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Suggest Diet For An Infant

Posted on Thu, 18 Sep 2014

Question: my baby is 10month old now and her weight is 7.26 KGS. could you please suggest good nutrition food that we can feed? and also let us know is my baby weight is normal?

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (56 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
high callorie semisolids/ frequent small feeds

Detailed Answer:
Hi Dear
Welcome to the HCM,

Weight of the baby is almost fine with the charts but can be improved more with little efforts to reach the 90th percentile on the chart.

Try to reduce milk intake and increase semisolids /especially if bottle fed.

Introduce the intake of semisolids gradually and frequently.
Semisolids (which are acceptable to the baby) to be given in small quantity and very frequently,

Children are fussy at this age,they are hungry, but they always refuse to take by their habit. Here we have to change their habit .

When offered frequently, every time children may take one or two spoon out of your ten spoons offered. but do not disheartened, just continue your efforts till they start recongising/liking the taste of new food you want to introduce and also they till they understand that this new food has to be swallowed.

Avoid bottle feeds.
No dilution of milk. Milk can be fortified with some protein preparation like Proteinex etc

Continue with mulitvitamins like zincovit drops and iron drops like Tonoferon drops (one drop per kg) along with some vitamin D preparations.

Please select the semisolids which are having high calloric value like dal. rice, curd, gruel,porridge/oats, kheer made of concentrated milk,addition of edible oils,butter, cheese, chicken soups. boiled egg yolk, fish etc.
Hope the query is answered.
Please feel free for the further clarification
thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (11 hours later)

Hi Irshad,

Thank you for your advise. We will follow the instruction given with semisolid food etc., Currently, we are feeding Nan Pro 2 and Cerelac Stage 2 with different flavors and Smashed rice and Dal well cooked.

From past 3 days , she has cold and cough please suggest medicine.

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (8 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Viral RTI

Detailed Answer:
Hi
Viral Respiratory tract infections are quite common in this rainy season.Can be tackled with symptomatic treatment only
Antihistaminc decongestant medicine Like sinarest about 3. 5 ml 8 hourly to be started.
Paracetamol @15 mg per kg 4 to 6 hourly basis can be tried for the fever or headache purpose.
Hydration and nutrition should be taken care of because with viral infection appetite of the affected baby usually is nil.
steam inhalation should help in breathing.
If cough increases with fever and there is some breathing difficulty then please contact your pediatrician for further help and evaluation.
I would like to prefer freshly prepared homemade eatables for the baby instead of cerelac or tinned food
Thanks

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Shanthi.E

Follow up: Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (12 minutes later)

Thank you! Currenlty, she is not having fever. Just Cold and cough and she is active. can we still use above mentioned medicines?

Symptoms:

- cold and cough only

condition:

- active and playing herself games etc.

Answered by Dr. Irshad H Naqvi (2 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Paracetamol can be skipped

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Paracetamol can be skipped if there is no fever or headache.
This can be used SOS.
But antihistaminic decongestant sinarest AF can be used for the relief of symptoms of cold.
thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Bhagyalaxmi Nalaparaju