hi i have a 14 week old daughter,i breastfeed mainly,and give her formula milk once or twice 50 ml/2oz, now we are in texas, its very hot, probably thats the reasonshe is not gai ning enough weight , she drinks breast milk only for 5 minutes on only one side every 3 hrs or 4 hrs, i dont know what to do,but she is not fussy or crying when she is awake,so i think she is not hungry due to the weather at the same time i am wooried what if she is de hydrated so i force her to latch on but she refuses, i am planning to start solids, is it ok to start ragi porridgeonce , should i give cereal once or what?
is gerber rice cereal better or cerelac rice cereal?
should i mix formula milk powder with the ragi powder and cerelac powder too?
wehave stored the homemade ragi powder(from india)in fridge from 4 months, is it ok?
please please .........help me as soon as possible.
thanks,
ragini raghav.
ragini raghav replied. swapna,
thanks, i will remember your suggestion . swapna replied. 5 mins per feed should be okay if she is gaining weight normally. If she is not, then, it means that she is not getting enough. If she is not drinking, and is fussy when feeding, could you please check if she has cold? My baby was very fussy and, only after i checked with a pediatric, i knew that she had cold.(She didn't have running nose.. had dried mucous in nose and was having trouble because of that)..