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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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Dr. Anjali Maini
Pediatrician
33 yrs exp
Gurgaon
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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Dr. Rahul Kamble
Pediatrician
11 yrs exp
Bangalore
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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Dr. Venkatesh Badugu
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Hyderabad
No, 5-8mins is not sufficient at all
So give atleast 15mins -20mins
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Vadodara
No
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Dr. Bhatt Vivek Prafulchandra
Pediatrician
5 yrs exp
Rajkot
Do 2d echo
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Dr. Shebin C E
Pediatrician
10 yrs exp
Kanyakumari
Greetings yes the baby can get ideally we do say feed for minimum 10-15 min
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