Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 5 m old boy1 Year agoA. it is advisable to continue your efforts in feeding the child.
many times it take more efforts from the parents to make the child eat nutritious food.
so kindly go for different recipes and flavours which might improve the appetite of the child.
at the same time it is also important to meet your doctor to rule out nutritional deficiency which might be the cause of loss of appetite.
give juice fruits and water which will improve appetite and regular physical activity.
at this age the child should pass stool regularly.
if the consistency is hard and the child is having pain while passing stool it is considered as constipation.
give plenty of water and fibre diet to the child
it is important to give fibre diet from cereals pulses vegetables and fruits
avoid giving more than 400 ml milk everydayd and avoid giving packet and processed foods as well as biscuits and refined food
adding papaya , fennel seeds water , oats pear prunes pineapple banana kishmish to the regular diet will help in decreasing constipationd.
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