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My son is 3.5 months old, he only takes Aptamil formula milk. My wife tries to breastfeed him but cannot as milk is not coming and then we have to prepare formula milk to satisfy him. What should we do to increase breast milk and can we give dal water or rice water.
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It is better to give full balanced diet to your wife with plenty of liquids and high fibre in the diet
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Hello,u can try adding more ginger to ur food.Also u can try lactare capsules(2 tabs thrice in a day for 5 days) and galact granules (2teaspoons in 1glass of milk twice in a day)
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