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Guardian of a 4 yr 3 m old girl4 years ago

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Hi,my girl is 48 days old .She sleeps for 7 to 8 hours at night.Should I feed her in middle or let her sleep until she wakes up.

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Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 m old boy4 years ago

A. you have to give only breastfeeding to the child till completion of 6 months of age and before 6 months of age if you are giving any type of outside Food or complementary feeding it can cause digestion problem in the child. no need to give water also because breast milk contains 80% of water and water also is given after six months of age only you have to give only demand feeding to the child that is whenever the child feels hungry you can give milk to the child and the child will take the milk according to the need and then will leave the milk. if the child is taking more milk you can offer milk in more quantity with intermittent burping . there is no need to to go for hourly basis as a less quantity basis.....

SanthoshiMom of a 8 yr old girl4 years ago

A. Yea definitely atleast once or twice. follw the feeding schedule feed baby every 2-3 hours during the day time. It's important to do this. And night hours feed every 4-5 hours. Night hours it's fine to leave baby sleep for a while because as food, sleep is also important. But don't wait for baby to cry just feed frequently

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