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Guardian of a 4 yr 8 m old girl4 years ago

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my baby use to sleep for long duration like 4 hrs she is only 10 days me of its very difficult to feed her by waking her. because after that she use to cry a lot. pls guide me

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Sunita MahatoMom of 2 children4 years ago

A. dear new born babies will sleep around 16-18hrs .. yes it will be difficult to wake and feed but you have maintain feed gap of around 2-3hrs ... try to comfort the baby as you feed rub the baby head and back.. exclusively breast feed till baby complete six months..

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