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Diet of 8 minth old baby
Hi my baby is of 8 m9nths and 2 week.and her qeight is 7.5 kg..which is same since 6th month.
I am giving her daliya khichdi dal fruits..but she takes only my breastfeed ..what to give her to increase her weight and height
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Give Bevon drops 10 drops twice a day
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Usually children get their parents average height. U can predict future height at 9 months of age . Try to give all home cooked healthy food without force feeding.
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Please check your feeding patterns, like if the baby does not take solid feed for say 1pm, please do not give her breast feed immediately, you have to wait for her next feed, you have to let the baby know that this time this is your feed, every time you refuse a solid food, you are not going to get breast feed. Also, try different tastes for the baby. Avoid giving sugar in all the food you give the baby.Some foods it is fine.
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If any questions about feed, you can do teleconsultation for more insights
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Diet of child should be mix of cereals, vegetables, milk n fruits in equal amount. U Can make rice , dal ( every day different type}) khichadi and can different vegetables in it. Reduce breast milk. Can make kheer with milk . Fruits can be given in mashed form.
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Give her a variety of feed made of fruits and vegetables at a intervals of 5-10 days.
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you can see answers of previous same questions on how to prepare complimentary feeds.
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some examples of diets
Puree: Fruits should be steamed, and mashed or pureed while introducing for the first time. Fruits like apples, bananas, chikoo and papaya can be given.
Vegetable Puree: Vegetables such sweet potatoes, potatoes, carrots, sweet pumpkin, etc. can be steamed and given either as finger foods or as a puree.
Pulses Soup: A variety of pulses, especially dals, can be boiled with water and the soup can be given to babies.
Rice Porridge: Rice is a good source of carbohydrates and vitamins for babies. Broken rice, made with breast milk or formula milk can be given as porridge.
Cereal Porridge: Porridge can also be made from a variety of single grain cereals like wheat, millet, barley, oats, etc. These cereals can be dried and powdered together or separately, to make gruel.
Vegetable Soup: A variety of vegetables can be boiled in water, and the stock can be given as soup.
Yoghurt: unsweetened yoghurt can be given in moderate amounts as an alternative to purees.
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Dr. Bhaskar Reddy
Pediatrician
8 yrs exp
Khammam
First - you need decrease your frequency of Breastfeeding to your child slowly once in a month as child requires more calories after 6months we say of weaning and start complimentary from then
But you can continue to feed with less times
Encourage foods like Kadhai water , Cerelac of rice or Ragi
Fruits Banana papaya apple crushe sweet potato etc
And add a tea spoon of ghee in rice
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Slowly increase other feeds and decrease frequency of Breastfeeding
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Add a teaspoon of ghee to each meal
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Dr. N.Manimozhian
Pediatrician
16 yrs exp
Chennai
Wait is ok for the age . Hereafter weight gain will be slow only. At 1st birthday they should be Around 9-10 kg. Feed u can step up . Almost they can eat what ever we eat . Give tasty and variety of food. No monotonous food. Make her drink lots of water.
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Dr. Devaraja
Pediatrician
9 yrs exp
Coimbatore
The weight seems to be okay. You can give her mashed potatoes, carrots, rice , idly , cereals because they are rich in iron. You can introduce fruits and egg yellow. Introduce one food at a time. Everything should be made in a form of paste. Don’t let her eat alone. Make her eat at the same time when family does. Do not distract her while she’s eating by showing her toys etc etc.
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