Quite often, the parents of babies note with alarm that their baby, who has been actively sucking on her mother's breast the day before, begins to give up her breast, loses her appetite and misses feeding. Why does this happen when you should be worried and go to a doctor, and when can you deal with the problem on your own?
Lack of appetite in a baby can be due to a whole range of reasons, so do not panic and invite a pediatrician to the house with every failure of the food regime. It is important to understand the reasons for this failure. All factors provoking a decrease in appetite in infants, can be divided into medical and non-medical. Let's start with medical, because this category of causes often requires immediate medical attention.