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Question: Dear doctor,my 9 month old son Weighs 7.2kg, is active and has normal development.
His birth weight was 2 kg and he was born at 36 weeks.
I would like to know :
1) is he eating enough
2) Can I add Little salt in the diet
3) Is 9 pm too late for the heavy meal ?
His daily schedule is as follows :
8:30 am Ragi XXXXXXX with little jaggery and a few drops of ghee (ragi 2 cerelac scoop size)
9:30 am bath and mother's milk
10-11:30 am sleep
11:30 am homemade paneer from 1/2 glass whole milk
1pm khichdi (2tbsp rice,1 tbsp cal,2" piece carrot,4 beans,1/2 tomato,1/2 potato or small piece beetroot)
2pm mother's milk
Sleep
5pm cerelac 3-31/2 scoops,banana
7pm mother's milk
8-8:30 khichdi as lunch
10:30 mother's milk
3 am mother's milk
7am mother's milk
Please advise.
Thank you,
Regards
XXXX
His birth weight was 2 kg and he was born at 36 weeks.
I would like to know :
1) is he eating enough
2) Can I add Little salt in the diet
3) Is 9 pm too late for the heavy meal ?
His daily schedule is as follows :
8:30 am Ragi XXXXXXX with little jaggery and a few drops of ghee (ragi 2 cerelac scoop size)
9:30 am bath and mother's milk
10-11:30 am sleep
11:30 am homemade paneer from 1/2 glass whole milk
1pm khichdi (2tbsp rice,1 tbsp cal,2" piece carrot,4 beans,1/2 tomato,1/2 potato or small piece beetroot)
2pm mother's milk
Sleep
5pm cerelac 3-31/2 scoops,banana
7pm mother's milk
8-8:30 khichdi as lunch
10:30 mother's milk
3 am mother's milk
7am mother's milk
Please advise.
Thank you,
Regards
XXXX
Brief Answer:
The baby is growing well
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query
The baby is growing well and is on the appropriate diet. He has crossed the percentiles upwards on the growth charts, so I am happy with his growth.
Now about your specific questions:
1. He is eating enough diet
2. You can add salt-little bit. In fact the baby's food will become similar to adults by 1 yr of age. So you may give him nicely mashed adult food once in a day to give him the taste.
3. The dinner can be given 1 - 3 hrs before sleep. So its ok.
Hope it helps.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee
The baby is growing well
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Thanks for your query
The baby is growing well and is on the appropriate diet. He has crossed the percentiles upwards on the growth charts, so I am happy with his growth.
Now about your specific questions:
1. He is eating enough diet
2. You can add salt-little bit. In fact the baby's food will become similar to adults by 1 yr of age. So you may give him nicely mashed adult food once in a day to give him the taste.
3. The dinner can be given 1 - 3 hrs before sleep. So its ok.
Hope it helps.
Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr Vaishalee
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