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I have two preterm daughters advice the age till which they will need exclusive breast feeding.Please tell.
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They should be breastfed as long as possible say about one year.
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Hello, in either cases, breast feeding should be continued till 6 months and if continued, its no harm provided extra exogenous feeds are timely started after 6 months to compensate for adequate growth.
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Hi if you ask exclusive breast milk then it is 6 months after you should start weaning. You have to gradually discourage breast milk because after 6 months water content is increase in breast milk nd baby did not get adequate calories. Up to 2 years we can cont. Breast feed but frequency should be less.
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