Health Q&A
3 year old boy height and weight

Hi All, my son will be turning 3 years on 17 july 26. His birth length was 48 cm and current height is 91.5 cm. Birth Weight was 2.6 and current is 14 kg. Is the current height and weight normal? My husband's height is 5'3 and mine is 5'5. Our son looks small in height with his peers. Is it normal and what can be done to increase height??

Delay in Few things

My daughter is 17 months 7 days old.. She does these following things 1. Claps, Responds to her name very well,Contact eyes,Come to me whenever I say come and put her hands up for getting up.Plays peek a boo.Throws ball ,smiles ,Takes ac remote and point at ac,Place comb over her head,Walks well but not independently, babbles mumma papa,. 2: Never wave ,Does not point at herself or body parts or anything she wants.If she wants something she takes that by herself or scratches my face ,If I say where is your sister? she looks at her sister's photo( actually her own photo) but does not point. She sits in w position,flaps hand . My question is should I be concerned.?Doc asked to start play school.

Baby boy has cough cold

Hi , My 3 months baby boy is 6 kg . First I want to know if he comes under normal weight range. Second he has cold and cough and some fast breathing as told by doctor he may or may not need hospitalization. He is on formula feed inmil .Because in starting I have tried all things but he refused breast so unfortunately I have to formula feed him . I want to know if it can cause anything like cold cough . I am attaching doctors recommended medicines. Please tell I am very concerned about him after that. He is on formula feed and from.bolltele I give him.milk.

VSD 4.2 mm

Hello sir, myself sarmistha manna Chakraborty from purba medinipur. My child shuvro chakraborty, 8th month baby boy , he suffers from vsd 5.2mm to 4.2mm . In that case he is so thin as his age , doesn't gain weight. So what should I do , please tell me. Thank you

Got hurt under nose

My son fell down and got hurt under the nose . Can anyone suggest me ointment pls. Down it hurt got reduced and black skin started coming

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