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Baby weaning(formula or cow's milk?)
Hi doc, My baby girl is 11 months old and she doesn't eat wel. She weighs 7.5kgs. i am a working women. so, i stay away from baby for about 8hrs a day. I breastfeed her in d morning and when i am back home. In my absence, cow's milk is being given to her. Can v gv formula feed (similac) to the baby instead of cow's milk??
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You'd daughter is 11 month old. So why not you add some semi solid food in her diet.
It is quite useful to you and her. Start giving her semi solid food like cooked rice, cooked daal, vegetable soups, khichdi, kheer, halwa, Raab, curd, mashed fruits.. and yae you can give formula feed also. But start the complementary feeding also.
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give her frequent feeding of complementary feeding as advised above with proper hygiene.
3-5 feed in a day approx 1 katori each time.
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S of course you can . Stage 2 formula
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