Dr Vandan H KumarFather of a 7 yr 4 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.
this is known as gastrocolic reflex.
gastrocolic reflex is very normal in children.
in this phenomena the child is having semi solid to solid stool after every episode of of food intake.
if the growth of the child is proper there is no need to worry about this phenomena.
it is also advisable to continue curd buttermilk apple and banana which will help in proper digestion of food.
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usually this phenomena decreases with increasing age of the child.
but if the consistency of stool is watery or very very hard meet your doctor.
also rule out dworms problem in the child.
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