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Please can I give a 7 month old baby normal custard??? And fruit juice as well?? am giving cerelac as well
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Custard is usually a processed food and contains sugar.
We must avoid salt and sugar till one year of age.
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may give fruit juices if started with other kinds of food already but preferably in small amounts. juice may cause diarrhoea if given in large amounts.
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Start with grains.Give whole fruit in spite of juice.
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Dr. Pandurang Sawant
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Pune
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Need to go very slowly
Always better to give home made freshly prepared food items only
Exclusive breast feed ur baby till 6months of age
After 6months of age u can start with dal rice water,
Moong dal puree
Rice kanji
Spinach and dal mash
Tomato soup
mashed fruit
Apple puree
Bloiled mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes
Add 1item every 3rd day
Give 2-3 serve in a day time
Continue breast feed as a main source of food till 9 months of age.
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Dr. Jinia Saha
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10 yrs exp
Kolkata
Restrict fruit juice in an infant, you try with home cooked foods like khichri, dalhia, oats, ragi porridge
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