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2025-06-04 08:44:31
Can baby get enough milk by 5-8 min of breast feeding? Baby falls asleep after 5-8 min and refuses to drink...
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During the first few days babies often tend to fall asleep after few minutes of breast feed. It’s not ideal but is common. Baby can be woken up by gentle tickling over the soles of feet or stroking behind the ears and encouraged to suck more. Foremilk ( milk secreted at the start of a feed is watery and high in proteins) while hindmilk ( comes later) is richer in fat and provides more energy. For optimum growth the baby needs both
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At least feed the baby for 15-20  min  for adequate feeding,by waking up the child. by gentle stimulation of feet. You can go through this youtube link for All lactation related queries. https://youtu.be/0Doqo8_BZ8Q

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No, 5-8mins is not sufficient at all So give atleast 15mins -20mins

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Do 2d echo

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Greetings yes the baby can get ideally we do say feed for minimum 10-15 min

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