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My daughter of 3and a half yrs is a preschool goer.she doesn't chew her food and thus i feed either grinded or mashed food.But these days she has gone rigid and dont open her mouth to eat.Tried changes in her food but failed.She all the time vomits her food and want to remain empty bowel.I am very upset for her pls help and advice me accordingly.
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Don't force feed. If her body wt is around 16 or 17 kg then you should not worry about feed.
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