Question: My daughter is 2.5 years old, she weighs 11.16 kgs,we are pure vegetarians.Also we are working parents and she is with the maid all day long.Her routine is she gets up at 7.45 a.m- from the time the day starts we have to force her for everything- she does not want to brush her teeth then we give her kidicare (5 ml),( currently she has throat infection and cough ) so ascoril(4.5 ml) and indian ghasara( i.e 2 badams,harde, hardar, jaifal, tulsi ,sitopaladi, jethimadh and himalaya bonisan) then bath at around 9.30 am ,she takes so long for brushin and medicines.then at 10am if she has the mood then she will eat breakfast , that also one has to run behind her- either poha, sheera,tomato omlette(small- 1 piece)- which goes on till 11 then she goes to school at 11.20am and at around 12.30 she has 3 rotis with sabji ( forcibly since the teacher is around, but in case at home does not eat or otherwise have to make her eat with lot of force. Then comes home at 2pm and sleeps then around 4pm we give her milk ,which she just doesnt have( not sure what to do?), so then give her an XXXXXXX then she goes to garden at 5.30 pm and at around 8.15 p.m has her dinner. 2rotis and sabji or 1 idli or 2- 3thepla or rice (small bowl) again if she is in modd , otherwise she goes to sleep without eating. i am fed up of forcing her to eat and drink milk , she just doesnt feel hungry and wants to eat ever ? not sure what to do.

Dear Doctor
Thanks for your quick reply , actually what happens , we want her to complete a particular quantity- eg a small bowl of poha for breakfast , or 2-3 chappatis and sabji fpr lunch , or in the evenin a glass milk and fruit and then again in the evenin dinner , now for each meal she takes an hour or even more , she just keeps the food in her mouth and doesnt chew and goes from one room to another and since we want her to eat by hook or by crook we also run behind her,so not sure when to take away the food as there are times when she does not have breakfast or lunch and just sleeps in the afternoon, post which after gettin up also she does not want have milk , just wanted to know what is the alternative for milk as she hates milk.

Hi Doctor thanks for your advice of taking away the plate , as of now i just tried yday for dinner and told her in case u dont eat you want get anything , you will have to sleep.so she asked for wafers ,i said nothing ,then finally she started eating her dinner.
But 2 more problems
1. she does not sit in one place and eat
2. She has a bad cold since more than 2 weeks now and first we gave her cherikof for a week and then now ascoril(4.5 ml) thrice a day , however it is still not settled ,pls suggest what can be done. as she keeps coughin throughout the night and during the day too