Hello Doctor
My baby is 2.5 years old...She does not like to eat any food...If we try to feed her forcefully she pukes...She does not like any food..She just takes cow milk...I can say she is alive on only milk... Sometime she eats mashed apple except that she does not eat anything.
I am so worried about her growth.
Need an expert advice for the substitute of food...Or any suggestion as how to feed her...
I have tried all the tricks but nothing works out.
Please advise.
Regards,
Neha
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Don't force feed her, that will lead her to avoid food.
Let her eat at her own will don't schedule food time for her
If she's bottle fed stop bottle, don't offer too much of milk.
Let her meal time be pleasant
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If the problem still persisting contact the pediatrician
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Babies are resentful of forced feeding , neither they accept lumpy pieces of food.
Moreover, this age has some element of physiological loss of appetite or loss of interest in food.
Next Steps
Never subject to forced feeding, give time and make the session pleasurable not an ordeal.
Food should be mashed up into paste and served.
Get prescribed for Iron and Multivitamins supplements.
Health Tips
Encourage the baby to hold and use spoon to feed self , don’t mind spillage. Let them have fun with food.
Dear parents ,
Hope you are good mother &understand my language.
For your knowledge 100ml milk gives 70calories of energy 100ml juices give 55calories of energy and 100gm of semisolid diet gives 350calories of energy.
Milk do not contain iron.
A puffy child without energy.
According to me stop milk from 8amto8pm and give semisolid diet like Dal,dalia,khicdi alu kela rice,apple,upama,halwa,patolia,rab,kadi idle poha satu custard etc and from 80pmto8am give mother milk is preferable if not give top milk Withoutwater and add sugar as per your taste in
To start with stop milk for 4hrs for 15days and give semisolid diet next 15days stop milk for 8hrs and give semisolid diet lastly stop milk from 8amto8pm and give semisolid diet.
Please come out of compromise situation.
400ml milk is upper limits for a day rest is waste.
Sacrifice some to gain good
Hi Neha,
I understand your worries. First stop cow’s milk, it will only fill her tummy but will not give any nutrition. Milk will also kill appetite for other food.
Have you dewormed her?
Next Steps
Give Syr Zincovit 2.5 ml once daily before breakfast for 2 weeks
Give small amounts of food while playing( just 1-2 mouthful) in frequent intervals. Add ghee/ butter to make more calorie dense.
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