my daughter is 4 month old and she takes only 550-600 ml of milk (mostly breastmilk and about 80-120 ml of formula milk). is this amount is enough for her?she hasn't increased her untake much since she was 2.5 month old. she usually don't fuss about hunger i have to forcefully feed her every 2-3 hours. her birth weight was 2.3 kg and now she weighs approx 5.2 kg.

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ExpertVandana SharmaNutritionist3 years ago

A. Hello mom every individual tend to have their own capacity.. so you can observe she is been gaining weight well enough though babies tend to double Their birth weight by the age of 4 to 6 months

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