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Mom of a 2 yr 5 m old boy2 years ago

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my baby boy is just 12 days. He sleeps all day long while feeding she takes a short feed and sleeps ? need help what to do so he can take sufficient feed and then sleep? Thanks in advance.

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ExpertDr Laxmi Chavan-SawantAyurvedic Gynaecologist 2 years ago

A. this is very common in babies whenever baby sleeps during feeding you need to pinch or hit the babies bottom of the legs to wake them up and take the feed

RashmiMom of a 10 yr 11 m old girl2 years ago

A. Give it a little more time over the period the routine is going to change as of now if your child is in for a longer duration about 4 to 5 hours later you can try to wake up your child and try to feed your child because in the initial days of birth kids normally sleep like this only

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