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Not gaining weight
My baby is 13 month old as my concern is she is not gaining weight she is 8.5kg from 10 th month.she is actively playing and walking with support.she is having 3 meals and 1 snacks along with 150 ml cow milk daily.giving foods like poridges(ragi,health mix) for morning breakfast, afternoon she having rice dal,and veggies (daily different veggies) and evening snacks she having egg white and banana for dinner oats makana porridge,or some home made porridge or dosa or idly.please help why she is not gaining weight is it need to worry
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Give albendazole
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Weight gain from 9 to 12 mnths is just 300g per month. After that 2kg per year
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Add ghee/ oil in food, give egg yolk too
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Dr. Prathibha Reddy
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12 yrs exp
Hyderabad
Do deworming
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Dr. Vinit M Mehta
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13 yrs exp
Vadodara
Now weight increases by 1.5kg per year
So very slow speed of weight gain in all babies
Continue what you are feeding
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