For a child who is 3.5 years old, the ideal weight from him should range around 14-16 kgs which will depend on his height and growth. Your child weighs 13 kgs, which is slightly less than the ideal. Your focus should be on maintaining a healthy growth rather than just gaining weight.
Below practices can help your child achieve healthy weight:
- Give him small and frequent meals throughout the day which should be home made and nutrient dense.
- Focus on giving foods dense in energy such as whole grains, nuts and oilseeds, milk and milk products, eggs, fish and meat in small portions.
- Include good fats in his diet such as ghee, nuts and oilseeds, or nut butters.
- You can try incorporating different food combinations such as a bowl of vegetable upma or poha with curd, whole toast with either paneer bhurji, a paneer vegetable wrap, peas pulao with curd, etc.
- Right nutrients can be added to the diet by including more fruits and vegetables.
- You can mix vegetable purees to parathas, dosa batter, or chilla batter for making it look colourful.
- Blend vegetables like tomato, carrots, or bottle gourd into dals, sabzis and curries to make it creamier.
- Avoid giving him fast foods, packaged snacks, sugary sweets and chocolates and refined sugars as they do not provide with any essential nutrients.
- Make sure that he regularly goes and play outdoors, have a good sleep schedule and get routine health-checkups done to support his overall wellbeing.
Next Steps
If you want to improve your child’s nutrient intake and help him increase healthy weight, try connecting with us for a personalized meal plan.