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Suggest Treatment For Weight And Appetite Loss In An Infant

My 9 months old baby don t like to have milk formula.and I think my breastmilk is not enough. It is watery and more or less 2-3oz when I pumped. He is losing weight. I already changed his milk formula but still he don t like to take it. I don t know what is wrong with him. What I need to do for him to gain weight and good appetite?pls help
Wed, 31 Dec 2014
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as pediatrician i can understand you concern, but milk is not the only diet for a 9 month old infant. Infact he must have been started supplementation at 6 months of age with food stuffs like khichadi, dalia, dal, puddings etc. children usually develop taste for sweet things its important for mothers to introduce salt into the diets so that they adapt and develop taste. Initially infants do not accept salty foods but on repeated feeding for few days they usually develop taste. As far as your concern let him take your feed as much as he wants ... instead o giving him formula milk, feed him with above mentioned food stuffs along with finger foods, mashed potatoes, etc m sure he will develop taste and start gaining weight, also there would be no signs of iron deficiency as seen in only milk fed babies.
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Suggest Treatment For Weight And Appetite Loss In An Infant

as pediatrician i can understand you concern, but milk is not the only diet for a 9 month old infant. Infact he must have been started supplementation at 6 months of age with food stuffs like khichadi, dalia, dal, puddings etc. children usually develop taste for sweet things its important for mothers to introduce salt into the diets so that they adapt and develop taste. Initially infants do not accept salty foods but on repeated feeding for few days they usually develop taste. As far as your concern let him take your feed as much as he wants ... instead o giving him formula milk, feed him with above mentioned food stuffs along with finger foods, mashed potatoes, etc m sure he will develop taste and start gaining weight, also there would be no signs of iron deficiency as seen in only milk fed babies.