My 5 month old is still taking feed every 2 hours. why is that?

1 Answer

ExpertDr. Minal AcharyaNutritionist1 Year ago

A. dear parent feeding frequency and duration varies from baby to baby so feed baby on demand whenever baby wants and how much baby wants at one time feed from only one breast so that baby receives fat rich hindmilk which keeps baby full for longer

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