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My 3.5 months old baby boy has weight 6.8 kg now. His birth weight was 3.4kg. Is the weight fine now ? He is on combined feed , both mother milk and bottle (twice a day). If I give only mother milk , baby cries a lot in late afternoon as if he is hungry. That's why I started giving him formula milk. How to know that my milk is sufficient for baby so that I can stop formula milk. How to increase milk production so that baby won't cry for long.
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Dr. Sai Praneetha
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Babies usually gain weight by 750g - 1kg monthly for first three months and double their birth weight by 4 - 5 months of age
Your baby weight is more than required
Babies can cry for various reasons it's not always due to hunger, cries for stomach discomfort.
Sometimes babies feel better on mothers lap byy cries when put back on the crib so it's not always the hunger
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stop formula milk
Health Tips
good diet including vegetables, fruits, green leafy vegetables and plenty of water , thinking positively enhances breast milk production
stress, anxiety further hinders milk production
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Dr. M Shubha Shekar Reddy
Pediatrician
12 yrs exp
Bangalore
1. Baby weight normal .
2. Only evening how your milk become insufficient ??? So reason for cry is something else .
If baby has normal urine frequency and gaining weight adequately added you have breast fullness with dribbling on one side while baby fed other side defines your milk is sufficient.
You can stop formula milk
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