Regarding appetite eating soil

2025-02-11 18:46:59
My son is around 1.9 months. It's been around 2 weeks I have noticed that 1) he has stopped eating chapati with vegetables as opposed to earlier when he used to finish his full meal( including chapati sabji or daal). 2) prefers plain roti 3) started preference for soil, licks walls 4) sugar  sweets  junk food, packed food is not offered but showing more inclination towards sweet things. 5) drinks milk 2-3 times. 6) he has become very cranky, irritating, bites sometimes What to do? How to make him eat daal roti like before ? Although throughout the day he have sweet potato, gajar halwa , salty seviyan alternatively in a week.
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At this age child tends become fussy over food, plus what you have mentioned about licking walls, points towards pica, which is tendency to eat chalk, soil, wall plaster, paper and other inedible items due to majorly iron deficiency.
Next Steps
Try to make timetable for major and minor meals. Take appointment with Pediatrician for initiating Iron supplementation and deworming.

Answered2025-02-13 09:20:48

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Craving of unnatural foods is common at this age and is called pica. It may be due to worms and /or iron deficiency. Please visit a pediatrician for a prescription. This is a temporary phase. It will go away. But growth slows down at this age. So his appetite is likely to stay lesser than earlier

Answered2025-02-12 12:35:17

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Deworm ur child Consult physically

Answered2025-02-12 15:01:50

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Consult with Pediatrician physically for further evaluation and treatment

Answered2025-02-12 14:26:51

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