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Solid food intro of my 5 month age baby
My son is 5 month age, which type of solid food can we introduce to him ? Because his weight is 8kg and only breast milk is not sufficient for him. He is crying in whole night after some time and can't sleep properly due to not full of his stomach
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Dr. M.L.Kothari
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46 yrs exp
Jaipur
dear parents.
no semisolid diet is introduced before completing 6month.
give milk at 2hr interval in day &from 10pmto6am give milk on demand.
drink lots of water before breastfeeding and during breast feeding.
weight gain is only criteria for knowing adequate milk supply .
in first quarter wt gain per month is 750gm to 1000gm.
in 2nd quarter weight gain per month is 500GM to 750gm.
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