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What Should Be Done If A Toddler Is Underweight And Doesn't Yet Speak Properly?
Question: My son is 2 year old now, Date of Birth 4th July 2016.
He is under weight, i measure the weight yesterday it was only (9 Kg 300 Grams).
Normally according to chart it must be 12 Kg 300 Grams approx. So he is having around 3 Kg less weight as compare to normal.
One more issue he is not speak properly till now except one or two word like MUMMA & PAPA.
Kindly suggest waiting for your response.
He is under weight, i measure the weight yesterday it was only (9 Kg 300 Grams).
Normally according to chart it must be 12 Kg 300 Grams approx. So he is having around 3 Kg less weight as compare to normal.
One more issue he is not speak properly till now except one or two word like MUMMA & PAPA.
Kindly suggest waiting for your response.
Brief Answer:
High caloric frequent diet, no need to worry for delayed language
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
You are right that the average weight of a 2 year old child should be around 12 kg and weight of 9.3 kg at this age comes under grade 1 under nutrition.
Poor weight gain and improper feeding habit is quite common in this age, but it does not have any significant impact in long term until it is severe under nutrition.
I would suggest you to give him frequent small feeds of his choice. Make it calorie dense by adding ghee, butter etc. Adding supplements like Junior horlicks or Pediasure to milk helps in fulfillment of nutritional, mineral, multivitamin requirements.
You can get iron, calcium and vitamin D levels done to check if there is any deficiency and supplementation of these helps in better growth.
Regrading language development I won't get overly worried as now a days it is very common due to increased use of electronic gadgets and nuclear family. I would suggest you to interact more with him, to improve the vocabulary you should name the objects; as this helps in better language development.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regards
High caloric frequent diet, no need to worry for delayed language
Detailed Answer:
Hi,
You are right that the average weight of a 2 year old child should be around 12 kg and weight of 9.3 kg at this age comes under grade 1 under nutrition.
Poor weight gain and improper feeding habit is quite common in this age, but it does not have any significant impact in long term until it is severe under nutrition.
I would suggest you to give him frequent small feeds of his choice. Make it calorie dense by adding ghee, butter etc. Adding supplements like Junior horlicks or Pediasure to milk helps in fulfillment of nutritional, mineral, multivitamin requirements.
You can get iron, calcium and vitamin D levels done to check if there is any deficiency and supplementation of these helps in better growth.
Regrading language development I won't get overly worried as now a days it is very common due to increased use of electronic gadgets and nuclear family. I would suggest you to interact more with him, to improve the vocabulary you should name the objects; as this helps in better language development.
I hope this helps. Please let me know if you have any more questions.
Regards
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