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Mom of a 4 yr 3 m old girl3 years ago

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how much milk should a 5 month baby have pwr feed? my baby is on breastfeed she hardly latches for few mins n then resist to have more

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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years ago

A. Hi See you at this age of the child is gaining a minimum of 500 g every month with whatever field you are giving them that is good enough at this age a child can easily have somewhere on 120 ML of milk at one point of time and the second thing second feed could be probably after 2 to 3 hours depending upon the hunger of the child

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