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Mom of a 3 yr 9 m old girl3 years ago

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my daughter is 5 months old now, and she used to drink breast milk every 2hrs once. now she is not drinking after 2hrs , she feeds only after a short sleep. when I take her to breastfeed she starts crying and moving away. does the time to feed increase as baby grows ?

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Dr. Vaibhav jainFather of 2 children3 years ago

A. yes yes it does in rease as the age increase. As per the details mention here this appears to be normal and there is no need to worry for this issue right now so you can stop worrying for now about this issue .

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SandhyaMom of a 8 yr 10 m old girl3 years ago

A. Hi, yes as the force of latching will be good than earlier they will latch the milk so not to worry about it.check the urine count baby should pass 6 to 8 times in a day. Check the weight if both are normal nothing to worry.

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