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Suggest Remedies For Weight Gain In An Infant

Posted on Tue, 14 Jun 2016

Question: Hello doctor, My 15 months old baby boy is not gaining weight properly. He weights 9.3 kg now and has not gained any weight in last 3-4 months. He also does not eats well from few days. What can b a problem?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Start multivitamin syrup with dietary advice.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to this forum.
Can understand your concerns.

Weight of child at 15 months of age should be around 10 kg, so the weight is definitely less.

Child should be given diet rich in fat and protein like
Full cream milk atleast 2 times a day
Egg once a day
Add butter small amount in every meal
Banana, apple.
Sweet biscuits.
This should be followed as routine.

Start a multivitamin syrup like syrup bevon 5 ml once a day for 1 month. This will improve immunity of child.

Review after 1 month.

I hope this will help you.
Wishing your child good health.
Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Raju A.T

Follow up: Dr. Deepak Patel (17 hours later)

thank u for ur reply doctor XXXXXXX
we are already giving him food as u suggested. His everyday diet consists full cream milk twice a day,
a scrambled egg with cheese,
half parantha with curd
curd
we add ghee in his food in wherever possible
a apple, sometimes in milkshake form
he eats fruits like apple banana grapes orange pomegranate
as a finger food we give him whole wheat biscuits , fruits, XXXXXXX dates
guide me if this is sufficient or we should make some changes
nowdays he is so fussy abt food.
Also he didn't had any major health issue apart from cough n cold.

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (4 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
This is sufficient.

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

The diet you have mentioned is good enough for the baby.

During initial age like during first six months weight gain is more as compared to later age so don't compare weight gain with earlier period.

At 15 months, weight should be around 10 kg so weight is not much less.

Continue diet as you are giving and start a multivitamin syrup as suggested earlier.

Take care.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Deepak Patel (23 hours later)

thanks doctor,
one more thing, he is still takes breastmilk a lot actually. Can it be the reason of him being underweight. Till what age a child should breastfed. How to stop it?

Answered by Dr. Deepak Patel (11 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Till 2 year of age

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Breastfeeding should be done till 2 year of age.

After 6 month of age, breastfeeding is not sufficient for baby so we have to focus more on other food items.

Whenever the child is hungry, you should give other food items first and then breastfeeding should be done.

There is no proper method to stop breastfeeding the child. Child stops taking breastfeeding as he grows older.

I hope this will help you.
Take care.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Deepak