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My baby is 4 months old, and mother's milk is not enough for the baby. Please advise to increase mother's milk or can we give formula milk to baby ?
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Please get this assessed by a lactation consultant. Only if weight is decreasing, we should consider formula. A lactation consultant can help in all this
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