If Mom Doesn’t Have Enough Milk, Is It Possible to Feed the Baby with Soy Milk As a Supplement?

It’s already well-known that breast milk is best for the babies and has a lot of advantages such as:

• There’re essential nutrients for the baby and also give the baby crucial immune systems.
• Breastfeeding can help save money.
• Don’t have to waste time on cleaning your baby's bottles.
• Breastfeeding is good for the baby’s excrement.
• The baby receives warmth from the mother. It affects the development of the baby as well.

If I don’t have enough breast milk, can I use soy milk as a supplement?

In foreign countries like England, there’s a high rate of nut allergy. It’s not recommended to feed the infants and young children under 6 months to drink soy milk. Nut allergy is based on race. This is also applied to America as well as Europe.

For the countries in our areas, it’s not recommended to feed UHT soy milk, or a boxed milk, to a baby under one-year-old. This is because the limited ability to digest protein in babies and toddlers. Moreover, the nutritional value in soy milk is not enough for them.

Nowadays, many researches support that drinking soy milk is unable to prevent the allergy in children. If you don’t have enough breast milk, please consult with a "breast milk center," which locates in many hospitals, both in Bangkok and others provinces. There’re experts who can advise on how to increase breast milk. If you have any questions, you can call the hospital near you for the recommendation.