#asktheexperts Hello doctor, my baby girl is 5 months and 22 days now can I start feeding her water now or should wait to complete 6 months and how and when to start feeding water to my baby girl and how to give water I.e. warm should be given ...? And one more question that is about milk feeding how feed her milk milk after 6 months or now and ?? Another question is that what food to start giving and how???

2 Answers

ExpertDr Disha PatelAyurvedic Physician3 years ago

A. Start by offering small amounts of solids once a day.. preffer day time to feed. Follow three day rule. Breastfeeding or formula feeding should continue alongside the solid foods, as they still form an essential part of the infant diet till 1 year. Give vegetables (eg pumpkin, potato, sweet potato, carrot puree) fruits (eg cooked pears/apple, ripe banana) . Moong Daal water, rice kangi. Ragi porridge, rice porridge. giving him a few sips of water with the help of spoon, couple of times a day (no more than 1 ounces per day.) You may start with a sippy cup, spoon, or bottle feeder. Initially they won't take more than a few sips from a cup or bottle at a time—and that's fine, because they don't really need it.

Jasmine KaurMom of a 9 yr 3 m old boy3 years ago

A. Hello dear parent, if you are breast feeding your bHy then your baby is getting water through that as foremilk that comes out from breast is totally water. So you should wait for baby to Complete 6 months and then give water to your baby.

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