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Suggest Remedy For Fussy Eating With Burping In Toddler
my daughter is almost 2 she is a very fussy eater.. She looks healthy but just wants to drink and drink... Dinner is the worst and lunch too. She seems hunger picks at her food even her favorites. She doesn t want me to take away her food or eat it. Like she wants to eat it but can t.. She also pushes her belly into the island counter top when sitting to eat since I can remember. Now she says that she pooping when she does this? most times she s just wet. She never slept through the night till about 19 months before that time we went to a specia. and we got xrays done nothing turned up and they wanted us to do the gI tube thing but I couldn t go through with it. As people say she looks healthy but not always happy. She always seems to have a runny noise and flem build up and often doesn t chew her food enough. If she does eat she has alot of gas burping, and if she gets a sugar treat like a cupcake she become uncontrollable??? Is she just a two year old
Mon, 12 Oct 2015
Hi...Thank you for consulting in Health Care magic.
I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
I take this opportunity to tell you certain scientific facts and relieve your distress -
1. An active is a well kid even if she/ he is not eating well.
2. Development of a kid is as important as or I would say even more important than growth alone.
3. As the kids grow their interest in food decreases and interest in play activities increases so that they eat small quantity and run away to play. As parents we need to be more patient and feed than less quantity but more aliquots per day.
4. This age rather than the quantity of the food I suggest you concentrate more on the number of times you feed her and also make whatever you feed her calorie dense by adding good amount of ghee to it.
5. I suggest you not to use appetite stimulants on long run as they may cause drowsiness.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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