Birth details of babies will be recorded from the labour room register in PGIMER Labour Room. Their parents will be asked to report to the PostNatal Clinic after 6 weeks for their routine followup. Inclusion and exclusion criteria will be applied at the postnatal visit at 6 weeks, and consent will be taken. Randomisation will be done at 6 weeks in the postnatal clinic, along initiation of iron in the early (6 weeks group) These babies are routinely followed up in Post Natal Clinic (PNC) at 6 weeks for maternal check up and for initiation of vaccination. Subsequently they are seen in Children's OPD at 10 and 14 wks to complete vaccination and at 6 months for complementary feeding advice.