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My baby girl was born on the 2nd day after completing the 37th week. Her birth weight is 2.2 kg , the doctor suggested to give ossopan d 1ml thrice a day, and tonoferon 0.5 ml once a day and vitamin d3 1ml once a day. Now she is 6.5 kg at the end of the 6th month whether i should continue these supplements or not?
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Since your child is having good weight gain, you can stop Calcium and iron supplements
Continue vitamin D drops 1ml till 1 year of age
Start complementary feeds: start with semisolid diet like mashed vegetables at 6months, finger foods like pieces of roti/idli/dosa by 8months, and family pot meals by 1 year
Fruits can be given as a whole, avoid fruit juices
Avoid cow milk till 2 years of age
Continue breastfeeding till 2 years
Vaccines as per schedule
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Stop the Tonoferon drops
Continue Ossopan-D and d3 drops till 1 year of age
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continue vit d till 1 year of age
tonoferon till 9 months of age
stop calcium supplements
weight gain is adequate as of now
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include more of vegetables, fruits , ragi malt in weaning diet
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Dr. Anjali Maini
Pediatrician
33 yrs exp
Gurgaon
Continue Vitamin D 400 IU per day till1 year of age.
Tonoferon too can be carried on
Stop Ossopan. It’s not required. Weight gain is great. Continue on breast feed and plan to start on semisolids
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Start semisolids, continue breast feeding
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Dr. Noureen Sadaf
Pediatrician
3 yrs exp
Kota
I recommend continuing Vitamin D3 (1 ml daily) up to 1 year of age as per national guidelines to support bone health. Since your baby was born at 37 weeks with a low birth weight (2.2 kg) and is now 6.5 kg at 6 months, she likely needed iron (Tonoferron) and calcium (Ossopan D) supplementation. At this stage, we advise starting complementary feeding and reassessing the need for Ossopan D and Tonoferron based on growth, dietary intake, and hemoglobin levels.
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continue vit d3 with reassessment for rest.
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Dr. Shebin C E
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10 yrs exp
Kanyakumari
Greetings yes continue vit d3 till 1 yr of life
Start complimentary feeding after 6 month
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