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Question: Dear doctor,my 9 month old son Weighs 7.2kg, is active and has normal development. His birth weight was 2 kg and he was born at 36 weeks.
I would like to know :
1) is he eating enough
2) Is 9 pm too late for the heavy meal ? If we try remove the khichdi at night, and move the cerelac to 7 PM, he cries for more food.
His daily schedule is as follows :
8:30 am Ragi XXXXXXX with little jaggery and a few drops of ghee (ragi 2 cerelac scoop size)
9:30 am bath and mother's milk
10-11:30 am sleep
11:30 am homemade paneer from 1/2 glass whole milk
1pm khichdi (2tbsp rice,1 tbsp cal,2" piece carrot,4 beans,1/2 tomato,1/2 potato or small piece beetroot)
2pm mother's milk
Sleep
5pm cerelac 3-31/2 scoops,banana
7pm mother's milk
8-8:30 same khichdi as in lunch
10:30 mother's milk
3 am mother's milk
7am mother's milk
Please advise.
Thank you,
Regards
XXXX
I would like to know :
1) is he eating enough
2) Is 9 pm too late for the heavy meal ? If we try remove the khichdi at night, and move the cerelac to 7 PM, he cries for more food.
His daily schedule is as follows :
8:30 am Ragi XXXXXXX with little jaggery and a few drops of ghee (ragi 2 cerelac scoop size)
9:30 am bath and mother's milk
10-11:30 am sleep
11:30 am homemade paneer from 1/2 glass whole milk
1pm khichdi (2tbsp rice,1 tbsp cal,2" piece carrot,4 beans,1/2 tomato,1/2 potato or small piece beetroot)
2pm mother's milk
Sleep
5pm cerelac 3-31/2 scoops,banana
7pm mother's milk
8-8:30 same khichdi as in lunch
10:30 mother's milk
3 am mother's milk
7am mother's milk
Please advise.
Thank you,
Regards
XXXX
Brief Answer:
The feeds are adequate
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to Healthcaremagic
Greetings of the day
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all A very Happy New Year 2015.
.Weight of 7.2 kg at 9 months is adequate weight gain.
Baby should ideally tripple it's birth weight by 1 year of age.
Going by description the intake is adequate. A baby sleeps well with full stomach. So you can give heavy dinner at 9 pm. Even though you have put a schedule for feeds, let it be flexible based on demand by baby. So be relaxed and flexible.
Do write to me directly anytime.
Wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy life.
Take care
Best regards
Deepak
The feeds are adequate
Detailed Answer:
Hi
Welcome to Healthcaremagic
Greetings of the day
Let me take this opportunity to wish you all A very Happy New Year 2015.
.Weight of 7.2 kg at 9 months is adequate weight gain.
Baby should ideally tripple it's birth weight by 1 year of age.
Going by description the intake is adequate. A baby sleeps well with full stomach. So you can give heavy dinner at 9 pm. Even though you have put a schedule for feeds, let it be flexible based on demand by baby. So be relaxed and flexible.
Do write to me directly anytime.
Wishing you and your family a very happy and healthy life.
Take care
Best regards
Deepak
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