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Mom of a 2 yr 5 m old boy2 years ago

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my baby is 2 mnth 21 days old, he breast feeds btwn the gap of 6-7 hours, every one says that 3 to 4 hours u should breast feed, but my baby doesn't want to drink btwn every 3 hours. Also he drinks olny 5 mins. Really tensed about his new pattern of breastfeed.

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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl2 years ago

A. If your child is having sufficient weight gain that it is not a problem in those five minutes if your child is taking sufficient feeding and taking 4 to 500 g weight gain every month and it is not a problem that’s a comfortable weight gain so it’s not an issue

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