hi doctors,

My daughter is 2yr 7 m old. she is not having food completely. she eats very less amount of food. so i make different varieties, even though she is not eating well. I am afraid of the nutrition intake. please help me.

Question

hi doctors,

My daughter is 2yr 7 m old. she is not having food completely. she eats very less amount of food. so i make different varieties, even though she is not eating well. I am afraid of the nutrition intake. please help me.

Accepted Answer

it is very important to give all types of food made from cereals (RICE WHEAT and other)  pulses (DAL) vegetable milk and fruits to the child and this will only help in increasing the growth weight height immunity of the child.
YOU CAN GO FOR ANY RECIPES AND FLAVOURS AND TASTE ACCORDING TO THE THE PREFERENCE OF THE CHILD.

Start with small quantity and gradually increase the quantity.
you can go for different colour plates as well as different size plates to make  eating more attrzactive.

Also it is very important to rule out nutritional deficiency in your child because that is one of the most common cause of loxss of appetite in the child.
You can add ghee and dry fruits powder to the diet to make it more calorie rich.

Accepted Answer

hi
it is ok if a child is having low apetite.
mam ,if a child weighs Around 8 to 10 kg and looks happy and active, you should not worry about your child apetite.
please give small and frequent meal
but never force feed or overfeed your child.
let your child take own Time to take food by own.