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What Causes Underweight And Slow Development In Child?

This is about my daughter who is 1-1/2 years old. For the past 3 months and even now she is suffering from constipation and was prescribed laxopeg outcome was too much diarrhea after tat she had tonsillitis and was prescribed taxim-o and enterogermina and for some time I am seeing changes in my daughter behavior she cries too loudly banging her head to me or arching her head backward and forward keeps on asking for biscuits, she neither burps after eating her food nor does gas and she is very slow in all her developments she is still not walking she is doing crawling and sitting and when she was born she was underweight. I want to know are these behaviors normal to a child or needs some special care. Her temperment is very extreme, which is very difficult to control. I am worried and would be grateful if you clarify my query
Thu, 18 May 2017
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by 1 and half year a child should be able to walk alone or crawls upstairs or should be able to ask objects by pointing and should follow simple commands so with your history it can be global developmental delay(GDD) but before i label it GDD baby should have delay in 2 or more skills that includes language motor or social development. if your baby is truly GDD a proper diet is required with regular physical therapy, speech therapy and pediatric psychologist opinion with these i would like you to do routine investigation just to rule out any underlying disease
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What Causes Underweight And Slow Development In Child?

by 1 and half year a child should be able to walk alone or crawls upstairs or should be able to ask objects by pointing and should follow simple commands so with your history it can be global developmental delay(GDD) but before i label it GDD baby should have delay in 2 or more skills that includes language motor or social development. if your baby is truly GDD a proper diet is required with regular physical therapy, speech therapy and pediatric psychologist opinion with these i would like you to do routine investigation just to rule out any underlying disease