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Baby weight low
My baby is 5 months old and weighs 6.5 kg, she needs to put on weight for her cleft palate surgery, how to help her put on weight, she is fed formula milk and ragi porridge and occassional breast milk as my production is low, she feeds on an average 800ml of formula milk everyday, what other items can we feed her to put on weight, I give milk to her in smaller intervals like 90 ml every 2 hours, doctor suggested we give 150ml in larger duration but she is very reluctant to drink 150ml together
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
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8 yrs exp
Vadodara
Every child is different.
One child may take 90ml every 2 hours and one child may take 180ml and remain full for 4 to 6 hours.
So need not worry.
Also weight gain is good.
Continue what you are doing and don't force feed.
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