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Suggest Diet For 9 Month Old Baby To Increase Weight

Hi..my baby is 9months and 1week .he was weighing 8.5kg in august 26th...fen later he got fever on sept 16 as v had gone for vacation den his fever became better by sept last week.again he got fever now .its been 4days now..and his weight s now 8.2kg..im vrry worried pls help me..i wantd to increase his weight as he was a very chubby baby before..his birth weigjy was 3.4kg..can u tell me wat can i give him..I breastfeed and giv him cerelac ragi etc..but due to illnesd hes bcum thin....can u pls tell me i wanted him to weigh 1kg more atleast widin dis week..pls help me..can u tell me a diet plan..v are indians and its a baby boy...im very sad..can u pls tell me too how much kilo shuld he be at dis age...
Tue, 21 Oct 2014
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I would request you not to be hasty about the baby's weight. In general, by 10 months to 1 year of age, the weight at birth triples. A steady gain in weight is what is needed. About the food, apart from breast milk, what the baby needs is basically the mashed version of adult food low on spices. You can give a rice based diet prepared by boiling together with pulses and vegetables. Hand mashed food would be better than that prepared with a mixer grinder. You need not boil fruits and can give it in grated form. You may add chicken or eggs but in mashed form. Give such a semi solid diet at two hourly intervals or as per the demand of the baby. It is more nutritive than cerelac, so decide which is best for you. Milk is not essential but may be given. The weight gain needs to be measured monthly or once in three months and plotted on a growth chart to see if the child is growing adequately.
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Suggest Diet For 9 Month Old Baby To Increase Weight

I would request you not to be hasty about the baby s weight. In general, by 10 months to 1 year of age, the weight at birth triples. A steady gain in weight is what is needed. About the food, apart from breast milk, what the baby needs is basically the mashed version of adult food low on spices. You can give a rice based diet prepared by boiling together with pulses and vegetables. Hand mashed food would be better than that prepared with a mixer grinder. You need not boil fruits and can give it in grated form. You may add chicken or eggs but in mashed form. Give such a semi solid diet at two hourly intervals or as per the demand of the baby. It is more nutritive than cerelac, so decide which is best for you. Milk is not essential but may be given. The weight gain needs to be measured monthly or once in three months and plotted on a growth chart to see if the child is growing adequately.