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Denying breastfeeding

2019-04-10 04:59:39
My 7 month old child denying breastfeeding. I try to breastfeed him in different positions, but he does not like to breastfeed. What should I do. His weight is also only 6.7 kg. Kindly suggest me how to increase his weight and how to breastfed him
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Start complementary feeding with home available food items (like khichdi, Daalia, meshed potato etc) and bring down breastfeeding frequency gradually

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