1. Indirect Linking of Feeding With Sleep:

– Feeding babies while sleeping may lead his/her mind to want milk for sleeping.

– Later, if a baby finds himself awake at night, he won’t be able to put himself back to sleep unless he is fed again.

– Such repetitive scenarios can confuse parents by knowing when the baby is really hungry.

2. Constant Interruptions in Sleep:

3. A Subjective Image of a Healthy Child:

– For first-time parents, their opinion of a healthy child is governed by the pictures of the babies who are a little on the chubbier side.

– But parents might coerce the baby into drinking more milk than needed, in a well-intentioned attempt to fatten him up, leading to overfeeding.

4.Opting for Fortified Milk Over the Normal One

5. Feeding in a Hurried Manner

6. Misinterpretation of Cues Indicating Hunger