- infant feeding
- nounfeeding an infant• Hypernyms: ↑feeding, ↑alimentation• Hyponyms: ↑demand feeding, ↑nursing, ↑breast feeding, ↑schedule feeding
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infant feeding
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demand feeding — noun feeding a baby or animal whenever it shows a need • Hypernyms: ↑infant feeding … Useful english dictionary
schedule feeding — noun feeding a baby or animal according to a fixed schedule (e.g., every 4 hours) • Hypernyms: ↑infant feeding … Useful english dictionary
breast feeding — noun nourishing at the breast • Syn: ↑nursing • Derivationally related forms: ↑nurse (for: ↑nursing) • Hypernyms: ↑infant feeding … Useful english dictionary
Formula, infant — A substitute for breast milk for feeding infants. Pediatricians generally advise exclusively breastfeeding (that is, breastfeeding with no formula) for all full term, healthy infants for the first 6 months of life. However, many infants are… … Medical dictionary
