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How Long Can I Continue Breast Milk In A 4 Months Old?
Posted on
Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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Mon, 27 Oct 2014
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Question : hi my baby has completed 4 months please let me now what i can start to give him apart from milk
Brief Answer:
list of food is below
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
If you are giving only Breast Milk, you can continue with that for 6 months.
No need for anything else now.
If your milk is not enough, you can add some formula like Nan 1 -3-4 ozs per feed and you can alternate with Breast milk.
By the end of 5th month, you can start with rice bases cereal like cerelac with milk and then proceed on to fresh orange juice, mashed potato, banana, apple ( steamed) etc one by one carefully.
Give a gap of at least one week between each new food.
Good luck
God bless
Dr Uma
list of food is below
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
If you are giving only Breast Milk, you can continue with that for 6 months.
No need for anything else now.
If your milk is not enough, you can add some formula like Nan 1 -3-4 ozs per feed and you can alternate with Breast milk.
By the end of 5th month, you can start with rice bases cereal like cerelac with milk and then proceed on to fresh orange juice, mashed potato, banana, apple ( steamed) etc one by one carefully.
Give a gap of at least one week between each new food.
Good luck
God bless
Dr Uma
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Shanthi.E
thank u doctor for the reply
I am a working woman and i put him in baby sitting. As of now i am giving him Lactogen and brest milk.
last month he was down with severe cough and cold and from then onwards he is becoming thin i could see any health improvement in him.
My baby's birth date is 18th XXXXXXX 2014
I am a working woman and i put him in baby sitting. As of now i am giving him Lactogen and brest milk.
last month he was down with severe cough and cold and from then onwards he is becoming thin i could see any health improvement in him.
My baby's birth date is 18th XXXXXXX 2014
Brief Answer:
do not worry !
Detailed Answer:
Yes XXXXXXX
This is common in kids ! Thy lose we right after infections ESP viral infections and will gain later.
You continue lactogen and breast milk.
Other weaning food like cerelac etc , you start introducing from end of 5 the month one by one!
Don't worry.
Baby will gain weight gradually.
When you give semisolid food initially there will be some problem as she may spit out!!!!!
Semisolid food to be given initially once a day and then to be gradually increased to 2-3 times perday.
Take care
Dr Uma
do not worry !
Detailed Answer:
Yes XXXXXXX
This is common in kids ! Thy lose we right after infections ESP viral infections and will gain later.
You continue lactogen and breast milk.
Other weaning food like cerelac etc , you start introducing from end of 5 the month one by one!
Don't worry.
Baby will gain weight gradually.
When you give semisolid food initially there will be some problem as she may spit out!!!!!
Semisolid food to be given initially once a day and then to be gradually increased to 2-3 times perday.
Take care
Dr Uma
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Thank u Doctor for ur help......
God bless
God bless
Brief Answer:
ok
Detailed Answer:
Welcome XXXXXXX ,bye
ok
Detailed Answer:
Welcome XXXXXXX ,bye
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dr. Uma
there is one more concern my son doesnt sleeps properly , his sleep has become very very less.
This will effect his brain growth and physical growth right
What i can do to make him sleep properly , he sleep only 8-9 hours in a day
worried about it
there is one more concern my son doesnt sleeps properly , his sleep has become very very less.
This will effect his brain growth and physical growth right
What i can do to make him sleep properly , he sleep only 8-9 hours in a day
worried about it
Brief Answer:
no worry!!
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Babies have different sleep pattern.
They are all not the same!
When tummy is full and baby fees like sleeping, he will sleep.
Pl do not read internet and get ideas about affecting growth.
The information in net is uncensored and not all are true and not all are practical.
Theory and practice are different in life! Is it not!????!!!!
Some babies are poor sleepers.
By this if the baby s not irritable it is OK.
My advice to you is not only as a doctor but also as a grandmother!!!!!
So relax and enjoy your being a mother!!! every moment of it!!!!!
Dr Uma
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no worry!!
Detailed Answer:
Hi XXXXXXX
Babies have different sleep pattern.
They are all not the same!
When tummy is full and baby fees like sleeping, he will sleep.
Pl do not read internet and get ideas about affecting growth.
The information in net is uncensored and not all are true and not all are practical.
Theory and practice are different in life! Is it not!????!!!!
Some babies are poor sleepers.
By this if the baby s not irritable it is OK.
My advice to you is not only as a doctor but also as a grandmother!!!!!
So relax and enjoy your being a mother!!! every moment of it!!!!!
Dr Uma
.
.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Dear Dr.....
Thank u for giving a moral support thank u so much
Thank u for giving a moral support thank u so much
Brief Answer:
welcome
Detailed Answer:
Welcome XXXXXXX
God bless
Dr uma
welcome
Detailed Answer:
Welcome XXXXXXX
God bless
Dr uma
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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