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Recommend Food Options For Infants To Improve Weight

my daughter is 11 months old and she is not gaining her weight.Now her body weight is 14.5 pounds. her birth weight is 3.50kg.i am an Indian and at the birth time and for few days she was so bright but now she is getting dark.What are the things i should do to improve the weight and color of my baby?
Tue, 27 Jan 2015
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Hi, for a 3.5 kg child at birth, the weight at 11 months should approximately be around 10 kgs. Right now, de worm your child with syrup Zentel 200mg/5ml stat at night. Start with supplements like syrup Calcimax p 5 ml twice daily and Syrup Vitcofol 1.5 ml once daily for 1 month. Give good nutritious food in form of mashed banana, porriage, cereals with added oil, milk with added sugars. Give breast feeding 4-6 times a day and supplemental food 3-4 times a day. Darkening of skin is a normal phenomenon seen in the Asian population. Neonates are born with a fair skin but later they have skin darkening due to genetic factors and due to sun exposure. Their is nothing to worry about his dark skin. Keep good care of his hygiene and feeding equipments.
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Recommend Food Options For Infants To Improve Weight

Hi, for a 3.5 kg child at birth, the weight at 11 months should approximately be around 10 kgs. Right now, de worm your child with syrup Zentel 200mg/5ml stat at night. Start with supplements like syrup Calcimax p 5 ml twice daily and Syrup Vitcofol 1.5 ml once daily for 1 month. Give good nutritious food in form of mashed banana, porriage, cereals with added oil, milk with added sugars. Give breast feeding 4-6 times a day and supplemental food 3-4 times a day. Darkening of skin is a normal phenomenon seen in the Asian population. Neonates are born with a fair skin but later they have skin darkening due to genetic factors and due to sun exposure. Their is nothing to worry about his dark skin. Keep good care of his hygiene and feeding equipments. thanks and regards.