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Mom of a 3 yr 9 m old child3 years ago
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#AskTheExpert Hello dr. My daughter is 12days now. But i'm unable to breastfeed her as its not enough to fill her stomach so I have have to feed her formula milk but because of this her stomach is disturbed sometime she does loose potty twice or thrice or sometimes she does it only once that too hard. please suggest me how to increase breast milk so I don't have to use formula milk.

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy3 years ago
A. exclusive breastfeeding has to be continued till completion of 6 months of age and you have to drink plenty of water and at least 500 ml milk everyday as well as homemade food from cereals pulses vegetable milk and fruits daily e as well as you can go for shatavari supplement which will also help in increasing the breast milk formation also take multivitamins iron calcium and vitamin d along with folic acid. follow all this steps to increase breast milk formation which type of formula milk is required will be told by the doctor
Kalindi BhavsarMom of a 8 yr 2 m old boy3 years ago
A. Hi Give healthy protein rich nutritious food take seasonal fruits and vegetables which is rich in all minerals and vitamins maintain hydration Offer different varieties of food fruits vegetable pulses whole grains milk products in different shape colours patterns to make meal more interesting children are fussy eater at this age its all normal and common you can give food in puree liquid form or give some juice soup milkshake etc
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