my baby is 3 months old. she is breast fed. she feeds only for about 5 minutes, sometimes 3 minutes. after feed she seems to be happy and active enough. I feed her every 2 hours. her weight is 5.5 kg. I'm worried that she doesn't drink enough milk . she refuses to feed after 2-3 hours as well sometime. pediatrician has informed to feed frequently, but the baby doesn't want to latch itself. please let me know if it is ok to not feed baby every 2-3 hours.

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

A. definitely the weight of the child is totally normal and you will have to go for demand feeding that is whenever that child feels hungry at that time you have to give feeding to the child and weight is good

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