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My baby's age is 8 months old. He prefers only breastfeed milk. He is not preferred bottle milk. How to avoid to give breast milk. How to give bottle milk. I am suffering from nipple cracks and milk is not coming blood is coming. What I have to do to give bottle feeding.
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Talk to a infant care specialist or an pediatrician. Generally at this age, weaning to other feeds like dal, porridge,egg is instituted gradually. A pediatrician shall guide you more on this.
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Use nipple shield on breast. Then try bottle.
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Bottle feeding harmful n is discouraged. Use spoon to feed top milk. Breastfeeding maybe continued after cracked nipple tt. Start semi solids, if not yet started. Right time to start is 6 months now he is 8 months.
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