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when can we start giving water to babies and in what quantity?.
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ExpertDr. Swapnil SaxenaAyurvedic Physician3 years agoA. basically ots after 6 months, If your breast feeding your baby then continue to breastfeed at regular intervals and there is no need to give anything else apart from mother milk or formula milk to baby till he complete 6months of age as it is complete food that takes care of hydration as well as nutrition. After 6 month you can gradually start weaning with homemade easy to digest food items like rice porridge ragi porridge mashed fruits apple Puree, mashed banana chiku etc.
But whatever you are introducing should be introduced gradually with a small amount
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RashmiMom of a 11 yr old girl3 years agoA. You can start giving water to the child after 26 weeks after birth so you just have to calculate it accordingly after that you can go ahead with giving other kind of complimentary food feeding and water to the child as that’s the right age to goWrite Your Answer Here
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