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Guardian of a 4 yr old girl3 years ago

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Hi, my baby is 5 months old and she is not habited to take formula milk and she is exclusively on mother feed but now mothers milk is not suffecient to her so can i give her biscuit or cerelac

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ExpertDr. Minal AcharyaNutritionist3 years ago

A. Dear parent, you should continue to give exclusive mother feed till the completion of 6 months. Breast milk is complete food for baby till 6 months. If baby is active, alert and passing urine more than 7 times in 24 hours then feeding is sufficient. Avoid giving formula or any other food.

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