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Suggest Healthy Diet For An Infant To Promote Weight Gain
Hello sir... My son is 11month old. He was very chubby till 5 month but used to increase his weight 1 1/2 kg per month and after dat his weight decreased by 1/2 kg. Now his weight is 8.7 and height is 69. As his aged baby height is 73.6 and he seems to be small tham hid aged babies. I am worried about his height. And why his weight didn t increased after 7month . What diet I should gave him so he seems as a normal babies growth.
Mon, 19 Jan 2015
HI...your baby's height and weight are above the 5th centile for that particular age group and you need not worry about this.
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - DR. Sumanth
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - DR. Sumanth
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