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Guardian of a 3 yr 3 m old girl3 years ago

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#AskTheExpert I am feeding my baby using nipple shield... She cant latch because of the size of my breast... And when i feed directly nipples become cracked what do i do to feed my baby without any pain directly

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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago

A. Milk is very important for babies specially in the initial days of life breast milk is very important and should be given exclusively till 5-6 months of age . formula milk should be given only as a substitute to breast milk if due to any reason it is not sufficient to fulfill the demand of the baby. according to the age different stage of forrmula milk are there like stage 1 till 6 months of age stage 2 from 6 months to 12 months and thereafter stage 3 . after one year cows milk should be started and any kind of health drink powder in milk shdould be used only after the completion of two years of age .

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