Question: 1. As currently my wife is suffering with little weakness, is the diet that is being followed by her sufficient as a mother? 2. If not, what is the diet she should follow to make her look/feel healthier and fit(Can you please list down any specific items with quantity)? 3. We are following vegeterianism from couple of years and as she is looking weaker, we are getting suggestions from all the quarters(mostly relatives) to have NON-VEG(especially meat). How correct is this suggestion and what is the alternate diet that she should prefer instead of NON-Veg?

Hi XXXXXXX Thank you very much for the quick and detailed response. Here are my answers for the questions raised by you--> The Weakness is perceived but not real as she is almost maintaining good or high BMI. Diet wise she is not taking enough food. That is for sure. So she can start following the diet suggested by you. Coming to Supplements-->She is currently having B-Complex(assuming it as Vitamin-D supplement) and Iron supplements it seems. So what would you suggest as Calcium supplement? Diet-->a) Can you suggest an alternative to "Mothers Horlicks" as she had some allergy with Horlicks from childhood? b) Also keeping in view that we are South Indian people, would you like to change anything in the diet suggested by you or it would be fine? c)My wife and her parents are actually worried if there are any side effects on Baby by following the diet. Can you please clarify whether if there are any?

--------------------Detailed information on current diet, medication being followed by both mother and baby and problems being faced--------------- One more thing what I forget mentioning earlier is that my wife used to maintain heavy BMI before delivery. But now she lost atleast 10-15kgs and appearing weak even though the current weight might be near to ideal for her height as she is short. The current diet followed by my wife in detail --> Morning ...> 1. breakfast including 4 idly/4 dos 2. A glass of milk Afternoon ..> 1. lunch having rice with rasam, Ridge gourd curry, buttermilk(sometimes all 3 and sometimes with only one of them ) Dinner ..> Same as lunch Nothing else she is having in diet apart from the food items mentioned above. We are worried about the baby's health because he is not going for motion regularly(daily) and also atleast 5 times he vomits the milk(either after 10min/1hour of having milk) daily. Signs are that while vomiting he is also producing phlegm. We also noticed that he is feeling inconvenient(some stomach problem...... and he does not sleep well) when he does not go for the motion for long time like 2days. Apart from breastfeeding(almost 10times per day with around 2hours gap between each time) current medication being followed for the baby is--> 1. Visyneral zinc drops - daily 3drops in the morning 2. 2.5ml of Duphalac Syrup for the baby to go for motion daily in the evening 3. Dulcoflex tubes - if the baby did not go for the motion for 2 days. After the breastfeeding, she lifts her up so that he can digest easily and once she feels that his digestion of milk is complete she makes him sleep by positioning flat on the bed. In every one out of two occurrences after this exercise the baby is vomiting. ------Can you respond to below queries based on the above information?------ 1)Can you please let us know whether she can have the diet that you suggested based on the above mentioned facts about her current health and baby's problems? I meany any sideeffects on the baby(as he is vomiting and had motion problem) if she goes for the diet you mentioned? 2)Do you feel any side effects of the medicines being used above for the baby? 3)Can you please provide your valuable suggestions/medication for the baby problems of motion and vomiting? If possible, can you suggest any natural way to solve the above problems?