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My 5month old baby boy is not drinking milk from right side breast from last 15 days.when he is hungry he prefer only left one but there is no enough milk in my left breast.At night he will wake up every 2hrs.he is showing interest in our food when we eating.he puts hand inside his mouth he weighs 7.5kg. my question is can i start feeding cerelac
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Rather than starting formula feed....U can start weaning.... start giving home made food...like mashed potato, banana ,dal ,rice water....
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