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Guardian of a 4 yr 2 m old boy3 years ago

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My baby is 5 months and 25 days. He does not drink milk while awake . He only have breast milk while sleeping . What could be the reason for not taking milk while he is awake?

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Dr Sameer awadhiyaGuardian of 2 children3 years ago

A. here for proper comments is very difficult until and unless a proper examination is done to find out the exact cause so it would be better if you consult your doctor so that he can examine properly and than will guide you accordingly regarding this Weaning food can be started from 5-6 months of age and in that initially in the stage 1 you can introduce some semi solid food to the baby like Banana mango plum boiled Apple and then gradually you can start with some Puri of carrot potato other foods which can be given are porridge of suji e sabudana can be prepared in breast milk or formula milk. initially you can start with one or two tsp which can be gradually increahfsed up till at least three meals in a day

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