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My son is weighing nly 5.6 kg at 6 months. His birth weight is 2.6 kg . He was exclusively breastfeeding fr 4 months . For past 2 months he s having rice kanji apart from my feed He rejected both nan pro and lactogen. Pl help as to improve his weight. Thanks. In advance.
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Your son's weight gain seems to be normal. Usually a baby doubles his birth weight by five months, and triples in ten.
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Continue breast feeding till one year. No need to give extra milk. Just add cereals fruits and vegetables. you can download growth chart from this link. http://www.doksaab.in/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/0-36male.pdf
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