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Suggest Right Diet For 8 Month Old

Hello , My son is 8months old, we are feeding him Idli in morning, smashed vegetables(carrot, beans and potato) before lunch, rice kanji by afternoon , wheat ceralac in the evening and again rice kanji in the night. My son is just weighs 7.6Kg at this time..could you pls suggest me changes , if any for my sons diet, pls note am feeding him while night time , since am a office goer
Wed, 29 Oct 2014
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You are doing the right thing by giving the child mashed diet with idli which is rice based, just give it in properly mashed form. You can also give diet prepared by boiling rice together with pulses and vegetables and then mashing them up. You may add chicken and eggs but in mashed form. You may give fruits in grated or mashed form - no need to boil them. Biscuits or other cereal based foods may be given in mashed or softened form. These items are more nutritive than formula like cerelac. Continue breast milk upto 1 year of age even if it is at night. No other milk needs to be given but is optional. Curd or yogurt is good and may be given.

The birth weight is supposed to double by 5 months of age and triple by 10-12 months of age. Please compare with the birth weight of the child and you will understand if the child is growing fine.
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Suggest Right Diet For 8 Month Old

You are doing the right thing by giving the child mashed diet with idli which is rice based, just give it in properly mashed form. You can also give diet prepared by boiling rice together with pulses and vegetables and then mashing them up. You may add chicken and eggs but in mashed form. You may give fruits in grated or mashed form - no need to boil them. Biscuits or other cereal based foods may be given in mashed or softened form. These items are more nutritive than formula like cerelac. Continue breast milk upto 1 year of age even if it is at night. No other milk needs to be given but is optional. Curd or yogurt is good and may be given. The birth weight is supposed to double by 5 months of age and triple by 10-12 months of age. Please compare with the birth weight of the child and you will understand if the child is growing fine.