heat and wait for the pressure cooker to release gas, then open the lid, turn on the heat, add the green vegetable leaves, stir evenly, and heat for 30 seconds. Serve the porridge and eat it while it is still warm.